There’s a nasty rumour that us northerners migrated up from the south…..
Doggerland Project Prof. Bryony Coles has been examining the archaeology of "Doggerland", which now lies under the North Sea. Its highest point is the submerged Dogger Bank where prehistoric artifacts are occasionally found by fishermen and geologists. At the height of the last Ice Age, Doggerland was dry and stretched from the present east coast of Britain and the present coasts of The Netherlands, Denmark and North Germany. And so, the so-called land-bridge, was a place where people settled as the ice melted and northwestern Europe became habitable once more. But, as the ice melted further and sea levels rose, the North Sea began to cover the land, eventually separating the British Peninsula from the mainland. Doggerlanders probably made frequent visits to the north east coastline by boat and as Doggerland was gradually submerged during this early global warming they settled in the north east so Geordies were originally Doggerlanders. 
