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All testers are welcome who have ancestral connections to Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and neighbouring counties.
The many historical names of Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire: (in descending order, from most recent to less recent)
- Derbyshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Northern Recension
- Northern Danelaw
- Five Boroughs
- Deoraby
- Mierce
- Mercium
- Northern Mercia
- Northumbria
- Southern Northumbria
- Elmet
- Southern Elmet
- Elfed
- Silva Elmete 'Forest of Elfed'
- Elmetia
- Kingdom of the Southern Pennines (Peak District Only. The name of this kingdom is unknown)
- Kingdom of the Pennines (Peak District and the Kingdom of Dunoting, today known as Yorkshire Dales)
- Some propose Elmet was the Eastern-half of Southern Rheged (Lancashire) and Aire Gap connected the two halves
- Yr Hen Ogledd 'The Old North'
- Derventio
- Britannia Inferior 'Lower Britain'
- Flavia Caesariensis
- Britannia Flavia
- Territory of the Corieltauvi, Coritani, or Corieltavi
- Territory of the Brigantes, Brigantia, Southern Brigantia
If there's any others I've missed please let me know with some supporting evidence...