Wessex (disambiguation)

Wessex (disambiguation)

Wessex or West Saxon can refer to:-

*Wessex a historic kingdom and region of England,
*Wessex culture 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 Wessex a semi-fictional county in the novels of Thomas Hardy,
*Westland Wessex a helicopter
*Earl of Wessex
**Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex a British prince and current earl.

e also

*Wizex, a Swedish dansband


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