After Ecgfrith was killed at Nechtansmere, the succession of his illegitimate brother Aldfrith was contested. The transition marked the beginning of Northumbrian decline from the dominant English kingdom to one torn by internal civil wars. Aldfrith proved a scholarly king but the kingdom never recovered its former dominance.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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