Saxon Collection (page 5)

EARLY NORMAN FONT
An early Norman font, actually made by Saxon craftsmen, in the church at Launcells, near Bude, Cornwall, England. Date: 11th or 12th century

Roughton Church
St. Marys Church, Roughton, Norfolk, England. It shows herringbone work, round Saxon windows and has a typically Saxon double-pointed belfry. Date: 10th century

Waltham Abbey Church, founded in the 11th century and bequeathed by Edward the Confessor to King Harold. The church was restored in the 19th century. Date: 11th century

Anglo Saxon Font
An Anglo-Saxon font, at Ansty Church, Wiltshire, England. Date: 10th century

Saxon Chapel
St. Peter-on-the-Wall Chapel, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, England. In 654, St. Cedd, Bishop of the East Saxons built this chapel on the ruined (Roman) Othona Fort. Date: 7th century

St. Wollos Church
St. Wollos Cathedral, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, has a Saxon chapel and a Norman nave. The Gothic Casquet was added in the 15th century. A cathedral from 1929 Date: 1960s

Milton Abbey Turf Steps
This grass slope is probably the most remarkable in England, consisting of 111 green steps, leading up to a Saxon chapel, at Milton Abbas, Dorset. Date: 1950s

Saxon Church Doorway
The fine pointed Saxon doorway of Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Street, Colchester, Essex, England. Date: 11th century

Roodee Racecourse Cross
The remains of the ancient cross on Roodee Racecourse, Chester, Cheshire, England, which gets its name from the Saxon rood (cross) and eye, meaning island. Date: 1960s

Sandbach Crosses
In the market square of Sandbach, Cheshire, are these two Anglian Crosses, completed in the 9th century to commemorate the advent of Christianity in 653 A.D. Date: early 1940s

Oddas Chapel, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England. Concealed within a 16th century house is this late Saxon Chantry chapel, built by Odda in 1056. Date: 11th & 16th century

Waltham Abbey Gateway
The Gateway, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, the sole remains of the important main entrance to the Abbey and the Abbots house. Date: 11th century

German troops in action near Monastir, WW1
German Saxon Jaeger troops in action near Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War. Date: December 1916

Automaton from Dresden
Interior of an early 19th century robot from Dresden, constructed in 1810 by an engineer called Kaufman. This mechancial trumpeter can blow the Saxon tattoo, and at the time of this photograph(1929)

SS Saxon off Gibraltar, WW1
The British SS Saxon, a cruise ship used for transporting troops during the First World War, seen here off Gibraltar on the way to Egypt. Date: spring 1917

Staff and patients at Holborn Union Infirmary, Highgate, Lon
Doctors and nurses in Ward 12 at the Holborn Union Infirmary, Archway Road, Highgate. The building, opened in 1879, was designed by Henry Saxon Snell. Date: Date unknown

The first Saxons in Britain
When the Romans withdrew their troops from Britain after about 400 years, the British King needed help with organising his army, so two Saxons

Saxon Chief Ca 800
A Saxon chief rests a foot on the body of a slain foe - he is characteristic of the Teutonic invaders of Britain in the early Middle Ages. Date: circa 800

Hereward the Wake
HEREWARD known as The Wake Anglo-Saxon rebel and outlaw who opposed William I, taking refuge on the Isle of Ely, the subject of romantic legends. Date: ? - 1072

Bishop and Monk
Anglo-Saxon bishop and monk. The bishop wears embroidered surplice and albe, holding a manciple : the monk is holding a labarum, or sacred banner, borne over senior clerics. Date: 950

Anglo-Saxon Lady
An Anglo-Saxon lady of rank in full dress, wearing a double veil and perforated mantle, embroidered gown over her undergarment. Behind her is a hammock-like carriage. Date: 850

Anglo-Saxon Women
Two Anglo-Saxon women, one side-saddle on horseback. They wear long house-gowns, and hoods wrapped round neck and shoulders; the rider also wears a short cloak. Date: 750

