KS1 History Vocabulary
Local History Small area nearby Our local area: Barkingside Local area
Barkingside is a district of Redbridge in north east London, England. Barkingside
A man famous in Victorian Britain for his work with orphans.
Dr Barnardos
A Walk in London Mayor The person in charge of a town or city.
Guy Fawkes 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606 A Spanish catholic who disagreed with how parliament were persecuting Catholics. He is famous for trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
The Gun Powder When English Catholics tried to blow up the Houses of Plot Parliament because they wanted to kill James I.
Catholic A type of Christianity that follow the Pope
Protestant A type of Christianity that don’t follow the pope.
Saint Paul’s A protestant cathedral in central London for Christians to Cathedral worship God
The Great Fire of A fire in 1666 in London that started in a bakery on Pudding London Lane. The fire lasted for 5 days
Timeline Events put into chronological order in a line
Samuel Pepys 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703 was most famous for keeping diaries of the Great Fire of London. He was Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II
Pudding Lane Where the Great Fire of London started.
Monument to the A memorial to the people who died in The Great Fire of London. Great Fire of London
Significant people Prime minister A prime minister is the head of government in a country. The prime minister is responsible for all the government’s policies and decisions.
Parliament The UK Parliament is the place where Members of Parliament (MPs) meet to make decisions and pass laws. Parliament makes sure that the government are running the country properly. The UK Parliament is made up of the Queen, the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Government The group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; the Government is led by the Prime Minister.
Election a vote called by the Prime Minister
Every 5 years, a general election is called by the Prime Minister. In the UK, each adult can vote for a politician in their constituency (local area) to represent them in the House of Commons.
House of Parliament The clock tower is one of London’s most famous landmarks and is nicknamed Big Ben. The House of Lords and the House of Commons meet in the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London
Royal family A royal family is the immediate family of a king or queen and sometimes his or her extended family.
Queen The Queen is the head of state.
Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace is the Queen's official and main royal London home.
Basketful of memories Memory Something remembered from the past which can be positive or negative.
Change Make or become different.
Consequence A result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant. Similarity A similar feature or aspect. Difference A point or way in which people or things are dissimilar.
Develop Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.
Aspect A particular part or feature of something. An event or occurrence which leaves an impression on Experience someone.
Timeline A graphical representation of a period of time, on which important events are marked.
History of Seaside holidays Jacques Costeau An underwater explorer (1910 – 1997)
navy The branch of the armed services of a state which conducts military operations at sea.
Punch and Judy history of seaside entertainment A Punch and Judy show is a puppet show for children, often performed at fairs or at the seaside. Punch and Judy, the two main characters, are always fighting.
Victorian Relating to the reign of Queen Victoria. In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
bathing machines The bathing machine was a device, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, to allow people to change out of their usual clothes and change into swimwear.
railways a track made of steel rails along which trains run.
The speed of railway transport now meant that people could quickly travel to the seaside.
promenade a paved public walk, typically one along the seafront at a resort.
Turrets and Tiaras medieval Relating to the Middle Ages.
castle A large building, typically of the medieval period, fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and often a moat.
moat a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defence against attack.
battlements A parapet at the top of a wall, especially of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through.
turrets small tower on top of a larger tower or at the corner of a building or wall, typically of a castle.
tiaras a jewelled ornamental band worn on the front of a woman's hair.
diary a book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences.
page A child being trained for the medieval rank of knight and in the personal service of a knight.
squire A young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight himself
knight (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his lord as a soldier in armour.
jousting (of a medieval knight) engage in a sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fight with lances.
banquet A banquet is a large meal or feast, complete with main courses and dessert
Normans The are an ethnic group that arose in Normandy, a northern region of France, from contact between indigenous Franks and Gallo-Romans, and Norse Viking settlers. 1066 - 1154
The Normans brought a powerful new aristocracy to Britain, and yet preserved much that was Anglo-Saxon about their new possession.
Other Historical Figures (examples) Winston Churchill The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 – 1945 and 1951-1955. He led Britain to victory in Second World War. (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)
Florence The founder of modern nursing.
Nightingale
(12 May 1820 – 13
August 1910)
Edith Cavell A British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German- (4 December 1865 – occupied Belgium during the First World War, for which she 12 October 1915) was arrested.
Elizabeth 1 The Queen of England and Ireland. Her 45 year old reign was considered a ‘golden period’ of English history. (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603)
Queen Victoria Queen Victoria reigned in Britain from 1837-1901. This time is also called the Victorian era. She ruled with her husband, Prince Albert, until he died in 1861. They had nine (24 May 1819 – 22 children. January 1901)
Christopher A famous explorer who sailed from Europe to America in 1492 along with his sailors across the Atlantic ocean not Columbus knowing what was going to happen.
(1451 – 1506)
Neil Armstrong An American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. (5 August 1930 – 25 August 2012)
William Caxton The first English printer, who, as a translator and publisher, exerted an important influence on English literature. (1422 – 1491)
Rosa Parks On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and from there sparked a national Civil Rights Movement for racial equality. (4 February 1913 – 24 October 2005)
LS Lowry An English artist. Many of his drawings and paintings depict Pendlebury, Lancashire, (1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976)
Tim Berners-Lee Berners Lee is a British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web. (1955- present.)
Pieter Bruegel The most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker from Brabant, known for (c. 1525-1530 – 9 his landscapes and peasant scenes he was a pioneer in September 1569) making both types of subject the focus in large paintings.
Emily Davison Emily Wilding Davison felt very strongly that women should be allowed to vote, so their opinions could be represented in Parliament. She even left her job as a teacher to devote all her time to a group of women called the Suffragettes who campaigned to make things equal for women.