7. History of London

London is a city in the south of England. Its name was Londinium in Roman times, and in those timeshere were 45,000 people lived there. The population is about 7.5 million now.

There are places in London with the names of important people or events in history like Victoria Street (Queen Victoria) and Trafalgar Square (Battle of Trafalgar).

The people of London are called Londoners, or "Cockneys". Famous Londoners include Charlie Chaplin and Arthur Conan Doyle. Charlie Chaplin was an actor and Arthur Conan Doyle was a writer of Sherlock Holmes stories.