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Swords found in Britain

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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.
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The sword swords in this catalogue only include sword found in England, Scotland, Wales and surrounding isles. It does not include sword swords 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 swords possibly made in England as many examples of these have been found all over Europe.
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*[[#England, London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge|River Thames, Waterloo Bridge (I)]]
*[[#England, London, River Thames, ‘near London’|River Thames, ‘near London’ (I)]]
*[[#England, London, River Thames, VauxhallVauxhall1|River Thames, Vauxhall (II)]]
*[[#England, London, River Thames, Mortlake|River Thames, Mortlake (II)]]
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:Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I
:Scabbard- fragments of iron imregnated wood were found
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] [EDWARDS 1998:p.21] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
|- valign="top" id="England, Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland"
:Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I
:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street"
:Hilt- Petersen type M?. Only the undecorated guard of whale bone survives.
:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.96] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.114 YAB30] [MacGREGOR 1985:p.167] [ROGERS 1993:p.1431]
|- valign="top" id="Balladoyne"
:Hilt- Classed by Wheeler as type I, by Bjorn as Type H? Both guards are striped with brass inlay. Bjorn considers the pommel to be missing?
:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.21)]
|- valign="top" id="England, London River Thames, ‘near London’"
:Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I. Part of a wooden handle survives, covered in a course linen.
:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.22)]
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:Hilt- Petersen type P. Both cross-pieces are decorated with untwisted silver and copper wires.
:Scabbard- None
:Bibliography- [ANDERSON 1872:p.567] [GRIEG 1940:p.159]
[[File:sword_elginshire_full.jpg]]
:Bibliography- [PENNANT 1776:pl. XLIV] [ANDERSON 1872:p.567 no.4] [GRIEG 1940:p.165] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2004:p.211-222 fig.4]
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Orkney, Scar"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_scar.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Scar]]
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Orkney, Scar'''
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.31-32] [ANDERSON 1879:p.51]
|- valign="top" id="England, Derbyshire, Inglebymound 7"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''England, Derbyshire, Inglebymound 7'''
:Current Location-
:Type- Grave Find
:Bibliography- [RICHARDS 1995:p.54, 69] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191, 196]
|- valign="top" id="England, Hertfordshire, Enfield"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_enfield.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Enfield]]
|width="600pt"|'''England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, Enfield'''
:Current Location Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi Collection, Rome.
:Type- from a possible boat burial
:Bibliography- [LAKING 1920:p.16] [WHEELER 1927:p.34, 53] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,60] [OAKESHOTT 1960:p135] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.7)]
|- valign="top" id="VauxhallEngland, London, River Thames, Vauxhall1"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_vauxhall.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Vauxhall]]
|'''England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall'''
:Current Location- London Museum 13591
:Type-
:Hilt- Petersen type S
:Scabbard- found with remains of scabbard
:Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.72] [WILSON 2008:p.36]
|- valign="top" id="London"
:Hilt- Petersen type R. Only the pommel of the sword survives
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WHEELER 1927:p.53] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.12)]
|- valign="top" id="Temple"
:Current Location-
:Type-
:Find dateDate-:Total Length- 885mm:Blade- 723mm:Hilt- Petersen type S. Pommel and guard plated with silver, and decorated in copper inlay of Jellinge style. The grip is covered by a binding of silver wire with a plaited band of silver wire at the top and bottom.
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.104] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.77,80] [ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992: cat.413 p.335] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.15)][http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=66300&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1 British Museum]
:Comments- also known as “Earl of Pembroke Sword”
:Comments-
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall1Vauxhall2"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall'''
:Comments-
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall2Vauxhall3"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall'''