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


In 8th century who was canonised & shrine installed in Hereford Cathedral ?

 

Ethelbald
Peter
Thomas
Ethelbert

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

 

Ethelbald
Alfred
Thomas
Ethelbert
Pre norman conquest Hereford was unusual in that it had one of only 3 what

 

Cathedrals
Benedictine Monastries
Stone Fortifications
Motte & Bailey Castles

 In 1052 Edwards Nephew Ralph built a new what in Hereford ?

 

Cathedral
Monument
Epitaph
Castle
In 1055 the vikings sacked Hereford along with the

 

French
Welsh
Danes
Irish

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

 

Offas Dyke
Hadrians Wall
Wats Dyke
Caledonian Way
In 760 a battle was fought at Hereford between the English &

 

Welsh
Danes
Vikings
Northumbrians

 In 914 a fortified Hereford fought off attacks from the

 

Danes
Irish
Vikings
Welsh
Who was King of Mercia from 757-796 AD ?

 

Olaf
Edwy
Putta
Offa

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

 

Welsh
Romans
Normans
Saxons


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