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|- valign="top" id="Kirkcudbrightshire" | |- valign="top" id="Kirkcudbrightshire" | ||
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|width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard''' | |width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard''' | ||
:Current Location- Kirkcudbrightshire Museum no. 2050 | :Current Location- Kirkcudbrightshire Museum no. 2050 | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Repton" | |- valign="top" id="Repton" | ||
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|'''Derbyshire, Repton''' | |'''Derbyshire, Repton''' | ||
:Current Location- Derby Museum | :Current Location- Derby Museum | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Waterloo" | |- valign="top" id="Waterloo" | ||
− | |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_waterloo.jpg|thumb| | + | |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_waterloo.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Waterloo]] |
|width="600pt"| '''London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge''' | |width="600pt"| '''London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge''' | ||
:Current Location- London Museum A 3670. Was previously in the Laking collection. | :Current Location- London Museum A 3670. Was previously in the Laking collection. | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Near London" | |- valign="top" id="Near London" | ||
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|'''London River Thames, ‘near London’''' | |'''London River Thames, ‘near London’''' | ||
:Current Location- London Museum A 17923 | :Current Location- London Museum A 17923 | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Strathspey" | |- valign="top" id="Strathspey" | ||
− | |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_elginshire.jpg|thumb| | + | |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_elginshire.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Strathspey]] |
|width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey''' | |width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey''' | ||
:Current Location- National Museum of Scotland. L.A. 1 | :Current Location- National Museum of Scotland. L.A. 1 | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Bute" | |- valign="top" id="Bute" | ||
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|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Bute''' | |width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Bute''' | ||
:Current Location- Bute Natural Museum | :Current Location- Bute Natural Museum | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Islay" | |- valign="top" id="Islay" | ||
− | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_islay.jpg|thumb| | + | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_islay.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Islay]] |
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Islay''' | |width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Islay''' | ||
:Current Location- Lost | :Current Location- Lost | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Enfield" | |- valign="top" id="Enfield" | ||
− | |width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_enfield.JPG|thumb| | + | |width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_enfield.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Enfield]] |
|width="600pt"|'''Herts, River Lea, Enfield''' | |width="600pt"|'''Herts, River Lea, Enfield''' | ||
:Current Location Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi Collection, Rome. | :Current Location Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi Collection, Rome. | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Cronk Moar" | |- valign="top" id="Cronk Moar" | ||
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|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man Cronk Moar''' | |width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man Cronk Moar''' | ||
:Current Location- | :Current Location- | ||
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|- valign="top" id="London" | |- valign="top" id="London" | ||
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|'''London''' | |'''London''' | ||
:Current Location- | :Current Location- | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Temple" | |- valign="top" id="Temple" | ||
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|'''London, River Thames, Temple Church''' | |'''London, River Thames, Temple Church''' | ||
:Current Location- | :Current Location- | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Chertsey" | |- valign="top" id="Chertsey" | ||
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|'''London, Chertsey''' | |'''London, Chertsey''' | ||
:Current Location- | :Current Location- | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Hesket" | |- valign="top" id="Hesket" | ||
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|width="600pt"|'''Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest''' | |width="600pt"|'''Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest''' | ||
:Current Location- | :Current Location- | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Reading" | |- valign="top" id="Reading" | ||
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|'''Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading''' | |'''Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading''' | ||
:Current Location- ? | :Current Location- ? | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Kew" | |- valign="top" id="Kew" | ||
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|'''London, River Thames, Kew''' | |'''London, River Thames, Kew''' | ||
:Current Location- British Museum 1891, 0905 3 | :Current Location- British Museum 1891, 0905 3 | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Fetter" | |- valign="top" id="Fetter" | ||
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|'''London, Fetter Lane''' | |'''London, Fetter Lane''' | ||
:Current Location- ? | :Current Location- ? | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Ecclefechan" | |- valign="top" id="Ecclefechan" | ||
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|width="600pt"|'''Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire''' | |width="600pt"|'''Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire''' | ||
:Current Location- | :Current Location- | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Hurbuck" | |- valign="top" id="Hurbuck" | ||
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|'''Hurbuck, Durham''' | |'''Hurbuck, Durham''' | ||
:Current Location- British Museum | :Current Location- British Museum | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Gilling" | |- valign="top" id="Gilling" | ||
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|'''Yorkshire, Gilling West''' | |'''Yorkshire, Gilling West''' | ||
:Current Location- | :Current Location- |
Revision as of 13:38, 30 November 2012
Introduction
The following list of swords is not comprehensive and only represents those currently known to the author. They have been categorised using Wheelers typology. Low quality images have been included to assist with identification and it is not the authors intention to infringe any copyrights by doing so.
