London is the headtown of England. It sits in the south-east of Great Britain, straddling the Thames ea. Over 7,000,000 folk live within the town today.
Eretide
Roman
It was first settled by the Romans in AD 43, who called it Londinium. Only a few years later it was burnt down by Boudicca in an uprising against Roman lordship. It was soon built anew, and became the headtown of the Roman shire of Britannia. It was later named Augusta.
Anglo-Saxon
After the Romans left, London was forsaken. The incoming Anglo-Saxons at first settled nearby a town they called Lundenewic, which lay outside the old town walls. Later they began living inside the old town, and it soon became a great town once again.