[DOC] [TLE] Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland - Historic UK [PAR] Geologically, the Firth of Forth is a fjord, carved by the Forth glacier at the ... The 
site of the city of Edinburgh was first named as Castle Rock. ... of Edwin's fort, 
referring to the 7th century King Edwin of Northumbria (and ... The National 
Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy Building were built on top of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Aldfrith of Northumbria - Wikipedia [PAR] Aldfrith was king of Northumbria from 685 until his death. He is described by early 
writers such ... By the year 600, most of what is now England had been 
conquered by invaders from ... In 616, thelfrith was succeeded by Edwin of 
Northumbria, a Deiran. ... to the Northumbrians, in Pictish territory north of the 
Firth of Forth. [DOC] [TLE] History of Cumbria - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Cumbria as a county of England begins with the Local Government 
Act 1972. .... These sites were probably used across several thousands of years, 
not just during ...... inscribed with the names of some of the Cumbrian forts in the 
2nd century, ..... King Edwin, according to the Historia Brittonum, was converted 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Forth Bridge - Wikipedia [PAR] The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of 
Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Edinburgh City .... The bridge is built on 
the principle of the cantilever bridge, where a cantilever beam ..... The Forth 
Bridge Railway Company was named in the Transport Act 1947 as one of the 
bodies... [DOC] [TLE] Firth of Forth - Wikipedia [PAR] The Firth of Forth (Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe) is the estuary or firth of 
Scotland's River Forth, ... but mainly for industry and the large ash lagoons built to 
deposit spoil from the coal-fired Longannet Power Station near Kincardine. 
Historic... [DOC] [TLE] History of Wales - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Wales begins with the arrival of human beings in the region 
thousands of years ... During the Iron Age the region, like all of Britain south of the 
Firth of Forth, .... Nearly 600 hillforts are in Wales, over 20% of those found in 
Britain, .... against Northumbria, but thereafter Gwynedd, like the other Welsh 
kingdoms,... [DOC] [TLE] The Ancient Kingdom of Elmet - The History Files [PAR] Thus recorded representatives of the City of London, on undertaking a survey in 
... to the iron age fort at Winkobank or the nearby Roman fort at Templeborough ... 
of the Kingdom of Elmet is recorded by Nennius: "Edwin, (ruler of Northumbria) ... 
is named as the site of a church built by Paulinus and of a villa regia, probably... [DOC] [TLE] G0ISW Tourism - QSL.net [PAR] Jul 9, 2016 ... However this area has been called by various names throughout the ages ... The 
Romans built a Cavalry fort, Voreda, four miles north of Penrith. ... 420 AD Death 
of (old King) Coel Hen, probably the last Roman Dux Brittanniarum. ..... been 
suggested for the River Dublas is the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh,... [DOC] [TLE] Edinburgh - encyclopedia article - Citizendium [PAR] Jan 28, 2015 ... In 2007, Edinburgh became the first UNESCO "City of Literature." ... English for "
Edwin's fort", Edwin being a 7th century king of Northumbria, ... of hills, situated 
between the Firth of Forth to the north and west, and the Pentland Hills to the 
south. .... Many of the names are resonant of history - Canongate and... [DOC] [TLE] ii00 the age of tort: anglo-saxon england sec. 2 - Harvard Law School [PAR] 600835  The Heptarchy (overlordships moving from Northumbria to Mercia .... 
in C. Stephenson & S. Marcham, Sources of English Constitutional History [=S&M
], ... been obtaining the leadership for his own race; the fifth, Edwin, king of the .... 
half, Bernicia, stretching from the Tees River north to the Firth of Forth, was not... [DOC] [TLE] The History of Wales: December 2012 [PAR] Dec

Question: This city was probably named for Edwin of Northumbria, who built a fort on the Firth of Forth in the 600s
Answer: Edinburgh