Place details
Place nameEngland
Other namesAngleterre, Inglaterra, Inghilterra, English, Anglia, Britannia Romana, Britannia maior, Britannia propria
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude53
Longitude-2
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Area had Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron Age cultures; controlled by Rome late 1st century CE; invaded by Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, who formed kingdoms by the 5th century and from whose Germanic languages English was primarily derived; Vikings invaded in 1016 and the Normans in 1066.