Bernician

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• Bernician Series — In geology, Bernician Series was a term proposed by Samuel Pickworth Woodward in 1856 ( Manual of Mollusca , p. 409) for the lower portion of the Carboniferous System, below the Millstone Grit. The name was suggested by that of the ancient… …   Wikipedia

• Penda of Mercia — Penda (died November 15, 655Manuscript A of the Anglo Saxon Chronicle gives the year as 655. Bede also gives the year as 655 and specifies a date, November 15. R. L. Poole ( Studies in Chronology and History , 1934) put forward the theory that… …   Wikipedia

• Æthelfrith of Northumbria — Æthelfrith (died c. 616) was King of Bernicia from c. 593 until c. 616; he was also, beginning c. 604, the first Bernician king to also rule Deira, to the south of Bernicia. Since Deira and Bernicia were the two basic components of what would… …   Wikipedia

• Rædwald of East Anglia — Rædwald, son of Tytila, was King of the East Angles from c 600 AD until his death in c 624 AD. From c 616 he became the most powerful of the English rulers south of the River Humber, and by military action installed a Northumbrian ruler… …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Degsastan — Date 603 Location Later Tradition places it at Dawstane in Liddesdale Result Bernician victory …   Wikipedia

• Aldfrith of Northumbria — Infobox Monarch name =Aldfrith title =King of Northumbria caption =The beast symbol used on Aldfrith s coinage. reign =685 ndash;704/705 predecessor =Ecgfrith successor =Disputed between Osred and Eadwulf queen =Cuthburh father =Oswiu mother =Fín …   Wikipedia

• Yeavering — is a very small hamlet in the north east corner of the civil parish of Kirknewton in the English county of Northumberland. It is located at latitude 55° 34’ longitude 2° 07’, on the River Glen at the northern edge of the Cheviot Hills.According… …   Wikipedia

• Oswald of Northumbria — A twelfth century painting of St Oswald in Durham Cathedral Born c. 604 Deira, Northumbria Died 5 Augus …   Wikipedia

• Dál Riata — Dalriada redirects here. For the neighbouring Irish kingdom sometimes called Dalaradia, see Dál nAraidi. For other uses, see Dalriada (disambiguation). Satellite image of Scotland and Ireland showing the approximate area of Dál Riata (shaded).… …   Wikipedia

• Kingdom of Strathclyde — For other uses, see Strathclyde (disambiguation). The core of Strathclyde is the strath of the River Clyde. The major sites associated with the kingdom are shown, as is the marker Clach nam Breatann (Rock of the Britons), the probable northern… …   Wikipedia