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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 2487849, member: 40017&quot;]I think most people would say that the Saxon period, certainly in the South of England, runs from around 600 AD to the defeat of Harold II at Hastings in 1066. Admittedly some of the kings towards the end of this period (Cnut, Harthacnut and Harold I) are more Danish than Saxon, but the last 2 (Edward the Confessor and Harold II) are substantially Saxon.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Northumbria, Anglia and much of Mercia the Danish gradually took over with the Saxon population subjugated until Eadgar of Wessex became the first king of all England in 959 AD. By that time the population was a good mix of Saxons, Romano-British Celts and newly arrived Danes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the term &quot;Saxon&quot; is actually shorthand for a number of tribes originating from central Europe, also including Jutes, Angles and probably Franks.</p><p><br /></p><p>And who said immigration was a new problem![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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