| Title: | Celt Notefile |
| Moderator: | TALLIS::DARCY |
| Created: | Wed Feb 19 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1632 |
| Total number of notes: | 20523 |
I'm interested in learning about the social and racial make up of the ancient kingdoms such as Northumbria, Mercia, Anglia, Wessex, etc that make up modern England, and how they've changed (or not, as the case may be) over the years. I guess that the make-up of even the present day inhabitants is probably predominantly Celtic, so I thought that this conference would be a good place to start! Can anyone provide any pointers to information concerning this? Preferably in the form of some discussion (for the habitually lazy researcher like me!) I've been interested for quite some time about this, but my knowledge is scant and I really don't know where to start. Thanks in advance for any help! Chris.
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| 1476.1 | Northumbria probably | KERNEL::BARTHUR | Thu Jun 01 1995 14:28 | 11 | |
Chris,
Some historians believe that Edinburgh got its name from Edwin, an
ancient lord/king of Northumbria. Northumbria used to be part of
Scotland. More likely, the Roman name was Dunedin but I suppose that
Northumbria is/was predominantly Celtic. I very much doubt though, that
Wessex, like Sussex and Essex were ever Celtic in origin and are
almost certainly Anglo Saxon
Bill
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| 1476.2 | CBHVAX::CBH | Lager Lout | Fri Jun 02 1995 18:20 | 12 | |
>Northumbria used to be part of Scotland. does that make me an honourary Jock, then? :) I guess that places like Essex & Anglia could have been overrun by Saxons, Normans, Romans etc driving the Celts out, but I get the impression that it was largely Royalty & Nobility that were taken over, and the commoners may have been less affected by invasions. And what about more western areas, such as Wessex and Mercia? Anybody else got any thoughts, comments or info? Cheers, Chris. | |||||
| 1476.3 | Try reading... | BRUMMY::BIOTEK::LONERGAN | "Digital PC's it together?!" | Mon Jun 19 1995 17:04 | 8 |
Chris, No not that railway intersection to the west of London. How's about a visit to your local library...lots of good historical stuff normally in there. Shouldn't that be "Broon" instead of Lager if you really are from Northumbria? Sean | |||||
| 1476.4 | CBHVAX::CBH | Lager Lout | Mon Jun 19 1995 21:41 | 7 | |
>Shouldn't that be "Broon" instead of Lager if you really are from Northumbria? must admit, I do like the occasional drop of Broon Ale! Of libraries, the local one is pitifully inadequate, so I thought I'd ask the Digital community... (besides, I'm a self confessed slob! :) Chris. | |||||