Wessex (disambiguation)

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Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in early medieval England.

Wessex or West Saxon may also refer to:

  • Wessex Archaeology, an educational charity and the largest UK archaeological practice,
  • Wessex culture, a name given to the predominant prehistoric culture of southern Britain during the early Bronze Age
  • Early West Saxon, the Germanic dialect spoken by the West Saxons following Anglo-Saxon settlement
  • Late West Saxon, the language usually known as Old English
  • Thomas Hardy's Wessex, a semi-fictional region of England in the novels of Thomas Hardy
  • Westland Wessex, a helicopter
  • Earl of Wessex, an English title of nobility
    • James, Earl of Wessex, the son of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, grandson of Elizabeth II and nephew of Charles III
  • Wessex (European Parliament constituency), a former constituency covering Dorset and part of Hampshire and Wiltshire
  • Wessex, Ontario, Canada, a fictitious city in the Canadian sitcom Dan for Mayor
  • Wessex Formation, an English fossil site and geological formation
  • Wessex League, football league covering Hampshire and parts of the surrounding counties
  • The Wessex Institute of Technology
  • Wessex Stadium, home to Weymouth F.C.
  • The 43rd (Wessex) Brigade, British Army's regional command for the South West region
  • The Royal Wessex Yeomanry, a British Army territorial unit
  • Wessex Sound Studios, a renowned former recording studio, in Highbury, London
  • Wessex Trains, train operating company that used to operate in much of the South West region
  • Wessex Water, water supply and sewage company that covers much of the South West region
  • The Wessex Rangers
  • Wessex Scene, a student newspaper produced by Southampton University Students' Union (SUSU)
  • Wessex Saddleback, a pig breed originating from Wessex
  • The Wessex Way, a trunk road linking Bournemouth to the A31 and leading to Salisbury
  • Wessex, a community that is a part of Morningside Place in Houston
  • HMS Wessex, the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy
  • Wessex (ward), an electoral ward in Somerset, England

See also

  • Wizex, a Swedish dansband
Topics referred to by the same term
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