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4 days ago · In the 9th century, as a result of the Norwegian invasions, cultural leadership passed from Northumbria to Wessex. During King Alfred’s reign, in the last three decades of the 9th century, Winchester became the chief centre of learning.
3 days ago · Northumberland, historic county and unitary authority of northeastern England. It is England’s northernmost county, bounded to the north by Scotland, to the east by the North Sea, to the west by the administrative county of Cumbria (historic county of Cumberland), and to the south by the county of Durham.
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3 days ago · United Kingdom - Heptarchy, Kingdoms, Unification: When Northumbria became eminent in scholarship, its age of political importance was over. This political dominance had begun when Aethelfrith, ruling over the united Northumbrian kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira, defeated the Dalriadic Scots at Degsastan in 603 and the Welsh at Chester in 613–616.
1 day ago · Words are, arguably the chief element that sets the Northumbrian Language apart from being ‘just a dialect.’. Every dialect is built only from words and accents. Our range of unique words, and the richness of shading that their subtle meanings impart to our speech sets us aside from other regional dialects.
4 days ago · These ended in disaster when Penda, the pagan king of Mercia, killed the newly Christian Edwin of Northumbria at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in about 632. The setback was temporary, and the third book recounts the growth of Christianity in Northumbria under kings Oswald of Northumbria and Oswy.
21 hours ago · To its west is the North Sea; making it Northumbria’s nearest neighbour to the east (something Northumbrians had cause to regret when Danish Vikings sailed on Lindisfarne in 793 AD). Jutland occupies a strange place in the Danish psyche. It is part soul-of-the-nation, part embarrassing relative.
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21 hours ago · Northern England, or the North of England, is a region in England which partly corresponds to the former borders of Anglian Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik, and the Brythonic Celtic Hen Ogledd kingdoms . The North is a grouping of three statistical regions: the North East, the North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber.
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