Archaeological surveys show that Angles settled the…

500 CE

Archaeological surveys show that Angles settled the lands north of the River Thames by the sixth century.

The name Mercia is Old English for "boundary folk", and the traditional interpretation is that the kingdom originated along the frontier between the native Welsh and the Anglo-Saxon invaders.

An alternative interpretation argued by P. Hunter Blair has them emerging along the frontier of Northumbria and the inhabitants of the Trent river valley.

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Tamworth Staffordshire United Kingdom View →

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Britons (historical) View → Angles View → Anglo-Saxons View → Britain, Sub-Roman View →

Topics
Late Antiquity View → Migration Period View → Migration Period Pessimum View → Heptarchy, The View → Badon, Battle of View →

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Environment View → Mayhem View → Government View → Archaeology View → Movements View →

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