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Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire

FTDNA Geographic Project
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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...