The ''Sunningas'' were a tribe or clan of early Anglo-Saxon England, whose territory formed a '' regio'' or administrative subdivision of the early Kingdom of

Wessex la, Regnum Occidentalium Saxonum , conventional_long_name = Kingdom of the West Saxons , common_name = Wessex , image_map = Southern British Isles 9th century.svg , map_caption = S ...

. The ''Sunningas'' inhabited

Sonning Sonning is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book '' Three Men in a Boat'' as "the most fairy-like little nook on the whole river". Geo ...

and its environs, in the modern county of Berkshire; their territory adjoined that of the ''

Readingas The Readingas (Old English ''Rēadingas'') were a tribe or clan of early Anglo-Saxon England whose capital was Reading; their territory formed a '' regio'' or administrative subdivision of the early Kingdom of Wessex. The area of the Readingas adjo ...

'', centered on

Reading Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling ...

to the west, and the '' Basingas'', whose capital was Basingstoke, to the south. The subdivision retained a role beyond the Anglo-Saxon period as Sonning remained the administrative centre for a distinctive grouping of hundreds throughout the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

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History of Berkshire Peoples of Anglo-Saxon England {{England-hist-stub