- in the 8th century. It
derives from the
Gyrwe, an
Anglian tribe that
inhabited the neighbourhood. The
Gyrwe's name
means "fen dwellers",
perhaps in reference...
-
first marriage in
around 652 to Tondberct,
chief or
prince of the
South Gyrwe. She
managed to
persuade her
husband to
respect her vow of
perpetual virginity...
- Spalding, the
Bilmingas and
Wideringas near Stamford, the
North Gyrwe and
South Gyrwe near Peterborough, the West Wixna, East Wixna, West
Wille and East...
-
Gyrwas /
Gyrwe (Angle
tribe or clan that
dwelt in the fen) (in the Fens) (near
Peterborough region)
North Gyrwas /
North Gyrwe Suth
Gyrwas / Suth
Gyrwe Elge...
-
Hidage and
Christian histories. They
include North Gyrwe (Peterborough and Crowland),
South Gyrwe (Ely), the
Spalda (Spalding), and
Bilmingas (part of...
-
shipping in the town and the
River Tyne. Bede's
World in
Jarrow (Old English:
Gyrwe) is
dedicated to the life of the
Venerable Bede, the 'Father of English...
- of Northumbria.
There is a
working reconstructed Anglo-Saxon farm
called Gyrwe (pronounced "Yeerweh")
after the Old
English name for Jarrow,
showing animal...
- later) of his
daughter Æthelthryth to Tondberht, a
prince of the
South Gyrwe, a
people living in the fens who may have been
settled in the area around...
- of Æthelthryth, who
married firstly Tonberht an
ealderman of the
South Gyrwe in the Fens, and
secondly Ecgfrith of Northumbria. Withburga, who died in...
-
themselves as a
distinct gentes".
Among these, the Isle of
Wight and the
South Gyrwe tribes, tiny in
terms of
their hidages and
geographically isolated from...
