Tewingas

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The Tewingas were a tribe or clan of Anglo-Saxon England, whose territory was centred on the settlement of Welwyn in modern-day Hertfordshire, [1] the site of an early Minster church, [2] and the nearby settlement of Tewin. [3] Its name means either "the people of Tiwa" or "the worshippers of the God Tew". [3]

The tribe and its territory is mentioned in an Anglo Saxon charter of c.945. [3] Its heartland was in the valley of the River Mimram on well-drained soils. [1] The area shows strong continuity with earlier settlements, [1] with the Welwyn area including an earlier Iron Age oppidum , a Roman small town and several Roman villas. [4]

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  1. 1 2 3 Williamson 2000, p. 114.
  2. ↑ Rowe & Williamson 2013, p. 116.
  3. 1 2 3 Williamson 2000, p. 65.
  4. ↑ Williamson 2000, p. 73.

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