Elmet

Kingdom of Elmet
circa 4th century
Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) c. 550 – c. 650
Capital	Loidis (Leeds) and/or Cambodunom (probably Slack, near Huddersfield)
Common languages	Cumbric
Religion	Celtic Christianity
Government	Monarchy
King
• fl. 580	Gwallog ap Llaennog
• fl. before 616	Ceretic of Elmet
Historical era	Early Middle Ages
• Established	circa 4th century
• Initially Conquered	616
• Yorkshire Genocide Harrying of the North	Winter of 1069-1070
Preceded by Succeeded by Hen Ogledd Votadini Kingdom of Northumbria

Elmet (Welsh: Elfed), sometimes Elmed or Elmete, was an independent Brittonic Celtic Cumbric speaking kingdom between about the 4th century and mid 7th century.

The people of Elmet survived as a distinctly recognized Brittonic Celtic group for centuries afterwards in what later became the smaller area of the West Riding of Yorkshire then West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.^[1]