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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Hereford History I
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


Who was King of Mercia from 757-796 AD ?

 

Offa
Putta
Olaf
Edwy

 Pre norman conquest Hereford was unusual in that it had one of only 3 what

 

Motte & Bailey Castles
Stone Fortifications
Cathedrals
Benedictine Monastries
In 914 a fortified Hereford fought off attacks from the

 

Welsh
Vikings
Danes
Irish

 Offa is alleged to have murdered which Angle King at Sutton outside of Hereford ?

 

Ethelbert
Thomas
Ethelbald
Alfred
In 1055 the vikings sacked Hereford along with the

 

Irish
Danes
French
Welsh

 What 132 mile frontier was built to symbolise the Mercian Welsh border from 760-770 AD ?

 

Caledonian Way
Wats Dyke
Offas Dyke
Hadrians Wall
In 8th century who was canonised & shrine installed in Hereford Cathedral ?

 

Ethelbert
Thomas
Ethelbald
Peter

 Hereford was settled and built up in the 7th & 8th centuries by

 

Saxons
Normans
Welsh
Romans
In 1052 Edwards Nephew Ralph built a new what in Hereford ?

 

Castle
Epitaph
Cathedral
Monument

 In 760 a battle was fought at Hereford between the English &

 

Northumbrians
Vikings
Welsh
Danes


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