Tewingas
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The Tewingas were a tribe or clan of Anglo-Saxon England, whose territory was centred on the settlement of Welwyn in modern-day Hertfordshire,[1] the site of an early Minster church,[2] and the nearby settlement of Tewin.[3] Its name means either "the people of Tiwa" or "the worshippers of the God Tew".[3]
The tribe and its territory is mentioned in an Anglo Saxon charter of c.945.[3] Its heartland was in the valley of the River Mimram on well-drained soils.[1] The area shows strong continuity with earlier settlements,[1] with the Welwyn area including an earlier iron age oppidum, a Roman small town and several Roman villas.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Williamson 2000, p. 114.
- ↑ Rowe & Williamson 2013, p. 116.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Williamson 2000, p. 65.
- ↑ Williamson 2000, p. 73.
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