England's Historic Periods
We use these periods when dating monuments, buildings and other historic places in England.
Archaeological periods
- Palaeolithic 1,000,000 BC to 10,000 BC
- Lower Palaeolithic 1,000,000 BC to 150,000 BC
- Middle Palaeolithic 150,000 BC to 40,000 BC
- Upper Palaeolithic 40,000 BC to 10,000 BC
- Mesolithic 10,000 BC to 4,000 BC
- Early Mesolithic 10,000 BC to 7,000 BC
- Late Mesolithic 7,000 BC to 4,000 BC
- Early Prehistoric 1,000,000 BC to 4,000 BC
- Neolithic 4,000 BC to 2,200 BC
- Early Neolithic 4,000 BC to 3,300 BC
- Middle Neolithic 3,300 BC to 2,900 BC
- Late Neolithic 2,900 BC to 2,200 BC
- Bronze Age 2,600 BC to 700 BC
- Early Bronze Age 2,600 BC to 1,600 BC
- Middle Bronze Age 1,600 BC to 1,200 BC
- Late Bronze Age 1,200 BC to 700 BC
- Iron Age 800 BC to AD 43 AD
- Early Iron Age 800 BC to 300 BC
- Middle Iron Age 300 BC to 100 BC
- Late Iron Age 100 BC to AD 43
- Later Prehistoric 4,000 BC to AD 43
- Prehistoric 1,000,000 BC to AD 43
Cultural periods
- Roman AD 43 to AD 410
- Early Medieval AD 410 to 1066
- Medieval 1066 to 1540
- Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
- Tudor 1485 to 1603
- Elizabethan 1558 to 1603
- Stuart 1603 to 1714
- Jacobean 1603 to 1625
- Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
- Georgian 1714 to 1830
- Victorian 1837 to 1901
- 20th Century 1901 to 2000
- Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
- Edwardian 1902 to 1910
- First World War 1914 to 1918
- Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
- Second World War 1939 to 1945
- Cold War 1946 to 1991
- Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
- 21st Century 2001 to 2100
