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An introduction to a typical village house at West Stow, delivered in Old English.

Transcript:

Welcumen béo on West Stowa. Mín nama is Alsige.
Þis is mín hús. Ðes is se hróf, séo duru, séo flór .... cum in.
Þes is mín wífman,…

Images from various Living History display events 2009-10.

Images from the launch of the Ashmolean Library's 'Anglo-Saxon Discovery' online exhibition, including a 'Meet the Anglo-Saxons;' event. The full 'Anglo-Saxon Discovery' site is also archived elsewhere on the Project.

National Archaeology Day at the Ashmolean Museum, 2005. Images of re-enactors and members of the public dressing up and working on Anglo-Saxon activities.

This is my Saxon sword ( based on a classic Saxon style, made by Albion Swords USA) and a simple replica of a 'Sutton Hoo style' Helmet.

Link to website www.saxonhouse.co.uk.

A recreation of a 7th century building using authentic tools and materials. Costumes and artefacts.

Further information at www.saxonhouse.co.uk.

In 2010, the Friends of Corhampton Saxon Church, with help from many Saxon-related organisations and the local schools, organised a festival to celebrate the Saxon history and culture of the Meon Valley
Corhampton is in the Meon Valley, 15 miles from…

A reconstruction of a Saxon Hall at Bishops Wood Centre, Crossway Green Worcestershire based on the floor plan of one excavated at West Stow in Suffolk. The hall took 4 years to construct. After several years of educational use the hall burnt down as…

Photograph of a boy wearing the replica Sutton Hoo helmet from the reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, at the visitor centre, at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Photograph of a boy wearing the reproduction Sutton Hoo helmet from the reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, at the visitor centre, at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk.