Aldwych
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Aldwych is a street and the name of the area immediately surrounding it, in the City of Westminster, part of Greater London, and is part of the West End Theatreland. The 450 metres street starts 600 m
Part of Aldwych pictured in 2011
Anglo-Saxon London
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The Anglo-Saxon period of the history of London dates from the end of the Roman period in the 5th century to the beginning of the Norman period in 1066.
Aldwych
…harbour for trading ships and fishing boats. After Alfred the Great re-built the London fortifications in the late 9th century, Londinium became known as Lundenburh or simply Lunden, and Lundenwic so became ealdwic or aldwich. (The word "old" evolved from ald, the Old English being eald and the German cognate being…
A mention of Lunden in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Statue of Alfred the Great in Wantage (now in Oxfordshire), his birthplace.
Plaque in the City noting the restoration of the city by Alfred.
A gold coin probably minted in London during the reign of Æthelred the Unready, showing him wearing armour