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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 ?

 

Thomas
Ethelbald
Peter
Ethelbert

 Who was King of Mercia from 757-796 AD ?

 

Putta
Olaf
Edwy
Offa
In 914 a fortified Hereford fought off attacks from the

 

Vikings
Danes
Irish
Welsh

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

 

Epitaph
Cathedral
Monument
Castle
Hereford was settled and built up in the 7th & 8th centuries by

 

Normans
Welsh
Romans
Saxons

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

 

Stone Fortifications
Cathedrals
Benedictine Monastries
Motte & Bailey Castles
In 1055 the vikings sacked Hereford along with the

 

Danes
French
Welsh
Irish

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

 

Vikings
Welsh
Danes
Northumbrians
Offa is alleged to have murdered which Angle King at Sutton outside of Hereford ?

 

Thomas
Ethelbald
Alfred
Ethelbert

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

 

Wats Dyke
Offas Dyke
Hadrians Wall
Caledonian Way


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