Tewingas

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

Bibliography

Rowe, Anne; Williamson, Tom (2013), Hertfordshire: A Landscape History, Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, p. 298, ISBN 1909291021, retrieved 2014-07-20
Williamson, Tom (2000), The Origins of Hertfordshire, Manchester: Manchester University Press, ISBN 071904491X, retrieved 2014-07-20

Kingdoms and subdivisions of Anglo-Saxon England

Kingdoms	East Anglia Essex Kent Mercia Northumbria Bernicia Deira Sussex Wessex

Lesser kingdoms	Wiht Meonwara Surrey Lindsey Hwicce Magonsæte Pencersæte Pecsæte Wreocensæte Tomsæte Haestingas Gyrwas Southumbrians

Minor Anglo-Saxon tribes and fiefs	Ælfingas Æbbingas Godhelmingas Arosæte Beormingas Bilsæte Brahhingas Duddensæte Cilternsæte Eorlingas Husmerae Gaini Sunningas Brycgstowl Banesbyrig Lindisfaras Woccingas Nox-gaga and Oht-gaga Middle Saxons Middle Angles North Mercians Duddaæte Gyrwas Tetingas Basingas Snotingas Spaldingas Stoppingas Sweordora Tewingas Westerne Elmetsæte Gewisse Rēadingas Weorgoran Sumorsaete Waeclingas Haueringas

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