Mercia
State / Province / Region · historical kingdom · historical
Mercia, England, United Kingdom
51.0201383, -1.3373194
Where it has belonged
This place has belonged to more than one jurisdiction. The town did not move; the border did.
- England Constituent country always
- Anglo-Saxon England Country 410–1066
Also recorded as
The same place, written differently — other languages, older names, and the spellings that appear in the records themselves.
- Kingdom of Mercia spelling used in the source
Places within
- Cheshire County / Shire / Departement · 1 within
- Gloucester County / Shire / Departement · 1 within
- Gloucestershire County / Shire / Departement · 1 within
- Norhamptonshire County / Shire / Departement · 1 within
- Northamptonshire County / Shire / Departement · 1 within
- Staffordshire County / Shire / Departement · 1 within
- Surrey County / Shire / Departement · 1 within
- Bardney Abbey City / Town
- Bedford City / Town
- Bourne City / Town
- Burton upon Trent City / Town
- Croyland City / Town
- Magonsaete City / Town
- Quarrandom City / Town
- Stamford Hill City / Town
- Wroughton City / Town
How the records wrote it
Every one of these strings resolved to this one place. That is the work: 12 different ways of writing it, one place to fix when it is wrong.
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Mercia, England39× -
Kingdom of Mercia, Anglo Saxon England28× -
Mercia16× -
Kingdom of Mercia, Anglia11× -
Mercia, Anglo Saxon England8× -
KIngdom of Mercia3× -
Kingdom of Mercia, England3× -
,, Mercia, England2× -
, MERCIA, ENGLAND2× -
Kingdom of Mercia1× -
of,Mercia,England1× -
Kingdom of Mercia, Anglo Saxon England,1×