Mercia
The eighth and last kingdom of the Heptarchy, between the
Thames and the Humber. It was the mere or boundary of the
Anglo-Saxons and free Britons of Wales.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Mercia from Fact Monster:
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