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|width="600pt"|'''Hurbuck, Durham''' | |width="600pt"|'''Hurbuck, Durham''' | ||
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:Hilt- | :Hilt- | ||
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|width="600pt"|'''Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard''' | |width="600pt"|'''Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard''' | ||
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:Hilt- | :Hilt- | ||
:Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.110] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54] [WILSON 1965: no.9] | :Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.110] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54] [WILSON 1965: no.9] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Bedale" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_bedale.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Bedale]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Yorkshire, Bedale''' | ||
+ | :Type- L | ||
+ | :Current Location- British Museum | ||
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− | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.22][WILSON 2008:p.54] | + | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.22][WILSON 2008:p.54] |
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+ | :Comments- Wheeler identifies this sword as probably being this type but states that the sword is damaged. | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Hauxton" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_hauxton.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Hauxton Mill]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill''' | ||
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:Comments- Unknown find date. Presented to the BM in 1854. | :Comments- Unknown find date. Presented to the BM in 1854. | ||
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|width="600pt"|'''Oxford, Wallingford Bridge''' | |width="600pt"|'''Oxford, Wallingford Bridge''' | ||
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:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
:Hilt- | :Hilt- | ||
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|width="600pt"|'''London, River Thames, Westminster''' | |width="600pt"|'''London, River Thames, Westminster''' | ||
:Type- L | :Type- L | ||
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+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][LAKING 1920:fig.15c] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.x)] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Windsor" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_windsor.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Windsor]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''London, River Thames, Windsor''' | ||
+ | :Type- L | ||
+ | :Current Location- British Museum | ||
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+ | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="London" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_london.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=London]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''London, River Thames''' | ||
+ | :Type- L | ||
+ | :Current Location- British Museum | ||
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
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Revision as of 21:14, 15 October 2012
Contents
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.
Type I
Petersen Types M & O. 850AD? to 1025AD
File:Sword rampside.jpg x150px |
Cumbria, Rampside
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File:Sword appleby.jpg x150px |
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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Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading
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London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge
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London River Thames, ‘near London’
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London, River Thames, Kew
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Type II Norwegian
Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD
File:Sword enfield.jpg x150px |
Herts, River Lea, Enfield
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File:Sword vauxhall.jpg x150px |
London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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Type III Danish
Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?
File:Sword cronk.jpg x150px |
Isle of Man Cronk Moar
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File:Sword london.jpg x150px |
London
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File:Sword temple.jpg x150px |
London, River Thames, Temple Church
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File:Sword chertsey.jpg x150px |
London, Chertsey
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Type IV Frankish
Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD
Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest
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Type V English
Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD
Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire
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File:Sword hurbuck.jpg x150px |
Hurbuck, Durham
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Yorkshire, Gilling West
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Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard
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File:Sword bedale.jpg x150px |
Yorkshire, Bedale
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Isle of Man, Ballaugh
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Isle of Man, St. Maughold
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File:Sword nottingham.jpg x150px |
Nottingham
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File:Sword hauxton.jpg x150px |
Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill
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Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich
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Norfolk, Gooderstone
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File:Sword santon.jpg x150px |
Norfolk, Santon Downham
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Suffolk, Kersey
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File:Sword abingdon.jpg x150px |
Oxford, Abingdon
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Oxford, Wallingford Bridge
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London, River Thames, Westminster
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File:Sword windsor.jpg x150px |
London, River Thames, Windsor
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File:Sword london.jpg x150px |
London, River Thames
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Unprovenanced
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See Also
References
<nocite> ADAMS1974 BJORN1940 DAVIDSON1962 LAKING1920 MARGESEN1997 OAKESHOTT1960 PEIRCE2002 ROESDAHL1981 THOMPSON2004 WATKIN1986 WILSON1965 WILSON2008 WHEELER1927 </nocite> <biblio force=false>#Template:Bib</biblio>