Q.1.
Which Saxon king allegedly ‘burnt the cakes’?
Q.2.
Which of these was a name for London in the Saxon Era?
Q.3.
Lundenwic was the name for the Saxon settlement situated near the area now known as The Strand. In the 800s when facing Viking attacks, the Saxons moved their settlement inside the old Roman city further east. What did they call this second settlement?
Q.4.
Why was Edward the Confessor so named?
Q.5.
Which of these was NOT a London fortress built by the Normans?
Q.6.
Which of these was not a Saxon village on the outskirts of London?
Q.7.
The heptarchy was a period in Saxon Britain (c.500-850) when the isles were split into 7 kingdoms, each with their own ruler. Which kingdom was London in?
Q.8.
Which Saxon king founded the first royal palace at Westminster, now more commonly known as The Houses of Parliament?
Q.9.
To what does ‘le-Bow’ refer to in the name of the church of St Mary-le-Bow?
Q.10.
In 1011 Ranulph de Flambard, a Norman bishop of London, became the Tower of London’s first recorded prisoner and its first prisoner to escape too! How did he escape?