Saxon Collection (page 6)

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

Clan Mac Ivor
Clan MAC IVOR a warrior of saxon times, armed with pike and sword

Owen Jones Celtic 65
Various spirals, diagonals, zoomorphics, and later Anglo- Saxon ornaments, from 8th, 9th and 10th century English and Irish manuscripts

England / Dunwich
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

King Alfred, Wantage
An imposing statue of King Alfred at Wantage, Berkshire: Unveiled by the Prince of Wales in 1877, it reads: " Alfred the Great, West Saxon King, born at Wantage, AD 849"

Caedmon Cross (Detail)
Detail of the lower panel of the famous Caedmon Cross at Whitby, Yorkshire, England. Caedmon was an Anglo-Saxon herdsman, poet and monk, who died circa 680 A.D

Queen Bertha, later a saint
BERTHA, BERTA, BERTE, BERTHE, BERTRADA or ALDEBERGE Queen of Ethelbert, King of Kent, daughter of Charibert I, Merovingian King of Paris

Medieval Christmas
Young woman in Saxon or Medieval dress carrying a basket of gifts through a snow-lined street. A turkey seller can be seen behind her

Coifi Profanes Idols
Coifi, High priest of the old Saxon religion in Northumbria, convinced by Christianity & wondering what his gods have ever done for him profanes the temple idols

Saxon Infantry / 14th C
A fully armed Saxon infantryman in armour and helmet, with a dagger at his belt and a heavy sword in his hand

Danish Military Habits
Danish military habits (showing shin guards) depicted on a Saxon reliquary

Military Habits / 10th C
Anglo-Saxon soldiers in military habits

A Saxon Homestead 5th C
A Saxon Homestead

Ploughing Etc, Saxon
Fieldwork in the Saxon period - ploughing, harrowing and sowing are all in progress near the Bartlow Hills, Essex

Saxon Farmyard
Scene in a Saxon farmyard, with pigs and poultry, carts and various implements

Anglo Saxon Chieftain
An Anglo-Saxon chief goes into action, wearing no armour beside his helmet

Danish Bard of 1000
A Danish skalde (bard) sings the sagas of past glories to an attentive group of warriors

Military / Camp / Saxon, C7
A Saxon Encampment in 7th century England

Saxon Wine Press
A Saxon wine press

Anglo Saxon Bed
Three people manage to fit into this Anglo-Saxon bed

Anglo-Saxon Mantles 2
Examples of the variety in style and ways of wearing Anglo-Saxon mantles. Other garments include hose and a short tunic with side vents & an ornate border

Anglo-Saxon Mantles 1
Examples of the variety in style and ways of wearing Anglo-Saxon mantles including a draped mantle worn over a long square-necked tunic. Also short tunics with borders

Anglo-Saxon Menswear
Anglo-Saxons: trousers, metal fillet worn round the hair, brais (drawers), hose, boots, tunic, leg bandages, roc or super-tunic & a mantle secured with a brooch

St. Leonards Church, Broomfield, Essex, dating back to Saxon times, one of the five round tower churches left in the county

Coenwulf Coin
A coin from the reign of Saxon king Coenwulf, ruler of Mercia

Hereward the Beserker
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward the Saxon hero turned into a beserker. Dressed in only a silk shirt and hose, he urges his men to join him against the Normans

Hereward Vs Normans
HEREWARD THE WAKE How the Saxon hero Hereward cleared Bourne (Lincolnshire, England) of Frenchmen (Normans). The thick of the battle melee

Hereward Learns to Pray
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Torfrida taught the Saxon hero Hereward to kneel down and pray, dogs and baby beside them. Date: circa 1070

Hereward Saves Alftruda
HEREWARD THE WAKE How the Saxon hero Hereward rescued Alftruda from the Normans in the thick of battle

Saxon Princes Submit
The Saxon princes make their submission to the emperor (Otto III ? ) at Spira

Saxon Warship
A two-masted Saxon warship under sail

Saxon Ships
Three Saxon sailing vessels in the English Channel off Dover. Note the head having its eyes pecked out by a passing seagull

Saint Bede the Venerable
SAINT BEDE THE VENERABLE Anglo-saxon scholar, historian and theologian

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