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The withdrawal of the Romans from the Wall immediately brought the Picts from the north and shortly afterwards the Angles, sailing from near the mouth of the [[River Elbe]] with frequent raids both from sea and from land. [[Ida of Bernicia|Ida]] the Saxon laid waste to the whole of the north in 547 and Wallsend doubtless suffered in the general devastation. It was not until the golden age of Northumberland under [[Edwin of Northumbria]], and the subsequent introduction of the Christian faith by King [[Oswald of Northumbria]] (635-642) and [[St Aidan]], that Wallsend enjoyed a time of peace and progress. This time of peace came to an abrupt end in 794 when the Danes (or [[Vikings]]) swarmed up the Tyne in great numbers. In the years before the [[Norman conquest]] there was a struggle for mastery between Danes and Saxons.Angles