Towns

We've been learning about the Middle Ages this week.  I've been finding out what towns were like back then.

Most of the cities were really small. London was the biggest city of all of them.

They usually threw their rubbish out the window which made flies and rats come. It also made it very stinky.

They also did a lot of trading such as foods, clothes and much, much more.

Fires used to be even more dangerous than now. The reason why they were even more dangerous than now is because they shops and the houses were really close together. The fires could also fill up most of the place.

The towns also had brick walls around them.

Here is a map of Cambridge drawn just after the Middle Ages.

photo from wikipedia commons.