There would have still been in mainland Europe in Germany during that era. However, they might, in that time period, have started to settle across most of England, probably excluding the very West of the country were the Celts would have been pushed back to.
The Romans stayed until AD 410, and when Roman rule collapsed, a century and a half of Immigration by Germanic peoples from European mainland followed ie. Angles and Saxons.
The Anglo-Saxon period begins in the fifth Century A.D., when the Angles, a Germanic tribe from what is now Denmark, came to Britain, which they re-named Engla-lond or "Land of the Angles." The Saxons began coming at about the same time. The period is generally considered to be over with the Norman Conquest of 1066. Our English language has two major dialects to this day, the Anglic dialect of the north, called Scots or Doric or Lallands depending on one's politics, and the Saxon dialect of the South, called Standard English.
By 450 AD, the Anglo-Saxon raids on England were a regular occurrence!
Cause they wanted to...
They invaded Britain in the 5th century :P
Christianity brought to Britain for the first time by St. Augustine, the missionary sent from Pope Gregory to convert the Saxons. Death of King Ceol of Wessex. His brother, Ceolwulf, succeeds him. Ceolwulf reigned over the West- Saxons; and he constantly fought and conquered, sometimes with support from the Angles, the Welsh, the Picts, or the Scots.
Among the tribes were Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Franks, Burgundians, Visigoths, Suevi, Ostrogoths, Lombards, and Vandals.
There certainly were Anglo-Saxons in 1066 AD, however they may not have been known as that.
The three major Germanic tribes that invaded England were the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. They arrived in England in the 5th century AD, collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons, and played a significant role in shaping the culture and language of the region.
A date of roughly 450 AD is widely accepted as the time of the first major influx of Angles and Saxons. Of course they didn't all arrive at the same time. For example, around 400 AD there were enough Saxon settlements in southern Britain that the area was often called "The Saxon Shore".
The Romans, Vikings, Angles, Saxons, Normans.
The Angles and Saxons from Germany and the Jutes from Denmark invaded England in 449 A.D.
Germanic languages were brought to Britain by the Anglo-Saxons, who migrated from continental Europe in the 5th century AD. Their languages eventually evolved into what we now know as Old English.
The fisrts Gemanic speakers came to England in the 5th century AD. Those tribes were the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
The British Isles have been populated since the end of the Ice Age, about 10000 years ago. Little is known about these people from pre history. The earliest documented peoples were the Romans who arrived in 55 AD and left in 450 AD. They were followed by the Angles, the Saxons, the Vikings, the Normans and various other smaller groups, most of these immigrants came from mainland Europe.
The Anglo-Saxon period begins in the fifth Century A.D., when the Angles, a Germanic tribe from what is now Denmark, came to Britain, which they re-named Engla-lond or "Land of the Angles." The Saxons began coming at about the same time. The period is generally considered to be over with the Norman Conquest of 1066. Our English language has two major dialects to this day, the Anglic dialect of the north, called Scots or Doric or Lallands depending on one's politics, and the Saxon dialect of the South, called Standard English.
The people in the area, were mainly the descendants of soldiers of the Roman legions. The original Celtic Bretons were ethnically cleansed by the Roman's around 63 AD.
The Anglo-Saxons' were a tribe. They invaded England, and controlled it after the Roman Army had lest britan in AD 410