The sword in this catalogue only include sword found in England, Scotland, Wales and surrounding isles. It does not include sword from Ireland. The swords listed here were not all made in Britain, many of them being made in Scandinavia or main land Europe. In the same way it is not a list of sword possibly made in England as many examples of these have been found all over Europe.
Type I
Petersen types M & Q. Rygh 489 & 493.
850AD? to 1025AD
In use from the prehistoric iron age in central Europe to as late as the C10th in Norway.
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard
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No Picture | Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard
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No Picture | Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland
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No Picture | Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street
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No Picture | Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns
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Derbyshire, Repton
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London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge
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London River Thames, ‘near London’
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Related Types P, Y & AE
Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey
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No Picture | Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk German
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No Picture | Berkshire, Tilehurst station
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Type II Norwegian
Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD
Scotland, Bute
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Scotland, Islay
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Herts, River Lea, Enfield
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No Picture | London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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No Picture | London, River Thames, Mortlake
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Type III Danish
Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?
Isle of Man Cronk Moar
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London
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London, River Thames, Temple Church
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London, Chertsey
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Type IV Frankish
Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD
Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest
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Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading
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London, River Thames, Kew
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London, Fetter Lane
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Type V English
Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD
Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire
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Hurbuck, Durham
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Yorkshire, Gilling West
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Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard
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Yorkshire, Bedale
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Isle of Man, Ballaugh
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Isle of Man, St. Maughold
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Nottingham
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Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill
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Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich
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Norfolk, Gooderstone
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Norfolk, Santon Downham
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Suffolk, Kersey
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Oxford, Abingdon
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Oxford, Wallingford Bridge
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London, River Thames, Westminster
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London, River Thames, Windsor
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London, River Thames
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Unprovenanced
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Type VI Danish
Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD?
Yorkshire, York, Camphill
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Lincs, River Witham, Lincoln
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Norfolk, Mileham
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London, River Thames, Staines
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London, River Thames, Shifford
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London, River Thames, Brentford
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London, River Thames, off the Temple
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London, River Thames, Kings Reach
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall, Wandsworth Reach
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Type VII
Petersen Types U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD?
Petersen Type U, V
Isle of Man, Ballateare
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Cambs, River Nene
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Herts, River Lea, Hertford
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Herts, River Lea, Edmonton
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Petersen Type X
Cumbria, Workington, Lake District
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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York
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York
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Notts, Nottingham
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Notts, Farndon Church, Newark
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Type VIII
Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD?
Cambridgeshire, River Great Ouse
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Type IX
1000AD to 1300AD?
No known swords from Britain
Type X
1050AD to 1300AD?
Lancs, Claughton Hall
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Unique Swords and those of other styles
Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler
Cawood | |
Lincolnshire, Canwick Common, Lincoln
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Reading
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Cambridgeshire, Raven’s Willow nr. Peterbourgh
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London, Battersea
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Swords that cannot be classified
Swords that are too decayed to identify
Scotland, Sandy
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Swords still awaiting classification
Swords so far unidentified by the authors
Lancs, Witherslack
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Nottingham
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London, River Thames
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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See Also
References
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