Now called Kent, what name was given to it by the Greek explorer, Pytheas?
What was Julius Caesar's name for Britain, after the Gaulish tribe who lived there?
What was the meaning of the Celtic word: 'Dover'?
The invading Angles and Saxons (ironically) called the Britons 'wealas', meaning 'enemies' or 'strangers', and drove them into what is now called what?
When a Scot or a Welshman calls an Englishman 'Sassenach', or 'Sasnaig', he is saying what?
We built an airport and called it Gatwick, because 1000 years ago it was what?
What is the Anglo-Saxon word for an enclosure, which later became a settlement?
Which Latin word, meaning a military camp, was picked up by the English, and entered the language as -chester, -caster or -cester?
What was the Britons' word for river?
What is the meaning of the word 'Thames'?
'Darwen', 'Derwent', 'Darent' and 'Dart' all come from a Celtic word meaning what?
'Wold', 'holt', 'shaw' and 'frith' were all types of what in Anglo-Saxon times?
What did the name Egbert (Eg-bert) mean?
St. Keverne, St.Just, St. Mawes and St. Austell were saints who gave their names to settlements in which area of Britain?
'Bugganora', or Bugga's shore, was probably named after a daughter of the king of Wessex at the time, but what is it called today?
Tiw, Woden, Thor and Frig gave their names to what?
What was the last part of Britain to remain heathen?
What was the name of the earliest known saint in all Britain, immortalised in the name of the place where he died?
What is the meaning of the word 'minster'?
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