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| Mesolithic settlers in Pennines |
5000BC
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| Neolithic presence |
2500BC
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| Bronze Age Invaders |
1900BC
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| Iron Age Celtic tribes arrive |
350BC
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| Celtic culture established |
200BC
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| Pre Roman fortification |
??BC
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Scotts Dyke Embankment |
| Romans invade Britain |
c55BC
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| Roman presence in the region |
50 AD
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| Rebellion against Rome |
60 AD
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Boadicea |
| Brigantes defeated |
71AD
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Battle at Scotch Corner |
| Emperor Hadrian visits North |
122
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| First evidence of Lead Mining |
c122
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Swaledale |
| Anglo Saxon Invaders |
500
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| Spread of Christianity |
627
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| Danish Invaders in the region |
874
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| Norsemen via Ireland |
919
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| Norman Conquest |
1066
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History of Richmond |
| The North "laid waste" |
1069
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William the Conqueror |
| Alan Rufus "given" Richmond |
1070
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Earls & Dukes of Richmond |
| Building of Castle begins |
1071
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Richmond Castle |
| Normans secure Yorkshire |
1080
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| Domesday Book compiled |
1086
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History of Richmond |
| Town begins to develop |
c1100
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| Easby Abbey founded |
1152
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St. Agatha's Abbey |
| Henry II King of England |
1154
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| Richmond fair (first record) |
c1156
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| Medieval lead mining begins |
1179
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Swaledale Geology & hist |
| King Richard the Lionheart |
1189
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| John King of England |
1199
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| Barons Rebellion |
1215
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| Henry III King of England |
1216
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| Franciscan Friary established |
1258
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Friary and the Franciscans |
| Castle held against Henry III |
1265
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| King Edward I of England |
1272
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| Economic decline |
1300
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| Edward II King of England |
1307
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| Scots invade N Yorkshire |
1314
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Scottish Invasions |
| Castle in disrepair |
1341
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| Black Death |
1349
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The Plagues |
| Plague |
1362
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| Honour passes to Neville |
1399
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History of Richmond |
| Henry VII King of England |
1485
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Henry Tudor |
| Henry VIII King of England |
1509
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Tudor History |
| Mary Tudor Queen of England |
1553
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| Pilgrimage of Grace |
1536
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Robert Aske |
| Richard Snell burnt at stake |
1558
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Richard & John Snell |
| Elizabeth I Queen of England |
1558
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Elizabeth I |
| Northern Rebellion |
1569
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Richmond & Rebellion |
| Green Howard Regiment |
1688
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Green Howards |
| George Cuit (artist) born |
1743
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Art and Artists |
| John Laird Mair Lawrence |
1811
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Saviour of the Punjab |
| William Hague MP |
1989
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William Hague |
Follow this link to David Simpson's: History of Yorkshire and the North East
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