British History by Letter - B

Can you guess the answers relating to British History that start with the letter B

Some answers may regard the histories of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland before the formation of the United Kingdom and Irish Independence

An attempt has been made to order questions chronologically where possible

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Hint	Answer
Name given to the former Roman province	Britannia
Queen of the Iceni tribe that led an uprising against the Roman Empire	Boudica
City in southwest England given the Latin name Aquae Sulis	Bath
Old English poem regarding a warrior and his fight to defeat a monster terrorising Denmark	Beowulf
Embroidered cloth depicting the Norman Conquest of England	Bayeaux Tapestry
Archbishop of Canterbury murdered by the knights of Henry II	Thomas Becket
Battle in which Robert the Bruce defeated the English in the First War of Scottish Independence	Battle of Bannockburn
In 1348, this disease commonly known as the Black Death arrives in London	Bubonic Plague
Richard III becomes the last English King to be killed in combat during this battle	Battle of Bosworth Field
Town in Northumberland central to a number of historic border wars, changes hands for the last time	Berwick-upon-Tweed
Wife of Henry VIII and mother to future Queen, Elizabeth I	Anne Boleyn
Site of the final defeat of James II, the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland	Battle of the Boyne
Penned 'Auld Lang Syne', often sung on New Year's Eve	Robert Burns
Surname of literary sisters whose novels include Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights	Brontë
Scottish-born, American inventor of the telephone	Alexander Graham Bell
Prominent figure of the industrial revolution, designed both the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the SS Great Britain	Isambard Kingdom Brunel
War in which Dutch settlers were defeated in South Africa	Second Boer War
Welsh politician and Minister for Health that pioneered the foundation of the National Health Service	Aneurin Bevan
Public service broadcaster established in 1927	British Broadcasting Corporation
Name given to the German bombing campaign during WWII	The Blitz
Royal Navy ship, a veteran of the Normandy Landings and Korean War currently moored on the banks of the River Thames	HMS Belfast
English coastal resort, the site of an assassination attempt by the IRA on then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher	Brighton
First female speaker of the House of Commons, elected 1992	Betty Boothroyd

Level 50

May 30, 2020

Good quiz plague is spelled wrong however.

Level 94

Aug 7, 2023

good quiz, but I think it needs a bit more time.

also, bayeux is spelled wrong.

nice to have: a bit more leniency on some answers

Level 73

Aug 7, 2023

Berwick-upon-Tweed is not a city

"SITE of the final defeat of James II"

"War in which Dutch settlers WERE defeated"

Level 82

Aug 7, 2023

"changes hands for the last time" makes no sense

Level 64

Aug 9, 2023

Can you accept "Battle of Bosworth"? That is how all brits refer to it.

Level 60

Aug 9, 2023

Needs type-ins to be better

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