The Angles did advance into the lowlands, but stopped when invaders from Ireland, called Scots, came soon after, supplanting or absorbing the native highland Picts.
The Romans hadn’t pressed north into Caledonia, as they called it. Latin names in those areas were adapted to the local tongue, which, along with local names, continued to be used for many years elsewhere, Anglo-Saxon dominated. From the 5th century onwards, the Anglo-Saxons encroached gradually from east to west, assimilating some Celtic Britons and pushing others to Wales and Cornwall. They had some influence on language but less on the names of places and people, since Latin-speaking Britons used few Roman names, and many of them left for Gaul during the invasion by the tribes of Angles and Saxons (and Jutes) that took place soon after the Roman departure. The Romans came, saw, and conquered most of Britain in the first century AD, then left again several hundred years later. They used a stock of single personal names and patronymics, and left place names across the country. Several waves of different Celts (who were a diverse lot) came to Britain from Europe from about the 4th century BC onwards, and merged with the locals. It is still quite simplified, which should make clear why detailed histories of every land are not included! The prehistoric British who built Stonehenge came from Europe thousands of years ago. For those interested, this passage details how names changed in Britain. Brit ain britain A History of Names in Britain People, languages, and their locations rarely remain fixed for long - cultures and races merge, split up, migrate, and disappear over the span of history, and names with them.
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