'Lindisfarne, the Lindisfaran and the origins of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria' — chapter by me :) https://www.academia.edu/9111908/Britons_and_Anglo-Saxons_Lincolnshire_AD_400-650_Studies_in_the_History_of_Lincolnshire_3_2012 …pic.twitter.com/5NyLEJJtMv
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Not only linguistically most credible option, but has good context w/ other E Midlands group-names in the north eg Jarrow=Gyrwe of the Fens
Also interesting is Spalding Moor, Spaldinghemore (1172), a v extensive district drained in mid18thC to W of Sanctonpic.twitter.com/qsTlgcPiv8
@caitlinrgreen I used to go bush beating there... My Saturday job!
@dotterel Hah! So you've moved from one territory of the Spaldingas to another? Nice coincidence! :)
Ida of Bernicia, mid-6thC founder of dynasty based at Bamburgh+Lindisfarne (Speed, E17thC): http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-ATLAS-00002-00061-00001/1 …pic.twitter.com/UiXo20RDgS
Fwiw, medieval legends claimed that Ida arrived at Bamburgh/Lindisfarne from the south & had stopped over at Flamborough Head on the way!
Danes Dyke at Flamborough may be post-Roman, incidentally https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:264469&datastreamId=FULL-TEXT.PDF … (pp279-80) http://www.flamboroughheadsac.org.uk/documents/Danes%20Dyke%20management%20plan.pdf …pic.twitter.com/e2WBTR418u
@caitlinrgreen as someone studying medieval lit at durham i always wondered where the name lindisfarne came from!
@kriemhildsrache It's a fascinating name, and given clearly major royal territory in 6th/7thC, carries with it some intriguing implications!
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