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History Timeline

 
The following is a guide to who was here and when
 
 

 Prehistoric Britain


 

450,000bc - 43ad

450,000bc

The Stone Age

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2300bc

The Bronze Age

*

700bc

The Iron Age

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55bc - 4bc

First Roman Invasion

 

 The Romans


 

43ad - c410

 

Second Roman Conquest

 

 The Dark Ages


 

c410 - 1066

 

Viking and Anglo Saxon

 

 The Middle Ages


 

- Medieval -

1066 - 1485

 

Norman Britain

 

 Tudor England


 

1485 - 1603

 

 The Stuarts


 

1603 - 1714

 

1603 - 1625

Jacobean

 

 The Georgian Era


 

1714 - 1837

 

 Industrial Britain


 

- Victorian Era -

1837 - 1901

 
 The 20th Century