Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Northern England

Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North Country, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It broadly corresponds to the former borders of Angle Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik, and the Celt Britonic Yr Hen Ogledd Kingdoms.

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  1. Hadrian's Wall

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hadrian's Wall, the best known and perhaps most impressive relic of the Roman occupation of Britain.

    12 July 2012

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    Featuring: Greg Woolf, David Breeze, Lindsay Allason-Jones

     
  2. The Danelaw

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how a series of Danish invasions, settlements and battles with Anglo-Saxons changed England in the 9th and 10th centuries.

    28 March 2019

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    Featuring: Judith Jesch, John Hines, Jane Kershaw