0 an area of northeastern England that was an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom (= an area ruled by a king) and now includes Northumberland, Durham, and Tyne and Wear:
Malcolm grew up in Northumbria.
The settlement was then part of the Anglian kingdom of Northumbria.
At that time, Northumbria was on the periphery of the civilized world.
Until the tenth century the Lakelands were ruled from neighbouring Northumbria.
He successfully defended Wessex from the Danish hordes that dominated the surrounding kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbria and East Anglia.
The study was done at the University of Northumbria.
