Five Boroughs of the Danelaw
Five Boroughs of the Danelaw | |||||||||
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| 870s–918 | |||||||||
The Five Boroughs and the English Midlands in the early 10th century | |||||||||
| Common languages | Old Norse Old English | ||||||||
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• Viking conquest | 870s | ||||||||
• Conquest by England | 918 | ||||||||
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The Five Boroughs or The Five Boroughs of the Danelaw were the five main towns of Danish Mercia (what is now the East Midlands) under the Danelaw. These were Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham and Stamford. The first four later became county towns.