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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dawnno, post: 625377, member: 10171&quot;]Well, lookie that... 10th Century England...&nbsp; Leeds was Norse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181758[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Danelaw originated from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking" rel="nofollow">Viking</a> expansion of the 9th century, although the term was not used to describe a geographic area until the 11th century. With the increase in population and productivity in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia" rel="nofollow">Scandinavia</a>, Viking warriors, having sought treasure and glory in the nearby <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles" rel="nofollow">British Isles</a>, &quot;proceeded to plough and support themselves&quot;, in the words of the <i>Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</i> for the year 876.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, a Manx stone is possible.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Very curious.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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