WorksheetsGCSE History: Norman Towns
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
What were the 4 main trade goods in Norman England?
Salt/cloth/tin/fish
Salt/wool/fish/livestock
Salt/grain/fish/wool
Salt/livestock/wool/naval equipment
Where did most of the wool get exported to during the Norman period?
(a)
What is the name of the social class that grew with the expansion of towns?
(a)
Bury St. Edmunds is an example of a town that gre around a (a)
What was the main opportunity for young people in towns that increased in number during the Norman era?
Apprenticeships
Minimum wage
Joining garrisons
University
What percentage of people lived in towns?
(a)
By 1086 how many towns had a population over 2000?
(a)
What were the two common symbols of Norman rule in towns?
(write as ______ and ________)
(no articles)
(a)
Roughly how many burghers were recorded to live in Lincoln in 1086?
(a)
In Lincoln, how many houses were destroyed for the new Norman castle there?
(a)
Between 1066 and 1100 how many new towns were created?
(a)
What was used to measure the width of a high street?
(a)
How did shops show what they sold?
There was a map called a 'town charter'
Shops had images for the illiterate population
Shops had what they sold written in Anglo Saxon and Norman French
People would shout what they sold out into the streets
During the Norman period there was over (a) markets across England.
Fill the gap
Most towns got new Norman lords. What was the name of the new lord in Nottingham?
(a)
