Which Saxon king allegedly ‘burnt the cakes’?
  • Baldric the Baker
  • Cerdic of Wessex
  • Edward the Confessor
  • Alfred the Great
Which of these was a name for London in the Saxon Era?
  • Vicus Lundoniae
  • Augusta
  • Lundenwic
  • Hamwic
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?
  • Lundenberg
  • Hamburg
  • Westerham
  • Charlottenburg
Why was Edward the Confessor so named?
  • Because he made his people confess to crimes they hadn’t committed
  • Because he had committed petty theft in his youth and confessed
  • Because he was pious
  • Because he acknowledged his weakness as a monarch
Which of these was NOT a London fortress built by the Normans?
  • Montfichet Tower
  • Baynard’s Castle
  • The White Tower
  • The Red Tower
Which of these was not a Saxon village on the outskirts of London?
  • Soefhamton
  • Cloppenham
  • Cambeerwelle
  • Brixges Stane
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?
  • Kent
  • Essex
  • Mercia
  • Northumbria
Which Saxon king founded the first royal palace at Westminster, now more commonly known as The Houses of Parliament?
  • Alfred the Great
  • Edward the Elder
  • Edward the Confessor
  • Athelstan
To what does ‘le-Bow’ refer to in the name of the church of St Mary-le-Bow?
  • The coffins
  • The archers’ bows that were stored there
  • The arches in its crypt
  • The Roman pavement within its basement
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?
  • Via a window using a smuggled rope
  • Through a trap door and secret exit
  • By feigning sickness
  • By overpowering the guards
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