Swords found in Britain

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 & O. 850AD? to 1025AD

File:Sword rampside.jpg x150px	Cumbria, Rampside Type- M Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] Comments-
File:Sword appleby.jpg x150px	Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland Type- M Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] Comments-
No Picture	Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street Type- M? Current Location- ? Blade- none Hilt- 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 Type- M Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.26] Comments-
	Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading Type- O Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] Comments-
	London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge Type- M Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] Comments-
	London River Thames, ‘near London’ Type- M Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] Comments- wooden handle covered in linen.
	London, River Thames, Kew Type- O Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.90] Comments-

Type II Norwegian

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

File:Sword enfield.jpg x150px	Herts, River Lea, Enfield Type- C Current Location Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi Collection, Rome. Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,60] [WHEELER 1927:p.34, 53] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.7)] [LAKING 1920:p.16] Comments- from a possible boat burial
File:Sword vauxhall.jpg x150px	London, River Thames, Vauxhall Type- H Current Location- ? Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81] Comments-

Type III Danish

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

File:Sword cronk.jpg x150px	Isle of Man Cronk Moar Type- S Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.72] Comments- found with remains of scabbard
File:Sword london.jpg x150px	London Type- R Current Location- Blade- None Hilt- 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 Type- S Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [PIERCE 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 Type- S Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [PIERCE 2002:p.98][1] Comments-

Type IV Frankish

Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD

Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest

Type- O

Current Location-

Blade-

Hilt-

Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.19]

Comments-

Type V English

Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD

	Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927: p.35] Comments-
File:Sword hurbuck.jpg x150px	Hurbuck, Durham Type- L Current Location- British Museum Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][PIERCE 2002:p.76] Comments-
	Yorkshire, Gilling West Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.109] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.44] [WATKIN 1986:p.93-99] Comments-
	Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.110] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54] [WILSON 1965: no.9] Comments-
File:Sword bedale.jpg x150px	Yorkshire, Bedale Type- L Current Location- British Museum Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] Comments-
	Isle of Man, Ballaugh Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.22][WILSON 2008:p.54] Comments-
	Isle of Man, St. Maughold Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.23] Comments- missing pommel
File:Sword nottingham.jpg x150px	Nottingham Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- 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 Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] Comments-
	Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich Type- L Current Location- British Museum (54, 11-7, 12) Blade- Hilt- 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 Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.3] Comments-
File:Sword santon.jpg x150px	Norfolk, Santon Downham Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,13] Comments-
	Suffolk, Kersey Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.5] Comments-
File:Sword abingdon.jpg x150px	Oxford, Abingdon Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.112][WILSON 1965:p52(no.1)] Comments-
	Oxford, Wallingford Bridge Type- L Current Location- Ashmolean Museum Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][THOMPSON 2004:p.113] Comments-
	London, River Thames, Westminster Type- L Current Location- Ashmolean Museum Blade- Hilt- 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 Type- L Current Location- British Museum Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] Comments-
File:Sword london.jpg x150px	London, River Thames Type- L Current Location- British Museum Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] Comments-
	Unprovenanced Type- L Current Location- Blade- Hilt- Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.13] Comments-

References

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