Middlesex, Essex, Sussex, Wessex... Nosex?

[BlowDryRat]

What happened to North of London?!

Couldn’t be arsed to compete.

They were early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms - East Saxons, South Saxons, West Saxons, Middle Saxons... the bit to the north was part of the kingdom of Mercia, I think, so it has a different name.

The saxons didn't hold the northern kingdoms.

Should've been called Sexcia

@sunshinepunch

Should've been called Sexcia

Snort!

Good thinking about Mercia. My history lessons skipped everything between the Romans and the Tudors.

They had no sex so they died out....

@BlowDryRat

What happened to North of London?!

If the media and BoJo are to be believed, there is nothing North of London.

It was full of monasteries?

This must have been an inspiration for coffee shops and fast food outlets, who have forgotten the world small exists.

Right. History according to MN: there was a place called Nosex but then it got Sexcia and became Mercia.