Bernicia, a Latinised form of the British word Brynicich, used to indicate the northern part of what became the kingdom of Northumbria, the part north of the Tees. The Anglian kingdom of Bernicia is said to have been founded by Ida, who made his capital at Bamborough about 550 A.D. See NORTHUMBRIA.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 100
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