From Henry VIII to Winston Churchill, and the Battle of Hastings to the Gunpowder Plot, British history is filled with instantly recognisable characters and stories. But recognisable and true are not always the same thing, and as decades become centuries fact and folklore can easily combine. From Britain's distant Viking past right up to the D-Day landings, here are some of the biggest myths that many Brits believe.

Click through this gallery to uncover the most common misconceptions about the history of the UK...