The Anglo Saxon

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Where did the Anglo-Saxons Settle in Britain?

What were Anglo-Saxons villages and homes like?

Where did the Anglo-Saxons Settle in Britain?

The Anglo-Saxons took control of most of Britain, although they never conquered Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. They settle in England in places near to rivers or the sea, which could be easily reached by boat. One of the places they settled in was Tonbridge, in Kent. Tonbridge was an ideal place to settle as it was on the main track from Hastings to London and has a river.
Find out more about the Saxons in Tonbridge

At the time when the Anglo-Saxons came to England much of the country was covered in forest. Only about a few thousand people in the whole land (today there are about 50 million people living in England). It was an easy place for newcomers to find a place to start a village and then chop down the surrounding forest to make farmland.

What Anglo Saxon Place names still exist today? - Many of the names of our towns and villages come from Saxon words.

Kingdoms
The Anglo-Saxons divided England into kingdoms, each with its own royal family. The five main Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent and Anglia.
See map of Anglo Saxon England