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Wessex - Wikipedia Many organisations that cover the area of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire use the name Wessex in their company or organisation name; for example Wessex Bus, Wessex Water, and Wessex Institute of Technology
Wessex | Kingdom, History, Map, Facts | Britannica Wessex, one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, whose ruling dynasty eventually became kings of the whole country In its permanent nucleus, its land approximated that of the modern counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset Learn more about Wessex, including its kings
Kingdom of Wessex - World History Encyclopedia The name 'Wessex' derives from 'Kingdom of the West Saxons' but the original place name was Gewisse (after the Anglo-Saxon tribe who lived there) which scholars have linked to the German 'gewiss' (meaning 'certainly' or 'sure') which was the same in Old Saxon
Kings and Queens of Wessex | Timeline of Wessex - Historic UK Wessex, also known as the Kingdom of the West Saxons, was a large and extremely influential Anglo-Saxon kingdom from 519 to 927AD In this article, we take a look at the Kings and Queens that ruled over the kingdom for almost half a millennium
Wessex: How a Small Anglo-Saxon Kingdom Became the Heart of England The name “Wessex” is derived from “West Saxons,” reflecting the kingdom’s geographic location and the Anglo-Saxon heritage of its founders Initially, Wessex encompassed the area that roughly corresponds to modern-day Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset
List of monarchs of Wessex - Wikipedia This is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of the West Saxons (Wessex) until 886 AD While the details of the later monarchs are confirmed by a number of sources, the earlier ones are in many cases obscure
Wessex: A Tale of Two Kingdoms - British Heritage Travel As Wessex has been understood for more than a century now, it is the fictional world described by Thomas Hardy in his novels and poetry The heart of Wessex here moves west of Winchester into the pastoral, rolling countryside of Dorset – an agrarian, rural world, with mile after mile of rolling farmland, of wheat fields and pastureland, where
Wessex summary | Britannica Wessex, Ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, southern England Its area approximated that of the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Berkshire, and Avon