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Following the end of Roman rule in Great Britain, present-day England was settled by Germanic-speaking tribes from around c. 540 AD onwards. Little is known about Lancaster in the early [[Anglo-Saxon]] era due to lack of documentary evidence. By c. 700 AD, the area was within the kingdom of [[Northumbria]], which covered much of present-day [[northern England]] and south-east Scotland. There may have been a Northumbrian monastery on or near the site of Lancaster priory by c. 800 AD.

Following the end of Roman rule in Great Britain, present-day England was settled by Germanic-speaking tribes from around c. 540 AD onwards. Little is known about Lancaster in the early [[Anglo-Saxon]] era due to lack of documentary evidence. By c. 700 AD, the area was within the kingdom of [[Northumbria]], which covered much of present-day [[northern England]] and south-east Scotland. There may have been a Northumbrian monastery on or near the site of Lancaster priory by c. 800 AD.

The name "Lancaster" is recorded relatively late; the first documentation (in the form ''Loncastre'') is in the Domesday Book (1086), a survey taken following the Norman conquest of England. Lancaster was held by William the Conqueror in 1086. The name is of Old English origin and means "Roman fort at the [[River Lune]]".

The name "Lancaster" is recorded relatively late; the first documentation (in the form ''Loncastre'') is in the Domesday Book (1086), a survey taken following the Norman conquest of England. Lancaster was held by William the Conqueror in 1086. The name is of Old English origin and means "Roman fort at the [[River Lune]]". At this time, it formed a part of the Amounderness hundred of [[Yorkshire]] and had no recorded population.

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