Early Anglo Saxon Hampshire
Early Anglo Saxon settlement in Hampshire is an elusive creature, traces found on the chalk ridges and river valleys allow us the merest peek of a time of important change. Are current day settlement patterns a result of settlement 1500 years ago or are they a consequence of later Anglo Saxon settlement?
Read MoreHamwic, Hampshire’s Anglo Saxon Port
Hamwic was one of the principal trading towns in north west Europe through Anglo Saxon times and beyond
Read MoreSaxon Corhampton Church
When considering Anglo Saxon Hampshire, the little church at Corhampton has to be the jewel in the crown, with Saxon features springing from its feet upwards.
Read MoreMalaria in Anglo Saxon Hampshire
Malaria was endemic in Southern Anglo Saxon England and brought misery and death to those living in the extensive marshlands. Bald’s leech book and other writings allude to this ‘spring’ or ‘yellow’ fever.
Read MoreAnglo Saxon Breamore
The beautiful Saxon arch in Breamore church reflects a thousand years of worship in its simple inscription
Read MoreCenwalh Anglo Saxon King
Winchester became the heart of the kingdom of Wessex thanks to the dynasty of the early Saxon king Cerdic but it was Cenwwalh, who, on converting to Christianity, established Winchester as an ecclesiastical centre whose force was felt throughout northern Europe.
Read MoreAnglo Saxon Women – Frithburga
The grave cover for the Anglo Saxon women Frithburga, which can be seen in All Hallows church Whitchurch is a very lovely and special object
Read MoreKing Alfred’s Will
The will of King Alfred is a rare beast, only one other will of an Anglo Saxon king has survived
Read MoreKing Alfred the Great, May He Finally Rest?
King Alfred the Great, his final resting place uncertain for so many years, could it finally have been resolved? The Winchester Uni team have some answers. To be revealed in a documentary in January 2014
Read MoreKing Alfred and The Vikings
King Alfred’s life was dominated by the incessant attacks by the Vikings but how did Alfred succeed in defeating them when so many other kings had failed and did that defeat then propel him to become King of all England.
Read MoreOld Minster Winchester
The Old Minster Winchester was one of the most important religious houses and places of pilgrimage in the late Anglo Saxon period. It was the initial resting place of King Alfred the Great and the place where King Canute and Edward the Confessor were crowned.
Read MoreDanes Attack Wessex Towns AD 1001
In AD 1001, the Danes attacked several Hampshire towns burning them to the ground.
Read MoreKing Sigebert – The Usurper
Sigebert ruled for one year, as King of Wessex, before losing his position on account of ‘wrong doings’. The importance to Hampshire history of this event is that its record in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle is the first time Hampshire is recorded as a separate entity.
Read MoreVikings Move Against Wessex
Alfred held out against the Viking invasion and showed great skills in organizing his militia, so that when the opportunity to crush the Danish attack, he did so, decisively and coherently at the Battle of Edington
Read MoreAnglo Saxon Rood Breamore
The Anglo Saxon rood in St Mary’s church Breamore has welcomed people into the church for nearly a thousand years
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