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- Present-day Northumberland formed the core of the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia from about 547. It was united with Deira (south of the River Tees) to form the kingdom of Northumbria in the 7th century.
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The first Anglian settlement was effected in 547 by Ida, who, accompanied by his six sons, pushed through the narrow strip of territory between the Cheviots and the sea, and set up a fortress at Bamburgh, which became the royal seat of the Bernician kings.
Northumberland is often called the "cradle of Christianity" in England because Christianity flourished on Lindisfarne—a tidal island north of Bamburgh, also called Holy Island—after King Oswald of Northumbria (reigned 634–642) invited monks from Iona to come to convert the English.
1065 – The term Northumberland is first recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1069 – William I ruthlessly suppresses Northumbrian opposition in the Harrying of the North. 1072 – William I crosses Northumbria into Scotland, supported by a large fleet, to challenge Malcolm III.
In the 1 7th century William Gray called it ‘a landmark for seamen that comes out of the east parts from Danzicke, through the Baltick seas, and from the King of Denmark’s countrey; it being the first land that mariners make for the coast of England’.
Aug 7, 2024 · There is considerable evidence of prehistoric settlement before the Romans established control over the area in 122 ce by constructing Hadrian’s Wall from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth. After the Romans withdrew in the 5th century, the Germanic Angles gradually gained control of the region.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 8, 2024 · Northumbria was formed from the coalition of two originally independent states— Bernicia, which was a settlement at Bamburgh on the Northumberland coast, and Deira, lying to the south of it. Aethelfrith, ruler of Bernicia (593–616), won control of Deira, thereby creating the kingdom of Northumbria. He was killed in battle by supporters of ...
They settled inland at Norham on Tweed where a church was built for the saint’s shrine, but this was only the beginning of a long journey that would see them travel widely throughout the North. Vikings raids were by a now problem almost everywhere in the British Isles.
