Riders of Rohan – all of whom have names in the Mercian dialect of Old English – was once the usual term for central England, and it would have been pronounced and written "marc" rather than the West Saxon "mearc" or the Latinized "Mercia". See also Lichfield List of monarchs of Mercia List of Anglo-Saxon Mercians Mercian dialect Mercian Trail Old English language Repton Abbey Staffordshire Hoard Tamworth, Staffordshire Wessex References Sources Further reading Also published as External links Mercian History: History Project Recensions of manuscripts of the "Hidage" The Staffordshire Hoard States and territories established in the 520s 918 disestablishments Peoples of Anglo-Saxon England Regions of England 527 establishments States and territories disestablished in the 910s Former monarchies of Europe