In the stormy 890s, King Alfred the Great faces his final and most intense Viking threat. After years of uneasy peace, Hastein the Viking leads multiple armies into Wessex, Mercia, and Wales, testing ...

These are some of the best photographs from the Winchester Beer and Cider Festival. The popular festival was held at the Student Union at the University of Winchester on Friday, June 27 and Saturday, ...

From Friday, June 27 to Saturday, June 28, the Student Union at the University of Winchester held the Winchester Beer and Cider Festival.

A blue plaque was unveiled at Chippenham Museum to honour King Alfred. The museum is believed to have been the site of Alfred's 'royal ville' or hunting lodge. The plaque commemorates his victory for ...

Chippenham's free guided history walks are set to return in 2025. Led by Chippenham Museum staff, the 40-minute tours take place on select Thursdays and Saturdays until September, offering a journey ...

In preparation for the demolition of Farnborough Leisure Centre in 2022, a freeze of 16 murals needed to be removed in order ...

Assassins, royal marriages and diplomatic gift-giving: historian and archaeologist Max Adams explains how the kings of Mercia ...

That led to the policy of posse comitatus, translated as “the power of the county.” Sheriffs could use the tool not only to ...

This is a Short History Of The Anglo-Saxons. A Noiser production, written by Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow. With thanks to James Clark, Professor of History at the University of Exeter.

A metal detectorist who tried to sell rare Anglo-Saxon coins for a Saxon hoard has been ordered to pay back the £103,000 Credit: CPS. It comes two years after Craig Best, then 46, and Roger ...

Pilling had held 46 Anglo-Saxon coins, which date back to 879AD under the rule of King Alfred the Great of Wessex and include two extremely rare "Two Emperor" coins, which were issued by King ...

The national myth of Alfred the Great and Anglo-Saxon triumphalism will not go away quietly. “All archaeological and historical interpretation is politicized in a sense.