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Literal meanings of English counties (files.catbox.moe)

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[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

Back durong the Heptarchy pretty much everything north of the Humber was the Kingdom of Northumbria. The Danes took the southern half of the Kingdowm, leaving a Northumbria rump state over the approximate location of modern day Northumberland/Tyne and Wear.

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