elmete

Updated: May 27, 2025

Eadfered Flesaurs reigned twelve years in Bernicia, and twelve others in Deira, and gave to his wife Bebba, the town of Dynguaroy, which from her is called Bebbanburg.* * Bambrough. See Bede, iii. 6, and Sax. Chron. Edwin, son of Alla, reigned seventeen years, seized on Elmete, and expelled Cerdic, its king.

Nennius - History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum)

The great Wilfrid also, in the seventh century, speaks of recovering the sacred places from which the British clergy had been forced to flee. It is unknown when or how York was finally captured, but in the seventh century it was certainly in the hands of the English; though there still remained an independent British kingdom of Elmete, only a few miles to the west of the city.

A. (Arthur) Clutton-Brock - The Cathedral Church of York: Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief: History of the Archi-Episcopal See