The Natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland - And of So Much of the County of Durham as Lies Between the Rivers Tyne and Tweed, Commonly Called, North Bishoprick #232131

Beyond Glenw:1t,sisforty-leven, meafiircd. Under die Saxon heptarchy it was part of a large kingdoms founded in the year' 547, by Ida, a mol't accomplilhed prince, containing all the 'country betwe~en the two feas north of the Hufaber to the Frztb of Edenaurgb i'n Seatiand. Hence it has its name. Sometimes it was divided into two; Dara and Bermcia. Deira, i. E. Ferarum Habita' culzém, extended from the Oflium' of the Humber to the river Tyne from the 'tjne to Edenbizrgb By civil dill'ena tions, and the frequent alarms and deprmdatiorrs of the Darrer, it 'was confirained to fubmit to the {uperior power of Egbert,~ King.