Welcome To The Neighborhood...NOT

       "World's End" is not exactly the name you would have selected for your neighborhood. Maybe if you wanted to hide out for a while you might just wish for such a place, but it is not the type of nomenclature you would want to hang your hat on coming through the front door. Ironically, when the Romans took over the neighborhood, they applied the name Britannia Prima for the location of my Jones surname family tree. Anyhow, my ancestors survived for many generations no matter who came knocking. 

      The land route seemed the usual pathway to arrive, and from the earliest days the Northumbrians  invited themselves starting from the battle of Chester (613 A.D.). It was not until the folks from Mercia arrived (700 A.D.-815 A.D.), and built that ditch called Offa's Dyke that gave the land route new meaning. However, it was the Scandinavians (815 A.D.) that introduced a new pathway, by water, that brought all sorts of problems for the neighborhood. Settlements here, and settlements there, when would all the dust start to settle? Then, Wessex (1000 A.D.) started their run for political influence [Griffith ap Llywelyn verses Harold] and almost brought the house down, but it was those folks from Normandy that shook the very foundations. Would you welcome any of these folks to your neighborhood? NOT!

      PS. Here is a map which was first discussed in post of May 24, 2022. It should help you to visualize all the locations around the neighborhood.

      Check the location for Oswestry and Whittington where many of the family kept their fires burning.