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BERNICIA , the northern of the two English kingdoms which were eventually united in the kingdom of Northumbria. Its territory is said to have stretched from the Tyne northwards, ultimately reaching the Forth, while its western frontier was gradually extended at the expense of the Welsh. The chief
island
bishop
record is Ida, who is said to have obtained the throne about 547. IEthelfrith, king of Bernicia, united Deira to his own kingdom, probably about 6o5, and the union continued under his successor Edwin, son of Ella or IElle, king of Deira. Bernicia was again separate
See Bede, Hist. Eccles. ii. 14, iii. 1, 14; Nennius, 63; Simeon of Durham, i. 339. (F. G. M. B.) BERNICIAN SERIES , in geology, a term
Manual
series of Northumberland were united by Professor Lebour into a single series, to which he applied the name " Bernician "; but later he speaks of the whole of the Carboniferous rocks of Northumberland and itsborders as of the" Bernician type," which is the most satisfactory way in which the term
Cambridge , 1888). " Demetian " was the corresponding designation proposed by Woodward for the Upper Carboniferous rocks.End of Article: BERNICIA If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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