Discover... London11 Sep 2006The reason central London is so very exciting for historians is that so much has happened here over such a long period of time.
London was founded in what is now the financial district, the Square Mile, after the Roman invasion of 43 AD. It was abandoned during part of the Dark Ages, when there was a Saxon port further along the river near where the West End is today, then reoccupied during the reign of Alfred the Great in the 9th century.
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Knightsbridge Green HotelThis is THE place to stay in central London for price, location and service
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Digging for Westray
New excavations have begun on Westray in the Orkney Islands, where the Orkney Venus, a tiny stone carving and the oldest representation of a human form ever found in Scotland, was revealed last year.
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