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Saxon Invasion - 5th Century
The Roman army left Britain about AD 410. When they had gone there was no strong army to defend Britain, and tribes called the Angle, Saxon, and Jute (the Anglo-Saxons) invaded. They left their homelands in northern Germany, Denmark and northern Holland and rowed across the North Sea in wooden boats. The Anglo-Saxons ruled most of Britain but never conquered Cornwall in the south-west, Wales in the west, or Scotland in the north. The Anglo-Saxons divided England into several kingdoms. Missionaries from Roman spread Christianity across southern Britain. Read more about the Saxons on our Homework Help pages Anglo-Saxon Britain 450 First invasions of the Jutes from Jutland, Angles from South of Denmark and Saxons from Germany. Britain is divided up into the Seven Kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, Anglia, Wessex, Essex, Sussex and Kent. 450 Saxons Hengist and Horsa settle in Kent. 460 St Patrick returns to convert Ireland 516 The Battle of Mount Badon: Britons under an unknown leader defeat the Angles and Saxons 597 St Augustine brings Christianity to England from Rome King Æthelberht of Kent gave him land in Canterbury to build a church. Æthelberht became the first Anglo-Saxon king to turn his back on paganism and become Christian. 600 Æthelberht is now one of the most powerful kings in England 617 Northumbria becomes the Supreme Kingdom 627 Edwin of Northumbria becomes the first Christian king in the north of England 779 Mercia becomes the Supreme Kingdom and King Offa builds a Dyke along the Welsh Border Click here for Information on the Saxons RomansVikings Prehistoric Britain BC Roman Britain 43 AD Anglo Saxon Britain 450 Viking Britain 793 Medieval Britain 1066 Tudor Britain 1485 Stuart Britain 1603 Georgian Britain 1714 Victorian Britain 1837 Modern Britain 1902 + Pre.. Romans Saxons Vikings Normans Tudors Victorians Today BC 43 450 793 1066 1485 1837 1939 Timeline of the Kings and Queens History of London History of the Union Flag

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Mandy is the creator of the Woodlands Resources section of the Woodlands Junior website. 
The two websites projectbritain.com and primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk are the new homes for the Woodlands Resources.

Mandy left Woodlands in 2003 to work in Kent schools as an ICT Consulatant. 
She now teaches computers at The Granville School and St. John's Primary School in Sevenoaks Kent.

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