Meonwara
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The Meonwara were one of the tribes of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Their territory was a folkland located in the valley of the River Meon in Hampshire that was subsumed by the Kingdom of Wessex in the late seventh century.
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- Etymology
- Background
- Account in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle''
- West Saxons
- Mercians
- West Saxon takeover
- Other settlers
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- External links
The Meonwara were one of the tribes of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Their territory was a folkland located in the valley of the River Meon in Hampshire that was subsumed by the Kingdom of Wessex in the late seventh century.
==Etymology== In the 8th century the Venerable Bede referred to the Saxon and Jutish settlers that were living in the valley of the River Meon as (Meon People) and described the area as Provincia Meanwarorum (Province of the ). The origin of the name and its meaning is not known for sure, but possibly thought to be Celtic or Pre-Celtic for 'swift one'.
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