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    The Wreocensæte (Old English: Wrēocensǣte, Wrōcensǣte, Wrōcesǣte, Wōcensǣte), sometimes anglicized as the Wrekinsets, were one of the peoples of Anglo-Saxon...
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    subsequently absorbed by the Kingdom of Essex) Pecsæte Surrey Tomsæte Wreocensæte Wihtwara Anglo-Saxon England portal History of Anglo-Saxon England Cornovii...
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    the seventh century or the beginning of the eighth. The later minor Wreocensæte sub-kingdom of the Angles emerged in the area when Oswiu conquered Pengwern...
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    occupied by Anglo-Saxon groups who became sub-kingdoms of Mercia, the Wreocensǣte or Wrekinset in the northern part of what became Shropshire, and the...
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    meadow. Alternatively, the name may have described a settlement of the Wreocensæte people, who were possibly a continuation of the Cornovii tribe of Roman...
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    Magonsæte Meonwara, the Meon Valley area of Hampshire Pecsæte Surrey Tomsæte Wreocensæte At the end of the 6th century the most powerful ruler in England was...
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    South Shropshire) Hahlsæte (Ludlow) Temersæte (Hereford) Wreocensæte (Wrekinsets) (Wrēocensǣte, Wrōcensǣte, Wrōcesǣte, Wōcensǣte, Wocansaete) (Anglian...
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    needed] Newport was located in the historic kingdom of Mercia, near where Wreocensæte was once situated. Humans inhabited the surrounding area long before...
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    Part of it consisted of the Anglian sub-kingdom of the Magonsæte and Wreocensæte. In Shrewsbury there is the Pengwern Boat Club on the banks of the River...
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  • uncertain. The northern part of Shropshire was part of the territory of the Wreocensæte. The southern part probably belonged to the Magonsaete. Both were absorbed...
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    the 1st millennium. At that time Cheshire was under the control of the Wreocensæte people of Mercia. Goostrey first appears in recorded history in the Domesday...
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  • in this area, which was a part of the Kingdom of Mercia known as the Wreocensæte. A Saxon cross dating to the 10th/11th century has been unearthed by...
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