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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Kingdom of Sussex, Mercia, Northumbria, Petty kingdoms of England, Wessex, Kingdom of Essex, Synod of Whitby, Scottish Borders, Bernicia, Deira, Hwicce, Lothian, Kingdom of Lindsey, Kingdom of Kent, Historia de Sancto Cuthberto, Vita Sancti Cuthberti, Staffordshire Hoard, List of monarchs of Northumbria, Bishop of Lichfield, Northern England, Hallamshire, List of monarchs of Mercia, Mercian Regiment, Kingdom of East Anglia, Vita Sancti Wilfrithi, Heptarchy, Mercian dialect, Religion in Mercia, Durham Liber Vitae, Middle Angles, Mercian Trail, Hepburn, Tribal Hidage, Council of Austerfield, Pecsaetan, Mercian Supremacy, Northumbrian dialect, Leodwaldings, Hexhamshire, Wreocensaete, Gaini, Northumbria's Golden Age, Icel of Mercia, Forest of Mercia, Magonsaete, Haestingas, Coquetdale cheese, Mercian Way, Westerne. Excerpt: Mercia (, ) was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands. The name is a Latinisation of the Old English Mierce or Myrce, meaning "border people." Mercia's neighbours included Northumbria, Powys, the kingdoms of southern Wales, Wessex, Sussex, Essex, and East Anglia. The name Mercia is still in use today by a wide range of organisations, including military units, public, commercial and voluntary bodies. The Staffordshire Hoard, discovered in a field in Hammerwich, near Lichfield in July 2009, is perhaps the most important collection of Anglo-Saxon objects found in EnglandMercia's exact evolution from the Anglo-Saxon invasions is more obscure than that of Northumbria, Kent, or even Wessex. Also, Mercia developed an effective political structure and adopted Christianity later than the other kingdoms. Archaeological surveys show that Angles settled the lands north of the River Thame.
