Talk:Le Bec-Hellouin

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—41.81.39.222 (talk) 04:37, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

 Not done. You haven't specified what error you think exists, and the coordinates in the article appear to be correct. If you want to be more specific, please resubmit the {{geodata-check}} template below, with an explanation. Deor (talk) 10:16, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

"Herluin" Germanic?

What is the evidence for this? Herluin ("Herleuuin") is also the name of a 10th century Count of Ponthieu in the Somme, whose father was named "Haelchod". In the early 900s, Count Haelchod sheltered the refugee monks from Landevennec Abbey in western Brittany at his fortified capital Montreuil.

A certain "Viscount Robert and his brother Odo" were signatories to a charter by Count Eudon (then Regent of Brittany) at Rennes: if these were the future Count Robert of Mortain and Bishop Odo of Bayeux, both of whom are known to have had persistent Breton connections, then their father Herluin may well have been descended from the Ponthieu comital family.

There are numerous towns and villages with the prefix "Bret-" across northern France, including a concentration in the Somme district, evidence of early British settlement. I therefore suggest the possibility that both "Herluin" and "Haelchod" are of British origin. Zoetropo (talk) 06:45, 29 April 2016 (UTC)