"nonenglish" - 1 õppematerjal

London’s early history.

Roman city. In 1016 the Vikings triumphed again ruled until 1042, when Edward the Confessor took over. THE PEOPLE OF LONDON  London is a growing city with a populatsion of more than seven million. It is also a multicultural city, as it been since Roman times. Now about a quarter of the capital's inhabitans are members of ethnic minorities. The Irish community The largest nonEnglish group in London is the Irish community. People from Ireland first went to London in large numbers in 1845, when disease killed their potato crops, leading to famine. Many still emigrate there. The city's Irish population in over 250,000, and there are also many people who were born in London but have Irish parents. Pakistanis and Bangladeshis Thousands of Pakistanis and Bangladeshis live in London, mostly in the east.