The Weorgoran (Old English: "people of the winding river") were a people of Saxon England, a precursor of the minor kingdom of Hwicce. The Weorgoran were...
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Snotingas Southumbrians Spaldingas Stoppingas Sweordora Tomsæte Undaium Weorgoran Westerne Wreocensæte Northumbria: Elmetsæte Beodarsæte Loidis Sussex:...
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distinct tribal groups, including the Husmerae, the Stoppingas and the Weorgoran. The first probable kings of whom we read were two brothers, Eanhere and...
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("Fort Venta": Winchester? Norwich or Winwick?) Cair Guiragon ("Fort Weorgoran": Worcester) Cair Guorthigirn ("Fort Vortigern": Little Doward? Carmarthen...
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Wootton Wawen and the valley of the River Alne in modern-day Warwickshire) Weorgoran (Worcester) Westernas Magonsæte / Magonsætan (roughly in today's Herefordshire...
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Anglo-Saxon army or here known as Weogorna ceastre (Worcester Camp). The Weorgoran were probably a sub-tribe of the larger kingdom of the Hwicce, which occupied...
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Worcestershire and the Herefordshire Arrow in Herefordshire and Powys. With the Weorgoran to the southwest, and other tribes to the north and east, their territory...
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very minor kingdoms or fiefdoms were established, for instance of the Weorgoran, from which it is believed Worcester takes its name. The area now known...
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