The importance of a history a level for an English literature degree

I am in year 12 at the moment , and I study English Literature, Geography and Psychology. I am certain that I want to go on to do an English degree, hopefully at somewhere such as Durham (my targets are AAA).
I have been worrying about how important a History A level is to getting into a top uni to study English Lit. I chose not to do history as, while I did get a 9 at GCSE, I preferred to study history form an English lit point of entry.
So, my question is, does not doing history a level make a difference to my chances of getting top uni offers for an English degree?

This is quite a strange thread.

No it’s a personally reasonable question to ask. What makes you think that?

The question doesn’t make sense. Why would you need History A-Level for an English degree? 🤔

No and I don't even know why anyone would think you should have History A level to study English at uni Every uni clearly states their subject requirements on their websites, if they have any

History A-level teaches the skills of historical investigation, and these are not seen as necessary as entry level skills for an English Literature degree.

What English admissions tutors will want to see is evidence that you are able to demonstrate skills of literary appreciation, analysis and interpretation. Getting a good grade at English Literature A-level (or English Language and Literature A-level) is an established way of showing that you have those skills.

Yes, the literary theorist may well want to place literature in its historical context, but you don't need History A-level in order to step onto that path. No university will ask you for History, either.

In fact, the skill sets you are building in your Geography and Psychology classes are just as useful for understanding literature. History doesn't trump those two subjects.

Thanks!
I am a bit of an over thinker sometimes hahaha! Well now I have even more time to overthink due to the isolation ...

I’m just concerned that someone with the same grades as me would be picked over me just because they have a history A level ....s

Thanks!
I just have an impression that most English lit degree students have done history A level too. My teachers seem to think it doesn’t matter, but I was planning on doing a history oriented EPQ to pad out my application (showing I can look at text from a historical point of entry, while not putting myself through the A level of history which I know I would very much dislike hahaha).
I absolutely love history, just not the a level stuff, so this EPQ was going to be great, however the virus has stopped all that in its tracks!!

Some leading universities provide a list of preferred subjects and provide you have 2 of them you will be fine. English Lit Psychology and Geography are on the lists