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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.

Wheeler's Viking Sword Typology

Viking Age swords found in Britain

Type I

Petersen Types M & Q. 850AD? to 1025AD

File:Sword rampside.jpg x150px	Cumbria, Rampside Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Petersen type M Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] Comments-
File:Sword appleby.jpg x150px	Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Petersen type M Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] Comments-
No Picture	Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street Current Location- ? Blade- none Hilt- Petersen type M?. Only the undecorated guard of whale bone survives. Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.96] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.114 YAB30] Comments-
No Picture	Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Petersen type M Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.26] Comments-
	London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Petersen type M Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] Comments-
	London River Thames, ‘near London’ Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Petersen type M Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] Comments- wooden handle covered in linen.

Type II Norwegian

Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD

File:Sword enfield.jpg x150px	Herts, River Lea, Enfield Current Location Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi Collection, Rome. Blade- Hilt- Petersen type C 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)] Comments- from a possible boat burial
File:Sword vauxhall.jpg x150px	London, River Thames, Vauxhall Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Petersen type H Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81] Comments-
File:Sword mortlake.jpg x150px	London, River Thames, Mortlake Current Location- ? Blade- single-edged Hilt- none Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1960:p135] Comments- Oakeshott suggests that this blade may have belonged to a type II sword.

Type III Danish

Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?

File:Sword cronk.jpg x150px	Isle of Man Cronk Moar Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type S Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.72] Comments- found with remains of scabbard
File:Sword london.jpg x150px	London Current Location- Blade- None Hilt- Petersen type R. Only the pommel of the sword survives Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WHEELER 1927:p.53] Comments-
File:Sword temple.jpg x150px	London, River Thames, Temple Church Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type S Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.104] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.77,80] Comments- also known as “Earl of Pembroke Sword”
File:Sword chertsey.jpg x150px	London, Chertsey Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type S Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.98][1] Comments-

Type IV Frankish

Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD

	Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type O Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.19] Comments-
	Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Petersen type O Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] Comments-
	London, River Thames, Kew Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Petersen type O Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.90] Comments-
	London, Fetter Lane Current Location- ? Blade- None Hilt- Gilt silver pommel with nielloed engraved pattern Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1960:p.136][2] Comments- the BM website dates this pommel to the late C8th.

Type V English

Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD

	Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927: p.35] Comments-
File:Sword hurbuck.jpg x150px	Hurbuck, Durham Current Location- British Museum Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][PEIRCE 2002:p.76] Comments-
	Yorkshire, Gilling West Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.109] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.44] [WATKIN 1986:p.93-99] Comments-
	Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.110] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54] [WILSON 1965: no.9] Comments-
File:Sword bedale.jpg x150px	Yorkshire, Bedale Current Location- British Museum Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] Comments-
	Isle of Man, Ballaugh Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.22][WILSON 2008:p.54] Comments-
	Isle of Man, St. Maughold Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.23] Comments- missing pommel
File:Sword nottingham.jpg x150px	Nottingham Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] Comments- Wheeler identifies this sword as probably being this type but states that the sword is damaged.
File:Sword hauxton.jpg x150px	Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] Comments-
	Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich Current Location- British Museum (54, 11-7, 12) Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][MARGESEN 1997:p.10-11] [WILSON 1965: no.8] Comments- Unknown find date. Presented to the BM in 1854.
	Norfolk, Gooderstone Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.3] Comments-
File:Sword santon.jpg x150px	Norfolk, Santon Downham Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,13] Comments-
	Suffolk, Kersey Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.5] Comments-
File:Sword abingdon.jpg x150px	Oxford, Abingdon Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.112][WILSON 1965:p52(no.1)] Comments-
	Oxford, Wallingford Bridge Current Location- Ashmolean Museum Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][THOMPSON 2004:p.113] Comments-
	London, River Thames, Westminster Current Location- Ashmolean Museum Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][LAKING 1920:fig.15c] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.x)] Comments-
File:Sword windsor.jpg x150px	London, River Thames, Windsor Current Location- British Museum Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] Comments-
File:Sword london.jpg x150px	London, River Thames Current Location- British Museum Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] Comments-
	Unprovenanced Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.13] Comments-

Type VI Danish

Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD?

File:Sword camphill.jpg x150px	Yorkshire, York, Camphill Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.15] Comments- missing pommel
	Lincs, River Witham, Lincoln Current Location- British Museum Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.77] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.71] [DAVIDSON 1962:p.56] [OAKESHOTT 1960:p.134] [3] Comments- missing pommel
	Norfolk, Mileham Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.7] Comments-
	London, River Thames, Staines Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] Comments-
	London, River Thames, Shifford Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.114] [DAVIDSON 1962:p.56] Comments-
	London, River Thames, Brentford Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.3)] Comments-
File:Sword temple.jpg x150px	London, River Thames, off the Temple Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78,80] [DAVIDSON 1962:p.56] Comments-
	London, River Thames, Kings Reach Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.80] Comments-
	London, River Thames, Vauxhall, Wandsworth Reach Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [LAKING 1920:fig.15d] [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.20)] Comments- Wilson quotes Laking fig.15d as being from Vauxhall. The tip of the sword is from another find from Putney Reach.

