LONDON AS AN ANGLO-SAXON TOWN

WHERE DID THE ANGLO-SAXONS SETTLE?

• When the Anglo- Saxons arrived in Britain most kept clear of Roman towns.
• They prefered to live in small villages.
• However, warrior cheifs knew that a walled city made a good fortress.
• Some roman towns, like london ,were never completely abandoned.
• Many Roman buildings were did become ruins though, because no one could repair them

ANGLO SAXON LONDON FACTS

• Anglo saxon period was to the 7th century to 11th century.
• In london was a Roman invasion.
• They renamed a place and called it London.
• In those days London wasn't the capital city.
• Edward died in 1065bc ,his succeser Harold was crowned in the new abbey.

ANGLO SAXON FACTS

• England means land of the angles.
• Language closer to modern German than modern English.
• When the Romans arrived, they found the land inhabited by "Britons."
• London had been abandoned in the late 5th crntury.
• After the Romans left, London fell into decline.