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Northumbria (/ n ɔːr ˈ θ ʌ m b r i ə /; Old English: Norþanhymbra rīċe [ˈnorˠðɑnˌhymbrɑ ˈriːt͡ʃe]; Latin: Regnum Northanhymbrorum) [2] was an early medieval Anglian kingdom in what is now Northern England and South Scotland.
According to Thomas Allan in his Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings (page1), “(Weel May) The Keel Row”, described by many as the Tyneside National Anthem, was a popular local melody long before 1760 and is long associated with the area covered by the medieval English kingdom of Northumbria and Tyneside, and it was not ...
Here Northumbria is defined as Northumberland, the northernmost county of England, and County Durham. According to 'World Music: The Rough Guide', "nowhere is the English living tradition more in evidence than the border lands of Northumbria, the one part of England to rival the counties of the west of Ireland for a rich unbroken tradition. [ 1 ]
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Ruler of southern Northumbria Ruler of northern Northumbria Notes 867–872 Military conquest by the Great Heathen Army: Ecgberht I: Ecgberht I ruled north of the Tyne as a puppet king of the Danes. [3] 872–c. 875: Ricsige: Probably ruled most of Northumbria as a sovereign Anglo-Saxon king. [4] c. 875 –877 Halfdan Ragnarsson [5] Ecgberht II [6]
Formerly part of the kingdom of Northumbria, the area was settled by Scandinavians some time in either the 9th or 10th century. It has gained reputation for its combination of Christian symbols with Nordic symbols, being a tangible piece of evidence of the impact of the Christianization of Scandinavia .