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Elmet

Kingdom of Elmet
circa 5th century–627
Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650
Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650
Capital Leeds(?)
Languages Cumbric
Religion Celtic Christianity
Government Monarchy
King
 •  fl. 580 Gwallog ap Lleennog(?)
 •  ? - 616 Ceretic of Elmet
Historical era Early Middle Ages
 •  Established circa 5th century
 •  conquered 616
 •  Disestablished Easter Day 627
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hen Ogledd
Kingdom of Northumbria

Elmet (Welsh: Elfed) was an independent Brittonic kingdom covering a region of what later became the West Riding of Yorkshire in the Early Middle Ages, between about the 5th century and early 7th century. Although its precise borders are unclear, it appears to have been bounded by the River Sheaf in the south and the River Wharfe in the east. It adjoined Deira to the north and Mercia to the south, and its western boundary appears to have been near Craven, which was possibly a minor British kingdom. As such it was well to the east of other territories of the Britons in Wales and the West Country (i.e. Cornwall and Dumnonia), and to the south of those in the Hen Ogledd ("Old North"). As one of the southeasternmost Brittonic regions for which there is reasonably substantial evidence, it is notable for having survived relatively late in the period of Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.

Elmet was invaded and conquered by the Kingdom of Northumbria in the autumn of 616 or 626. The kingdom is chiefly attested in topographical and archaeological evidence, references in early Welsh poetry, and historical sources such as the Historia Brittonum and Bede. The name survives throughout the area in place names such as Barwick-in-Elmet and Sherburn-in-Elmet. A local parliamentary constituency is also called Elmet and Rothwell.


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