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Thursday, 20 September 2012
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.
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