St Cuthburh (in much later stained glass from Wimborne Minster) (d.725), sister of King Ine of Wessex & wife of Aldfrith king of Northumbria. She founded a nunnery at Wimborne in Dorset, where her head was preserved and venerated until the nunnery’s dissolution in the 16thC. #anglosaxon
Memorial brass commemorating King Aethelred I (not the Unready one, although he was once late to a battle due to overrunning prayers). Died in 871 &succeeded by younger brother, Alfred the Great. Buried Wimborne Minster, with this brass installed in 1440 to mark the approximate location #anglosaxon
My German v basic these days but you don’t need much or just use #Translate to understand this post. 😉 PostScript - we in #UK #England especially the #UnionFlagShaggers 🇬🇧conveniently forget how much of our #AngloSaxon English stems from #Germanic 🇩🇪language (and of course French 🇫🇷 and Latin)
Coin with a loop for use as a pendant showing the Western Roman Emperor Honorius, 395 - 423 CE.
Coin with a loop for use as a pendant showing the emperor with a labarum and with his foot on a captive.
Roman gold coin pendant
Found Sutton Hoo, Suffolk
Evidence for lingering prestige of Roman Empire. 🤔
The gold was not melted down in the 7th Century, the coin was kept & refashioned into a pendant.
The coin depicts the Western Roman Emperor Honorius, 395 - 423 CE.
#FindsFriday #Roman #AngloSaxon
We just listed dozens of new pieces including these Early Medieval inspired treasures! Head over to our website for the full hoard.✨
#viking #pictish #anglosaxon #earlymedieval #merovingian
#AngloSaxon noblewomen took shelter from the invading Normans in nunneries. Did that make them brides of Christ?
🔓 Maria Ciszkowicz’s new History Matters is free for 7 days
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If you want to see more of Donald Mace William's poems, I've got his entire collection of Anglo-Saxon style riddles over here:
alliteration.net/poets/donald...
#alliterative #poetry #anglosaxon #riddles #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity
Cheese custard in earthenware dish with wooden spoon. Bread board with loaf of bread and one slice cut with cheese custard spread onto it. Buff linen surface.
Cheese custard (Cyse Briw) is a spicy cheese spread, Anglo-Saxon in origin. It’s very good spread on hot toast!
You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...
#britishfood #foodhistory #recipe #cheese #anglosaxon #spreads
In some corners of England, the last #AngloSaxon relics are looking down on us.
⌛️ Last chance to read the new Out of the Margins for free
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The late Anglo-Saxon west doorway at Holy Trinity Church in Colchester. Dating to the mid-11th century, the doorway incorporates re-used Roman bricks. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Colchester #AngloSaxon
In some corners of England, the last #AngloSaxon relics are looking down on us.
🔓 Eleanor Parker’s latest column is free for 7 days
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In some corners of England, the last #AngloSaxon relics are looking down on us.
🔓 Eleanor Parker’s latest column is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/out-...
7 Mar 786: d. St Eosterwine second #Anglosaxon abbot of Wearmouth, a cousin of St Benedict Biscop #otd
HISTORY ANTIQUITIES ST NEOTS 1820-4 CORNWALL HUNTINGDONSHIRE Plates ANGLO SAXON
#books #antiquarian #history #StNeots #Huntingdon #Cambridge #Cornwall #anglosaxon #topography #EnglishCivilWar #England #bookauction
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When it comes to block lifting, we've got it covered...literally
Join archaeologist Candice and the #OCAArchTeam working out at @sizewellc.bsky.social as they carefully extract delicate artefacts in a technique called block-lifting
@cotswoldarch.bsky.social #archaeology #Suffolk #AngloSaxon
A colurised Victorian representation of the baptism of the Viking king Guthrum in 878, following his defeat by King Alfred the Great. The illustration shows Guthrum kneeling while being baptized, with King Alfred of Wessex present as his godfather. This event marked a crucial moment in Anglo-Saxon history, leading to a lasting peace treaty between the Saxons and the Danes in Britain.
