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The Impact of the Vikings on Churches in Wessex
Hampshire and its neighbouring counties of Berkshire and Wiltshire were at the core of West Saxon Wessex when the Viking raids swept through. The emerging Christian churches were attacked and the fragile shoots of the new religion stamped upon.
Read MoreUntangling the Early Church in Hampshire (Part 1)
Hampshire has a great number of early churches, a number of which still have vestiges of their Anglo Saxon origins peeping through the structure.
Read MoreKing Alfred’s Will
The will of King Alfred is a rare beast, only one other will of an Anglo Saxon king has survived
Read MoreKing Alfred the Great, May He Finally Rest?
King Alfred the Great, his final resting place uncertain for so many years, could it finally have been resolved? The Winchester Uni team have some answers. To be revealed in a documentary in January 2014
Read MoreNunnaminster Winchester
Nunnaminster in Winchester was the Saxon abbey founded in 903AD by King Alfred and his wife Ealhswith. It was a wooden structure re-built in stone and then enlarged by the Normans.
Read MoreRomsey Abbey
Romsey Abbey is an imposing Romanesque church and once one of the most important ecclesiastical sites in England. It’s Abbesses came from royal and high status families and before the black death amassed great wealth.
Read MoreAnglo Saxon Women – Frithburga
The grave cover for the Anglo Saxon women Frithburga, which can be seen in All Hallows church Whitchurch is a very lovely and special object
Read MoreMystery of King Alfred’s Final Resting Place
The mystery of King Alfred’s final resting place may be closer to being resolved as St Bartholemew’s church at Hyde prepares to ask for permission to exhume and identify the bones in an unmarked grave at the church.
Read MoreKing Alfred and The Vikings
King Alfred’s life was dominated by the incessant attacks by the Vikings but how did Alfred succeed in defeating them when so many other kings had failed and did that defeat then propel him to become King of all England.
Read MoreWherwell Abbey
The quintessentially English village of Wherwell has played an important part in the history of the county of Hampshire, hidden beneath its meadows is the Abbey of Wherwell, established in the C10th century as a form of penance by Queen Elfrida
Read MoreHamwic, Hampshire’s Anglo Saxon Port
Hamwic was one of the principal trading towns in north west Europe through Anglo Saxon times and beyond
Read MoreOld Minster Winchester
The Old Minster Winchester was one of the most important religious houses and places of pilgrimage in the late Anglo Saxon period. It was the initial resting place of King Alfred the Great and the place where King Canute and Edward the Confessor were crowned.
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