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History professor Torgrim Titlestad from the University of Stavanger was interested by the study's findings, and said that the first Vikings established their political system in Wirral.

"It is first and foremost York that Norwegians associate with Vikings and England, but Wirral also has an exciting Viking past," said Titlestad from Wirral. Titlestad is in England for the presentation of the study, and is about to release a book in English called Viking Norway.

Harding said that the first Vikings came to Wirral in 902, and were Norwegians that had lived for a few years in Dublin.

"They did not conquer Wirral, but were largely peaceful people who needed a place to live. I had heard a bit at school that Norwegian Vikings had lived in Wirral, but until I got interested in the subject as an adult I had no idea that there had existed a Norwegian Viking state in Wirral," Harding said.

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