When Edwin was a very young man he was driven away from Deira by Ethelfrith, king of Northumbria, which at that time corresponded to the county of Northumberland and some neighboring counties. Edwin ...

Beneath medieval Bamburgh Castle on England’s northeast coast lie the remains of a royal Anglo-Saxon fortress that was once the seat of the kings of Northumbria. (Colin Carter Photography/Getty ...

The 1,200-year-old structure was built during the life of Northumbrian King Eardwulf. He was ousted from the throne and forced to live as a hermit until he became a saint later on. According to ...

St Andrews is widely thought to be Scotland's oldest town - with a history that goes back to the Roman era and a number of myths and legends associated with it ...

In 672 AD, after the death of Oswui, the Picts rose against their overlords, expelling Drust, their Northumbrian puppet king. The new King of Northumbria, Ecgfrith, wasted no time in wreaking ...

All of Northumbria south of the Tyne was lost ... Soon the Angles, with their power depleted, looked to the new kings of Alba, like Constantine II, for protection from the Vikings in York.

The artwork was made to mark the King's Coronation on Saturday. Ms Eason said "Bamburgh Castle has long been associated with Northumbrian kings going back thousands of years. "It's having that ...