Ready for some ammo for your next pub quiz? Here we go.
Colchester was the first capital of Roman Britain. That's before London even got its name.
Before that, Canterbury was a major power center. The religious capital never fully moved.
King Athelstan, in the 10th century, called Kingston upon Thames a key royal spot. Not a capital, but close.
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And get this: Oxford was the capital during the English Civil War! The king fled there from London.
So, for a few years, the capital was a university town with a lot of arguing.
