2006-10-29 21:01:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
it is an 8 letter word ending in "mouth"
2006-10-29 21:11:56 · update #1
Plymouth - is where the Armada was heading for.
2006-10-29 21:13:29 · answer #1 · answered by rainy-h 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
To say there was one "chief port" would be wrong. Due to the fact that road transport around the country was virtually non-existant, many ports served the local area and many goods went from port to port along the coast, rather than by road.
International trade was big, and ports such as Bristol, London, Plymouth, Portsmouth and many of the large port cities that still exist today, were major ports then as well.
Along the south coast, the Cinque Ports were of major importance. (Billingsgate, Dover, Sandwich, Rye, New Romney, Hastings, Hythe, WInchelsea)
Chatham was also a major Naval dockyard.
Check out http://www.portcities.org.uk/ for some more details.
2006-10-30 05:18:40 · answer #2 · answered by hongkongphooey 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nobody's really reading your question! It's obvious that you're doing a crossword puzzle (or something similar), so you're not interested in historical ships, the Royal Navy or the cinque ports.
The answer has to be Plymouth - 8-letter word ending in 'mouth'. Can't possibly be Portsmouth now, can it? Or London...or Bristol.
2006-10-30 09:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by Songbird 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Plymouth was very important, the likes of Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake.
Sir Francis Drake was in the middle of a bowling game when the Armada was first spotted.
Also the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth with the pilgrims heading to America.
2006-10-30 05:25:08 · answer #4 · answered by chelle0980 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That would have been the Thames at London. 90% of the UK's trade was achieved because of the Thames.
Portsmouth and Plymouth were the largest ports for the Navy Royal at that point in time.
Hope this helps.
2006-10-30 05:15:39 · answer #5 · answered by Lorraine R 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
London, Bristol and Plymouth (well connected with Sir Walter Raleigh)
2006-10-30 05:14:58 · answer #6 · answered by Samuel O 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Norwich was a major freight trading port therefore may have used the River Yarm into Norwich, this would have been Yarmouth!
2006-10-30 07:31:25 · answer #7 · answered by angelique612002 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Certainly London. Bristol a good second.
2006-10-30 05:03:55 · answer #8 · answered by lykovetos 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portsmouth. Remember the Armada?
2006-10-30 05:13:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Plymouth (or as they say down there - Plimuff !)
2006-11-02 18:26:59 · answer #10 · answered by Doff 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