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Back to Owlbut's History of England

The Timeline. Owlbut's Hoots. The Story.


Sure enough, the Vikings returned and ruled England for a time. Then we had an English king who had grown up in Normandy. He had promised his throne to his boyhood friend so, when he died, that boyhood friend came over to claim it. Unfortunately someone else wanted it too, They met and had the most famous battle on English soil at Hastings. The Norman won and changed the whole way of life in England. The feudal system had arrived.


A brief video introduction (made in 2021). Ignore the odd letter that may appear in the video. This is from a previous treasure hunt we ran.

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In 1001, the estimated population of England (to the nearest ¼million) was 1½ million people.