About a city: London

WRITING 7                                                  

        
WRITE ABOUT A CITY: LONDON

Notes – London

a)    Location: south of England

b)    Name: Londinium (in Roman times)

c)    Population: 45.000 in Roman times, about 7.5 people now

d)    Street names: Trafalgar Square (Battle of Trafalgar), Victoria Street (Queen Victoria)

e)    People: Londoners or ‘Cockneys’

f)      Famous Londoners: Charlie Chaplin (actor), Arthur Conan Doyle (writer of Sherlock Holmes stories)

London is a city in the south east of England. In Roman times, London was called “Londinium” and only 45.000 people lived there, but is 7.5 milion now.

There are very important places in London like Trafalgar Square or Victoria Street or other many important places. Trafalgar Square, commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar and Victoria Street is called because there was a queen called Victoria.

The people of London are called Londoners or “Cockneys”. There was a lot of famous people in this city, like Charlie Chaplin (the comedy actor on 1900 centuary) or Arthur Conan Doyle (the writer of Sherlock Holmes stories).

Bye for now,

Pol Viñolas Roig