London it was first the celts who settled on the banks of the Thames,it was the Romans who first developed the square mile now known as the City of London.The made 'Londinium' an important port and the hub of their road system,built a bridge and an impressive city wall.
An old image of London
After the Romans departed,trade went on and the city survived the incursions of both the Saxons and Vikings.Fifty years before the Normans arrived,Edward the Confessor built his abbey and palace at Westminster.
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