TIMELINE 2 - Pre-recorded History
50,000 BC |
Palaeolithic flint tools found in Warwickshire (95) |
7,500 BC |
Middle Stone Age Mesolithic man and flint making: Anker Valley (72,87) |
4,300 BC |
New Stone Age Neolithic Axe Hammers found, made in the Griff area (72) |
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New colonies of people entered Britain with highly developed skills in
farming and stock rearing. Many remains have been found which celebrate
burial of the dead. The barrows and other burial remains seem to be important
territorial markers. Nuneaton was in the farming group cultural area. |
2,500 BC |
Bronze Age. The use of metals was introduced into Britain sometime
before 2000 B.C. The remains of farms and settlements were not as substantial
as in other periods. Local people tended to live in small family units,
larger communities existed to south west of the Midlands. |
600 BC |
Iron Age: Fortifications were the great legacy from this period, hill
top positions surrounded by ditches and banks that were originally laced with
timber and palisade fencing. In lowland areas there were circular stone or
timber houses. |
41-54 AD |
Emperor Claudius is Roman Emperor |
43-412 AD |
The Roman Occupation. General Aulus Plautius invaded Britain for Emperor Claudius I. 40 to
50,000 troops landed at what is today called Richborough,
near Ramsgate. They were men from the low countries of Holland and Belgium as
well as Africans and Syrians. They found many local tribal kingdoms where
infighting was common. |
48 AD |
A very severe famine in the Midlands according to the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle |
50 AD |
Ostorius Scapula took possession of Warwickshire (then in
the province of Flavia Caesariensis).
The XIV and XX Legions conquered this area, striking out from St. Albans |
54-68 AD |
The Emperor Nero |
59-60 AD |
King Prasutagus of the Iceni
died, he could not legally bequeath his succession to anyone. Boudicca
(Boadicea or Bonduca) was his widow |
60-61 AD |
Boudicca’s revolt, she led thousands of Britons into battle against
Romans, who were caught off their guard. The Romans had been cruel to local
peoples over-taxing them and confiscating property. Boudicca attacked
Colchester, St. Albans and London. The Romans sent a Procurator, to
re-organise the Romans forces. |
70 AD |
By this date all of lowland England had been subdued and was part of a
well established province |
78 AD |
Conquest of Britain by the Roman Agricola re-initiated |
98-117 AD |
The greatest extent of the Roman Empire, the Emperor Trajan |
117-38 AD |
The Emperor Hadrian |
196-97 AD |
Clodius Albinus, governor, removed troops from Britain
to fight for the throne and was defeated by Severus |
212 AD |
Caracella extends Roman citizenship to all
free born provincial men |
212-13 AD |
Roman Britain divided into two provinces |
259-74 AD |
Midlands part of the Empire of Gaul (Emperor Postumus) |
286-87 AD |
Carausius, commander of the British fleet,
usurped the title of Emperor and was temporarily recognised as Emperor of
Britain by Diocletian and Maximus |
296 AD |
Britain re-conquered by Constantius Chlorus, then became a civil diocese of 4 provinces created
by Diocletian |
297 AD |
The Roman Empire organised into 12 administrative districts (dioceses)
governed by diocesan supervisors (vicari) Nuneaton
was in Britanniae |
330 AD |
Nuneaton in the Roman Diocese of Praefectus Praetorio Galliarum |
368-69 AD |
Count Theodosius restored Roman rule to Britain |
407 AD |
Constantine III, a usurper, withdrew many Roman legions from Britain
so that he could conquer Gaul and Spain |
410 AD |
Extensive Roman troop withdrawal from Britain. Emperor Honorius told
Britain to "provide for their own defence" |
486 AD |
Saxons conquered parts of England (82,95) |
c. C6th AD |
Christianity introduced into England (95) |
625-800 AD |
Angles entered from the west (95) |
800-1000 AD |
Danelaw extended to the Watling Street (95) |
918 AD |
Warwickshire was created by Edward as part of his enlargement of his
kingdom of Mercia (95) |
c.1000 AD |
Saxon Weddington existed (WATITUNE). It had
all the evidence of being a purposefully planted village because it is on the
flood plain of the River Anker. The river Anker was prone to flooding from
its origins. It was not a good settlement site because of the flood risk. It
may have been a good fishing river, but probably had coarse fish only (1) |
1017-35 AD |
King Canute ruled the area (95) |
1042 AD |
Hereward the Wake held Weddington
before the Norman Conquest. A wooden church probably existed from time to
time (1,42) |
1066 AD |
Invasion of England by William the Conqueror. Harold is killed at the
Battle of Hastings |