Portland, 789 AD, Viking Raid

789. The first three ships of Norwegians arrived at Portland. This was the first time that Viking pirates had landed in England, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

"The reeve rode thither and tried to compel them to go to the royal manor, for he did not know what they were: and then they slew him".

In 982 AD, Portland was ravaged by another raid made by three pirate crews.