THE OLD NORTH

 Yr Hen Ogledd - the "Old North"

Yr Hen Ogledd was the name for the northernmost parts of England (modern day Cumbria) and the southernmost parts of modern day Scotland in the days of Brythonic Britain.

This region spoke the now extinct language of Cumbric, which was either related to or a direct relative of "Old Welsh" (which, of course, is an ancestral language of present-Welsh).

In many ways, Yr Hen Ogledd gave way for modern Cymru, as many of the Welsh Kingdoms, such as Gwynedd with Cunedda, were founded by people hailing from the region.

If you have ever wondered why "Cumbria" is a similar sounding word to "Cymru", it is because our origins are very similar and are both rooted in the Brythonic Kingdoms.