The Haestingas, Heastingas or Hæstingas were one of the tribes of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Not very much is known about them. They settled in what became...

the form Hastingas. This is derived from the Old English tribal name Hæstingas, meaning 'the constituency (followers) of Hæsta'. Symeon of Durham records...

based around modern Leicestershire, later conquered by the Mercians; the Hæstingas (around the town of Hastings in Sussex); and the Gewisse. The four main...

campaign against the Franks and Rome. King Offa of Mercia defeats the Haestingas, and joins their little region to his sub-kingdom of Sussex. Kʼakʼ Tiliw...

the battlefield. The battle was already being referred to as "bellum Haestingas" or "Battle of Hastings" by 1086, in the Domesday Book. The sun rose at...

the late 8th century, Sussex seems to have absorbed the Kingdom of the Haestingas, after the region was conquered by the Mercian king Offa. A large part...

Hampshire and also possibly the area around Hastings in East Sussex (Haestingas). J E A Jolliffe compared agricultural and farming practices across 5th...

century. The people who were known as the Haestingas were a separate group to those of the South Saxons. The Haestingas became a sub-kingdom of the Kingdom...

and 725 and there is some suggestion that he may have been King of the Hæstingas. Some of the Anglo-Saxon charters that date from the Kingdom of Sussex...

of Dean and western Oxfordshire. Sussex – including the settlement of Haestingas, containing people of possibly Jutish origin Essex – including Middlesex...

earlier form ending in "-ingas". "Hastings" for example, derives from "Hæstingas" which may mean "the followers or dependents of a person named Hæsta"...

Totingas (Tooting) Wochingas (Woking) South Saxons (South Saxons') (Sussex) Haestingas (Hastings) West Saxons (in Wessex) Basingas (Basingstoke) Eorlingas (Arlingham)...

whose existence has been deduced from the original name of Hastings, Haestingas, "the people of Haesta" (Old English hǣst ‘violence, violent’), and Greek...

are a garage and a public house. Hastingleigh gets its name from the Haestingas, a Jutish tribe that lived in the area. The village was in existence before...

British Isles Gwynedd Various Kingdom 420 – 1261 AD Europe: British Isles Haestingas Hastings Tribal kingdom 6th century – 771 AD Europe: British Isles Kent...

Gwent Caerwent, Porth-is-Coed 420–1081 AD Gwynedd Various 420–1261 AD Haestingas Hastings Tribal kingdom 6th century – 771 AD Hwicce Worcester Kingdom...

Kingdom 6th century–918 AD Essex Rendlesham, Dommoc Kingdom 527–825 AD Haestingas Hastings Tribal kingdom 6th century–771 AD Kent Durovernum Kingdom 488–871...

marshes—allowed an autonomous settlement to develop from about the 8th century. The Haestingas tribe, finally overcome by King Offa of Mercia in 771, gave its name to...

8th century the kingdom had expanded to include the territory of the Haestingas. Around 827 in the aftermath of the battle of Ellandun, Sussex was annexed...

Kingdom of Essex (527–825), Kingdom of Mercia (527–918), Kingdom of Haestingas (6th century? – 771?), Kingdom of East Anglia (571–918), Kingdom of the...

(Wihtwara) and also possibly the area around Hastings in East Sussex (Haestingas). They also settled in what was to become Meonwara. As well as Bede's...

perhaps on a temporary basis. It seems possible that the people of the Haestingas may have had their own ruler for a while, and another sub-division may...

British Isles Gwynedd Various Kingdom 420 – 1261 AD Europe: British Isles Haestingas Hastings Tribal kingdom 6th century – 771 AD Europe: British Isles Kent...

Selsey is consecrated the first bishop of the South Saxons. 771 King Offa of Mercia defeats the Haestingas and adds their kingdom to the Kingdom of Sussex....

British Isles Gwynedd Various Kingdom 420 – 1261 AD Europe: British Isles Haestingas Hastings Tribal kingdom 6th century – 771 AD Europe: British Isles Kent...

Wessex, kingdom of the West Saxons. Essex, kingdom of the East Saxons. Haestingas, a Saxon tribe in part of Sussex. Magonsaete, an Anglian tribe in the...

This area, before becoming part of Sussex formed the kingdom of the Haestingas. The region was isolated in a similar way with marshland of the Pevensey...

who were separate to that of the South Saxons they were known as the Haestingas. The area of Sussex they occupied became the Rape of Hastings. It encompassed...

campaign against the Franks and Rome. King Offa of Mercia defeats the Haestingas, and joins their little region to his sub-kingdom of Sussex. Kʼakʼ Tiliw...