QUIZ: Do You Know The Real Story Of The Vikings?

If an English village has ___ in the name, it was likely settled by Vikings.

Retry Correct Incorrect In their reign, Vikings likely founded any town with “-by,” “thorpe,” or “-kirk” in the name. Thorpe means secondary settlement; by translates to farmstead or village; kirk denotes church.

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If an English village has ___ in the name, it was likely settled by Vikings.

• “-by”
• “-kirk”
• All of these
• “-thorpe”