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The Humber gave its name to the early medieval Kingdom of [[Northumbria]], which at its peak stretched from the Humber to the [[Firth of Forth]] in present-day [[Scotland]]. The name meant 'north of the Humber'. As the kingdom declined, it lost large areas of territory until the last fragment of the earls (no longer were they kings) of Northumbria lay between the rivers Tyne and Tweed, in the form of the modern county of [[Northumberland]], which at its nearest point is more than a hundred miles from the river after which it is named.

The Humber gave its name to the early medieval Kingdom of [[Northumbria]], which at its peak stretched from the Humber to the [[Firth of Forth]] in present-day [[Scotland]]. The name meant 'north of the Humber'. As the kingdom declined, it lost large areas of territory until the last fragment of the earls (no longer were they kings) of Northumbria lay between the rivers Tyne and Tweed, in the form of the modern county of [[Northumberland]], which at its nearest point is more than a hundred miles from the river after which it is named.

[[Category: European Rivers|Humber]]

[[Category:United Kingdom Rivers|Humber]]

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