Viking Place Names

Evidence of the Viking invasion and eventual settlement along the east coast of Britain can still be seen today in place names throughout these regions. 

We learnt that place names ending in:

 thorpe = outlying farm

by = farm

beck = stream

dale = valley

thwaite = clearing

ness = headland

wick = harbour

holm = island

The girls found hundreds of these viking place names all over maps of Britain.

We also researched viking words that are still in use today. There are some brilliant ones:

freckles

happy

ugly

awkward

fellow

wand

glitter

wing

husband

egg

window

they

are

Viking sagas

Viking Lapbooks

I found some smashing viking lapbook printables HERE.

A colourful Spanish moment.

A viking longhouse in the garden.

The finished viking longship.

Chipping runes into bricks.

Crushing and grinding brick to make paints.

A viking chieftan

Making a longhouse

Viking Runes and A Viking Settelment

Writing a thank you letter in runes to our viking visitor.

Making a fabulous viking settlement. Thank you, Amazon!

Viking bread.

A fiddly viking longship.

Fun with sharpies, stencils and tiles.

Viking worksheets

A Minecraft activity book. Because it's cool!

Help from Mummy's cousin

Fresh air and cuddles

Big sister hilarity