Excerpt from The Natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland, Vol. 1 of 2: And of So Much of the County of Durham as Lies Between the Rivers Tyne and Tweed, Commonly Called, North Bishoprick Beyond Glenw:1t, sisforty-leven, meafiircd. Under die Saxon heptarchy it was part of a large kingdoms founded in the year' 547, by Ida, a mol't accomplilhed prince, containing all the 'country betwe en the two feas north of the Hufaber to the Frztb of Edenaurgb i'n Seatiand. Hence it has its name. Sometimes it was divided into two; Dara and Bermcia. Deira, i. E. Ferarum Habita' culzem, extended from the Oflium' of the Humber to the river Tyne from the 'tjne to Edenbizrgb By civil dill'ena tions, and the frequent alarms and deprmdatiorrs of the Darrer, it 'was confirained to fubmit to the {uperior power of Egbert, King. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.