Crossword clues for northumbria
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Norðhymbre, which lay north of the river Humber (Latin Humbri fluminis, c.720), an ancient pre-English river name of unknown origin. Related: Northumbrian. The Northumbrians seem at times to have referred to the Mercians as Southumbrians.
Wikipedia
Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.
The constituency of Northumbria was one of them.
Usage examples of "northumbria".
Malcolm would not hesitate to add both Northumbria and Cumbria to Scotland, so he would easily welcome her aid against Rufus.
Edwin of Mercia and Morkere of Northumbria, the man the earldom had chosen in place of Tostig.
Since the Battle of Brunanburh nine years before, where thousands of Viking, Scots and Welsh soldiers had died attempting to shake the tyrannical yoke, Northumbria had never truly recovered.
March out of Northumbria to get away from the Ragnarssons, cross the shires of Burgred, the powerful king of the Mark, as fast as possible.
Miracles come into the story now and then, and remind one that its people had a direct uncomplicated faith: the Vita Haroldi Regis, written by a humble monk of Waltham Abbey in 1216, records that Harold spent a sleepless night, kept awake by the pain in his leg and the dread that he felt too sick to lead the long march to Northumbria.