Anglo-Saxon Place Names Word Search

Year 4 HistoryAnglo-Saxons and Scots3 pages

About this worksheet

Twelve Anglo-Saxon place-name endings hide in the letter grid of this Year 4 history word search. Each word is part of a place name that Anglo-Saxon settlers left behind: BURY, FIELD, FORD, HAM, INGS, LEY, MERE, STEAD, STOW, TON, WICH and WORTH. Words run across, down or diagonally down. The grid and word list fill the first page, and the answer key on a later page gives the start and end square of each word. The sheet gives no meanings for the endings. It supports the England National Curriculum unit on Anglo-Saxon settlement.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Britain's settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots

โ€œBritain's settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scotsโ€

The twelve endings are evidence of where Anglo-Saxons settled, but the sheet does not say what each one means. Teach the meanings alongside it.

A local history study

โ€œA local history studyโ€

Partial. Pupils can look for these endings in towns near school, but the sheet itself names no places.

What's inside this worksheet

Anglo-Saxon Place Names

The letter grid and the list of twelve endings. WICH and WORTH start on the same letter, so pupils need to look in two directions from it.

Answer key

Start and end squares for each word, such as STEAD from (7, 1) to (11, 1).

How teachers use it

Local map

After the search, give out a road map of your county and ask pupils to find towns that end in ton, ham or ley.

Add the meanings

Give pairs the meaning of each ending, such as ham for a homestead, and let them write it beside the word list.

Early finishers

Keep copies for pupils who finish the main lesson early. The diagonal words are the hardest to spot.

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