Elmet

Elmet (), sometimes Elmed or Elmete, was a Brythonic kingdom thought to have been an independent polity between the 4th century and sometime after the mid-7th century as part of the Hen Ogledd.

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Country.conventional_long_name: Kingdom of Elmet
Country.common_name: Elmet
Country.government_type: Monarchy
Country.era: Early Middle Ages
Country.year_start: circa 4th century
Country.event_end: Yorkshire Genocide Harrying of the North
Country.date_end: Winter of 1069-1070
Country.event1: Initially Conquered
Country.date_event1: 616
Country.p1: Hen Ogledd
Country.p2: Votadini
Country.s1: Kingdom of Northumbria
Country.image_map: Yr.Hen.Ogledd.550.650.Koch.jpg
Country.image_map_alt: Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650
Country.image_map_caption: Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650
Country.capital: Loidis (Leeds) and/or Cambodunom (probably Slack, near Huddersfield)
Country.common_languages: Cumbric
Country.religion: Celtic Christianity

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dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 0627-01-01
Commons category: Elmet
inception: 0500-00-00

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Elmet (), sometimes Elmed or Elmete, was a Brythonic kingdom thought to have been an independent polity between the 4th century and sometime after the mid-7th century as part of the Hen Ogledd.

The people of Elmet survived as a distinctly recognised group for centuries after it was absorbed into Yorkshire in what later became the smaller area of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and now West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and north Derbyshire.