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English settlement regions around AD 500 |
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Angle, Jutish, and Saxon settlement by this time was largely along the eastern stretch of the south coast, and along the east coast to the Humber region. However, the invaders would have been few in number, requiring a complicit Romano-British serf class to do much of their work while they fought for more land against the surviving Romano-British nobility. Large gaps were still apparent in the conquest, notably above the Chilterns and in much of what is now Essex, which saw continued Romano-British resistance for some years. In contrast, the Angles were penetrating deep into the East Midlands, while the Thames Valley Saxon advance had stalled after the native victory at Mons Badonicus. |
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