Alfred, Gunthrum & Danelaw The making of England. Dr Toby Purser, University of Northampton takes us on a tour of the Viking invasion of England. FREE Zoom talk https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/fostp 25 Mar 2026, 19.30 GMT. No Guthrum, no Alfred, no Alfred, no […]
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It’s #forgefriday again!
This tiny treasure is inspired by a gold plaque found during excavations at the Bamburgh castle, the home of Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
What other behind the scenes videos would you like to see? These are fun to make.😁
#Bamburghcastle #uhtred #thelastkingdom #anglosaxon
Our latest online magazine article explores shipbuilding in the 9th to 11th centuries. Using evidence from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it challenges the idea that King Alfred the Great founded the English navy. 📃
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#navalhistory #anglosaxon #militaryhistory #medieval #NRS
Polychrome glazed relief tile from the Old Minster at Winchester. Dating to 971-980, the tile came from the area of the high altar. Now part of the collections at Winchester City Museum. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #Winchester #AngloSaxon
With a bit of rounding, comes out to about 30% or slightly above, which I think is about right.
I think #Vikingancestry (I think not considering ones of #British, #Irish or #AngloSaxon origin, some #Angles and #Saxons will have been Viking. I think it could well account for 15% of my #autosomalDNA.
Just the latest of my AncestryDNA results from last year.
I did a sort of estimate of #AngloSaxon ancestry, assume 40% for the areas of #Yorkshire (labelled #EastMidlands), #NorthEastEngland and #SouthEastEnglandandNorthwesternEngland (prob #Norfolk in my case) & #Denmark and around 1/7 for ones labelled as #CelticandGaelic.
The River Seven thwarted out visit to Odda's Chapel (C1086, #AngloSaxon Early #Medieval) , Deerhurst, Tewksbury, though the adjacent Church of St Mary is amazing.
My toy drone had a good view.
The flood water was getting up to the small hill that the chapel and church are on.
Sold 2/4/2026 through Redbubble to an admirer of art in Australia:
1x Sticker of Medieval English/Saxon Warrior.
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Thanks, buyer! Much appreciated!
#redbubble #sticker #medieval #anglosaxon #saxon #english #warrior
Fascinating #History-of-Medicine report from #Archeology dig in #England. #Viking #AngloSaxon #Burial #Trepanning #Migraine #Behavioral_Sciences
edition.cnn.com/2026/02/04/s...
SLP #AlternateHistory #author Alexander Rooksmoor describes why he wrote "The Blood and the Ghost", a tale of #AngloSaxon #England and the #Vikings, which involves inspiration - or otherwise - from #TheLastKingdom by #BernardCornwell and its TV adaptation. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
📣 Exhibition now open.
Find out about the people from #AngloSaxon Broughton Lodge and their international trade links @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Museum of #Archaeology, Lakeside.
Read more about it with quotes from Prof Chris Loveluck here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🏺
Sutton Hoo helmet. Excavated 1939 in a 7thC ship burial, both functional as a helmet & highly decorative. Helmet, which had degraded to fragments over centuries has been painstakingly reconstructed more than once. On display @britishmuseum.bsky.social #suttonhoo #suttonhoohelmet #anglosaxon #saxon
A hook fastener with an animal (rat?) & interlaced plant design.
Hooked tag
9th Century
Found Chippenham, #Cambridgeshire
Used for fastening clothing, bags & purses.
Made from silver & niello (an inlay of copper, silver, & lead sulphides).
Animal & interlaced plant design once stood out against a dark background.
Now in Ely Museum.
#FindsFriday #AngloSaxon
We’ve got a very unique piece to show you today! As mentioned a few posts back, we’ve noticed how well the Sutton Hoo helmets fit over the Woden Head pendants, so I riveted the two together and gave this new piece a nice gold plate finish.✨
#anglosaxon #woden #suttonhoo
The university of Reading now excavating Cookham Abbey in Berkshire. I was reading about the Abbey and its Mercian queen patron (and later Abbess) recently, so this could be interesting.
#booksky #historysky #AngloSaxon