St Georges Union Infirmary, Fulham Road, London
Design for the new St Georges Union infirmary on Fulham Road, south west London. The architect was Henry Saxon Snell

Caedmon and his vision
Caedmon, sing some song to me. During a dream, an angelic vision appears to Caedmon, an Anglo-Saxon herdsman attached to the Abbey of Whitby, who subsequently became a monk and religious poet

Old Pharos at Dover, Kent
View of the Old Pharos (Roman lighthouse) at Dover, Kent, next to the Anglo-Saxon St Mary in Castro Church. The Pharos was originally an octagonal tower with eight stepped stages

Holborn Union Infirmary, Highgate, North London
Aerial view of the Holborn Union Infirmary, Archway Road, Highgate, North London. The infirmary, which was opened in 1879, was designed by Henry Saxon Snell

Ward at Holborn Union Infirmary, Highgate, London
Interior of a ward at the Holborn Union Infirmary, Archway Road, Highate, North London, designed by Henry Saxon Snell and opened in 1879

TSS Saxon WWI
Alexandria harbour as seen from the TSS Saxon during World War I

St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary, West London
The St Marylebone workhouse infirmary on Rackham Street, North Kensington, West London. The buildings, opened in 1881, were designed by Messrs Henry Saxon Snell and Son

Sandbach, Cheshire
The Saxon crosses in the market place of Sandbach, Cheshire

The Crosses, Sandbach
The Sandbach Crosses were completed in the 9th Century A.D. to commemorate the advent of Christianity in the Kingdom of Mercia about 653 A.D. during the reign of the Saxon King Penda (626-655 AD)

(Strutt) Saxon Rustics
Three Saxon rustics engaged in the kind of activity you d expect Saxon rustics to be doing

Dunwich, East Suffolk
A view of Dunwich in East Suffolk. Once a Saxon settlement, a Roman Station and a busy medieval town. Over the years it has gradually diappeared under the sea. Date: 1950s

All Saints, Bakewell
The magnificent church of All Saints, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. Originally built in Saxon times, the present building is Norman with later additions over the centuries

Wife of William McKinley
WIFE OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY Ida Saxon. Married on January 25, 1871 to Willian McKinley, 25th President of the United States

A Saxon Warrior
A Saxon warrior - typical of those who invaded Britain after the departure of the Romans : armed with spear and sword and protected with a shield

Anglo-Saxon Soldiers
Saxon soldiers with spears, broad swords and shields

English Coronation Stone
The English Coronation Stone, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, dating back to 901. Alfred the Greats son Edward the Elder was the first of seven Saxon kings to be crowned on it

King Alfred, Pewsey
In the centre of Pewsey, a busy market town in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, stands this imposing stone statue of King Alfred with his sword and shield

Vortigern Weds
VORTIGERN, legendary king of Britain, weds Rowena, a Saxon lady, which occasions the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain

Braughing, Herts
The village of Braughing, which nestles among the chalk hills of East Hertfordshire. Two little girls chat and play beneath a huge tree

St Hilda & Caedmon
SAINT HILDA OF WHITBY Anglo-Saxon abbess, receiving a visit from Caedmon

Summer & Travel Dress
Anglo-Saxon Summer dress of super-tunic or roc & draped mantle & a travelling habit of super-tunic with extra long sleeves with an ornate border. Both wear head-rails or veils

Saxon Military Dress C8
Anglo-Saxon king in martial habit wears a shirt of chainmail over a tunic & hose. His Armour Bearer wears a Phyrigian cap, hose & short tunic with a girdle. Date: 8th century

Manuscript / Musicmaking
Saxon music-making

German Saxon Girl 19C
A Saxon girl from Germany, dressed in a bonnet, wide ruff, stripy top, lacy apron and pleated skirt, and carrying a book

Hereward Surrenders
The Anglo-Saxon rebel and outlaw Hereward the Wake yields to William the Conqueror

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