Kingdom of England 10th century -- 1707 1649 -- 1660: Commonwealth Flag (after 13th cent.) Royal Arms (1399 -- 1603) Royal Banner (1406 -- 1603) Location of the Kingdom of England in 1700 Capital Winchester (until 1066) London (1066 -- 1707) ∟ Westminster (administrative) ∟ City of London (commercial) Languages English Old Norse (until 11th century) Welsh Cornish Cumbric (until 11th century) Anglo - Norman (11th -- 15th century) Medieval Latin (until 15th century) Religion Christianity Demonym English Government Absolute monarchy (10th century -- 1215) Unitary parliamentary monarchy (1215 -- 1707) Monarch 927 -- 939 Æthelstan (first) 1702 -- 1707 Anne (last) Legislature Parliament Upper house House of Lords Lower house House of Commons History Unification 10th century Battle of Hastings 14 October 1066 Conquered Wales 1277 -- 1283 Incorporated Wales 1535 -- 1542 Union of the Crowns 24 March 1603 Glorious Revolution 11 December 1688 Union with Scotland 1 May 1707 Area 1283 -- 1542 est. 145,000 km (56,000 sq mi) 1542 -- 1707 est. 151,000 km (58,000 sq mi) Population 1283 est. 2,600,000 Density 18 / km (46 / sq mi) 1542 est. 3,000,000 Density 21 / km (54 / sq mi) 1707 est. 5,750,000 Density 38 / km (99 / sq mi) Currency Pound sterling Preceded by Succeeded by Wessex Sussex Essex Kent Dumnonia Mercia East Anglia Northumbria Welsh Marches Principality of Wales Great Britain Today part of United Kingdom ∟ England ∟ Wales a. ^ Monarch of Wessex from 925. b. ^ Continued as monarch of Great Britain until her death in 1714.
what was the capital of uk before london
Winchester