Wessex (disambiguation)
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Wessex or West Saxon can refer to:-
- WessexWessexThe Kingdom of Wessex or Kingdom of the West Saxons was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of a united English state in the 10th century, under the Wessex dynasty. It was to be an earldom after Canute the Great's conquest...
a historic kingdom and region of England, - House of WessexHouse of WessexThe House of Wessex, also known as the House of Cerdic, refers to the family that ruled a kingdom in southwest England known as Wessex. This House was in power from the 6th century under Cerdic of Wessex to the unification of the Kingdoms of England....
, a family that ruled a kingdom in southwest England - Wessex cultureWessex cultureThe Wessex culture is the predominant prehistoric culture of central and southern Britain during the early Bronze Age, originally defined by the British archaeologist Stuart Piggott in 1938...
a name given to the predominant prehistoric culture of southern Britain during the early Bronze Age, - Early West Saxon a dialect of Old English,
- Late West Saxon a dialect of Old English,
- Thomas Hardy's WessexThomas Hardy's WessexThe English author Thomas Hardy set all of his major novels in the south and southwest of England. He named the area "Wessex" after the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed in this part of that country prior to the Norman Conquest. Although the places that appear in his novels actually exist,...
a semi-fictional region of England in the novels of Thomas Hardy, - Westland WessexWestland WessexThe Westland Wessex is a British turbine-powered version of the Sikorsky S-58 "Choctaw", developed under license by Westland Aircraft , initially for the Royal Navy, and later for the Royal Air Force...
a helicopter - Earl of WessexEarl of WessexThe title Earl of Wessex has been created twice in British history, once in the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...
- Prince Edward, Earl of WessexPrince Edward, Earl of WessexPrince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO is the third son and fourth child of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh...
a British prince and current earl.
- Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- Wessex (European Parliament constituency)Wessex (European Parliament constituency)Wessex was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Dorset in England, plus parts of western Hampshire and southern Wiltshire. It was named after the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex....
, 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 FormationWessex FormationThe Wessex Formation is an English fossil site and geological formation that dates to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous. It is part of the Wealden Group and underlies the younger Vectis Formation.-Invertebrates:...
, an English fossil site and geological formation - Wessex RFC, a rugby union team in Devon, England