Saxon Mercia , Offas Dyke and Celtic origins (General)

by Roger Griffiths , Sunday, February 08, 2009, 12:03 (5840 days ago) @ slowhands

Foresters today would'nt know. There was always a certain tension between Welsh and English inhabitants of Dean in the past. There's a quite recent book about Forest memories warning about the Welsh. The Silures were a Celtic tribe, but probably originated in the Mediterranian, hence the black hair and olive skin. Some of my family had it. The Welsh were a standing danger to both the Anglo Saxons and the Normans. The Bede was sent on a mission to Wales in the 700's and remarked on the continuous military training of the men folk.

Roger Griffiths