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The Black Death in Hampshire
The Black Death of the C14th entered the country through one of the southern coasts ports in Hampshire or Dorset and ravaged the county both economically and socially
Read MoreThe Shaftsbury Bowl
The Shaftsbury Bowl, the only complete piece of late Saxon glass in England, can be found in Winchester Cathedral museum
Read MoreSaint Swithun
St Swithun was created a saint 108 years after his death. His shrine became one of the most important places of pilgrimage in England but who was this man whom we remember because of the association between his Saints day, 15th July and the Summer weather?
Read MoreCynegils King of Wessex AD 611
King Cynegils met with the Italian missionary Birinus and converted to Christianity. He brought a weakened and warring Wessex out of obscurity.
Read MoreSaxon Sundials
Possibly the best preserved Saxon Tide Dial in England, the Corhampton dial shows the eight ‘tides’ of the day
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.
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