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N.B. A new a greatly expanded version of this has been uploaded in January 2014. Please use the Gazetteer V.2, and the new zipped archive of all images (V. 2).

This is a guide to churches within a “day-trip” of Oxford which have been…

The Alfred Jewel, possibly the handle of an aestel, is held in the Ashmolean Museum. Its motto reads (in modern English) "Alfred ordered me to be made". Discovered in the 17th century, it is believed to have been made in the 9th, probably in Wessex.

The present church of All Saint's in Sinnington is mostly a late Norman building, but numerous fragments of Anglo-Saxon and Norse sculpture work are preserved in the fabric of the church, clearly implying that its origins are much earlier. I believe…

Part of an evolving web site covering Anglo-Saxon church architecture from the end of the Roman period to the Conquest, this table is part of my web site and is based on information, extracted by me, contained in H.Taylor's three volumes,…

It may be hard to believe, but the design of the central and right-hand coins is based on the Antoninianus (left). It seems that Anglo Saxon coiners had the difficult job of making copies of Roman coins with no access to the originals. They…

Photograph of an Anglo Saxon window in St. Paul's church, Jarrow.

Part of an ongoing web site upon the subject of Anglo-Saxon church architecture.

This is an archived collection of files from Frank Parsons' site, located at http://www.anglo-saxon-churches.co.uk/ . For full access, please visit the site online if…

Part of an ongoing web site dedicated to Anglo-Saxon church architecture.

This is an archived collection of files from Frank Parsons' site, located at http://www.anglo-saxon-churches.co.uk/ . For full access, please visit the site online if…

Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.517. c. 550-650. Gold, garnet, glass. Pendant, elongated decahedron, decorated with beaded gold wire, cloisonné work and inlaid with blue glass and garnet. Discovered Forest Gate, Essex.

CANCM:7523 - Bird brooch, silver gilt, garnet inset in eye and tail;
niello inlay. (Accessions register states: "Objects
from this grave
disturbed before excavation…