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They were called Anglecynn or Englisc.

1066 was when William Duke of Normandy defeated Harold II at The Battle of Hastings. Harold had just defeated an invasion by Harald Hardrade King of Norway at the battle of Stamford Bridge.

William claimed to be the heir of Edward the Confessor and was crowned on Christmas Day 1066, ending the Anglo-Saxon age in England.

The Old English language, also known as Anglo-Saxon, gradually mutated, under the influence of Norman and Angevin French and other continental languages into the Middle English of Chaucer, and then into modern English. Spelling was not standardised until the 18th century, most famously by Dr Johnson's dictionary.

The British isles has played host to the Vikings, Saxons, Danes, Normans and even the Romans. Most of our cities are so old that we are forver stumbling across old ruins, sewers and artifacts.

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Anglo-Saxons fought and lost the Battle of Hastings in 1066, against the Norman invaders led by William the Conquer.

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