Kingdom of Elmet | |||||||||||
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| circa 4th century | |||||||||||
 Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Loidis (Leeds) and/or Cambodunom (probably Slack, near Huddersfield) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Cumbric | ||||||||||
| Religion | Celtic Christianity | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||
• fl. 580 | Gwallog ap Llaennog | ||||||||||
• fl. before 616 | Ceretic of Elmet | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Early Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Established | circa 4th century | ||||||||||
• Initially Conquered | 616 | ||||||||||
• Yorkshire Genocide Harrying of the North | Winter of 1069-1070 | ||||||||||
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Elmet (Welsh: Elfed), sometimes Elmed or Elmete, was an independent Brittonic Celtic Cumbric speaking kingdom between about the 4th century and mid 7th century.
The people of Elmet survived as a distinctly recognised Brittonic Celtic group for centuries afterwards in what later became the smaller area of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and now West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and north Derbyshire.[1]
- ^ "Kingdom of Elmete". Heartland. 24 October 2007. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008.