The basis for much speculation has been the Anglo-Saxon sculptured stone found in St.
Most Exmoor place names are of Old English origin and represent features of the landscape.
Codford was sited on an ancient road running on the north side of the river Wylye, from Warminster in the west to Wilton in the east.
Discovered built into the wall above the chancel arch of St Peter’s church in 1864, this Anglo-Saxon sculpture now stands against the north chancel
St Peter's church, which stood at the entrance to the medieval village from the west on the north side of the High Street, was made more impressive
Image: Culham Lock in 1888, a modern-style poundlock with gates at each end.
Image: an 'improved' Kennet or Thames and Severn canal-type barge at Henley bridge (engraving c.1834)
The church has Anglo-Saxon origins. The present building contains some Norman work, but is mainly of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
The Anglo-Saxon monastery at Wearmouth (Monkwearmouth) was founded in 673 by the Northumbrian nobleman, Benedict Biscop and was supported by a larg
Much of what we know of Anglo-Saxon Sunderland comes from the writings of the celebrated monk and scholar Bede who, in his famous work The Eccl