Type VII

Petersen Types U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD?

Petersen Type U, V

	Isle of Man, Ballateare Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type V Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.52][4] Comments- found with remains of scabbard
File:Sword nene.jpg x150px	Cambs, River Nene Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p56] Comments-
	Herts, River Lea, Hertford Current Location- Stolen from Hertford Museum Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [ADAMS 1974:p.155-158] Comments-
	Herts, River Lea, Edmonton Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type U Bibliography- [PIERCE 2002:p.110] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.60] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.6)] Comments-

Petersen Type X

File:Sword workington.jpg x150px	Cumbria, Workington, Lake District Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type W or X Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.21-22] Comments-
	Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type X Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.23] Comments-
File:Sword yorkX1.jpg x150px	York Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type X Bibliography- [ROESDAHL 1981:p.65 D15] YM 551.45.48 [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.93] Comments-
	York Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type X Bibliography- [ROESDAHL 1981:p.65 D15] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.93] Comments-
File:Sword nottinghamX.jpg x150px	Notts, Nottingham Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type X Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.15-16] Referred to in [ROESDAHL 1981:p.65 D15] Comments-
File:Sword newark.jpg x150px	Notts, Fardon Church, Newark Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type X Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.71] Comments-

Type VIII

Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD?

London, Battersea

Current Location-

Blade-

Hilt- Tea Cosy pommel

Bibliography- DAVIDSON 1962:p.57] [WISON 1965:p32-33 no.1]

Comments-

Type IX

Brazil Nut 1000AD to 1300AD?

Cawood

Current Location-

Blade-

Hilt-

Bibliography- [5] [6]

Comments-

Other Types

Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler

	Reading Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Pommel missing. Hilt and guard decorated in gripping beasts. Bibliography- [EAST nd:p.2] Comments- Rediscovered after 150 years after being considered lost. Made between c.750AD but probably buried just after 800AD.
File:Sword raven.jpg x150px	Cambridgeshire, Raven’s Willow nr. Peterbourgh Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type N Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.61,63-64] Comments- Later half of C9th
File:Sword john.jpg x150px	Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk German Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type P? Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.25-26] Comments- fragment of sword with pommel and guard
File:Sword john.jpg x150px	Lincolnshire, Canwich Common, Lincoln Current Location- Blade- Illegible script Hilt- Petersen type Q? Pommel not of Q style Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.98-99] Comments- pommel not of Q form
File:Sword tilehurst.jpg x150px	Berkshire, Tilehurst station Current Location- Reading Museum Blade- Hilt- Petersen type Y Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] Comments-

Unknown Types

Swords so far unidentified

File:Sword claughton.jpg x150px	Lancs, Claughton Hall Current Location- Now missing Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] Comments-
File:Sword witherslack.jpg x150px	Lancs, Witherslack Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.74] Comments-
File:Sword nottingham.jpg x150px	Nottingham Current Location- Blade- None Hilt- Only a pommel Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.15] Comments-
File:Sword thames.jpg x150px	London, River Thames Current Location- Tullie House Museum, Carlisle Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81] Comments-
File:Sword vauxhall1.jpg x150px	London, River Thames, Vauxhall Current Location- Blade- Hilt- 3 lobed pommel Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81] Comments-
File:Sword vauxhall2.jpg x150px	London, River Thames, Vauxhall Current Location- Unknown Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.53] Comments- Wheeler only mentions ‘Information from Mr G. F. Lawrence’

References

<nocite> ADAMS1974 BERSU1966 BJORN1940 DAVIDSON1962 LAKING1920 MARGESEN1997 OAKESHOTT1960 PEIRCE2002 ROESDAHL1981 THOMPSON2004 WATKIN1986 WILSON1965 WILSON2008 WHEELER1927 </nocite> <biblio force=false>#Template:Bib</biblio>

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+|- valign="top" id="Fetter"
+|[[File:sword_fetter.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Fetter Lane]]
+|'''London, Fetter Lane'''
+:Current Location- ?
+:Blade- None
+:Hilt- Gilt silver pommel with nielloed engraved pattern
+:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1960:p.136][http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/sword_grip_and_pommel.aspx]
+:Comments- the BM website dates this pommel to the late C8th.
+|}
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Contents

Introduction

Type I

Type II Norwegian

Type III Danish

Type IV Frankish

Type V English

Type VI Danish

Type VII

Petersen Type U, V

Petersen Type X

Type VIII

Type IX

Other Types

Unknown Types

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