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Northumbria, in modern contexts, usually refers to the region of England between the Tees and Tweed, including the historic counties of Northumberland and Durham, but it often also refers to the area from Northern Lincolnshire to the River Tweed, including the counties of: North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, County Durham, Northumberland ...
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.
Northumbria, settled c. 902 and first ruled c. 918 by Manx king Ragnall ua Ímair of the Norse-Gaels in exile from Dublin and held intermittently by Eric I of Norway as King of Northumbria 947-948 and 952-954, after securing his lordship over the Jarls of Orkney, in the precedent set by his father Harald Fairhair, part of which is famously ...
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This timeline summarises significant events in the history of Northumbria and Northumberland. 500 559 – Ida of Bernicia is the first known King of Bernicia ; he reigned from 547 to 559. 588 – The first king of Deira was Ælla of Deira who ruled from 560 until his death in 588. 600 604 – Aethelfrith unites Bernicia and Deira to form Northumbria. 613 – Æthelfrith engaged in the Battle ...
Kingdom of Northumbria, a medieval Anglian kingdom in what is now Northern England and south-east Scotland; Northumberland National Park, Northumberland; Northumberland Park (disambiguation), for multiple places with that name; Northumberland Avenue, London on the site of the former Northumberland House
Despite their success south of the river Tees, the Vikings never fully conquered the Bernician part of Northumbria, despite the many raids they had carried out on the kingdom. [7] However, Viking control over the Danelaw , the central belt of Anglo-Saxon territory, resulted in Northumbria becoming isolated from the rest of Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Northern England, or the North of England, is a region that forms the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire.