1. Anglo-Saxons Timeline on this day (events)
Timeline detailed with links to specific dates
Biographies (loads of links)
Timeline (extremely detailed)
Sutton Hoo Room
Sutton Hoo.org
West Stow re-enactment (great information & pictures about Anglo-Saxon life)
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Teacher resource all words!)
Brief Introduction to Anglo-Saxons (BBC)

2. Who were the Anglo-Saxons
"The Anglo-Saxons" is the general name given to the Germanic peoples who inhabited Britain between the fifth and the eleventh centuries, between the Romans and the Normans. More…
Anglo-Saxons (Woodlands Primary School)
The Saxons (1066.com)
Anglo-Saxons (bbc)
Early Anglo-Saxon Period
Settlement. We know very little of the first several hundred years of the Anglo-Saxon, or "English", era, primarily because the invaders were an illiterate people. Our earliest records of them are little more than highly inventive lists of rulers. More…
Who were the Saxons? (child friendly page)
Life in Anglo-Saxon England
The Anglo-Saxon period lasted for some six centuries, from the arrival of Germanic invaders from the continent during the early fifth century AD to the Norman Conquest of This was a time of immense political and social upheaval which saw major changes in almost all aspects of everyday life. More…
Saxon Photographs
Anglo-Saxon Kings and Kingdoms
Sutton Hoo (1066.com) lots of information (rather wordy)

3. Where did they come from?
The simple answer is probably all up and down the North Sea coast, from Denmark and from the northern coasts (in modern terms) of Germany, the Netherlands, and France. More….
The Saxons Arrive!
Maps (super source of maps throughout the timeframe)
Did they really arrive in AD449
In fact they arrived much earlier. The late Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus records the Saxones among the barbarians (along with Picts and Scots) who were harrassing the Britons in about AD 365, and the mid-fifth-century Gallic Chronicle mentions another severe raid in 410, and the fall of Britain to the Saxons "after many troubles" in 441. The date "449" comes at the end of a long history of confusion. More…
When did the Anglo-Saxons arrive?

4. The People Anglo-Saxon Literature What Saxons looked like
Sutton Hoo Treasures
Women and Children… Anglo-Saxon women appear to have enjoyed considerable independence, whether as abbesses of the great ‘double monasteries’ of monks and nuns founded during the seventh and eighth centuries, as major land-holders recorded in Domesday Book (1086), or as ordinary members of society. More…
People (list format places etc)
Hermits
Being a Child in Saxon Times
Did you know… The ancient Anglo-Saxons celebrated the return of spring with a carnival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eostre. The word carnival possibly originated from the Latin ‘carne vale' meaning "flesh, farewell" or "meat, farewell." The offerings were rabbits and coloured eggs, bidding an end to winter.
Social class
The main division in Anglo-Saxon society was between slave and free. Both groups were hierarchically structured, with several classes of freemen and many types of slaves. More…
Life expectancy

5. Work and Leisure Metalwork images
Because of the importance of farming in the Anglo-Saxon economy, a high proportion of occupations were to do with agriculture and animal husbandry. Male slaves in particular often worked as farm labourers. Skilled artisans were also needed, and the high quality of surviving metalwork, art and sculpture testifies to the level of craftsmanship that could be attained. Fine embroidery was carried out by ladies, the most famous example being the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in More…
Metalwork images
Anglo-Saxon Glass
The vast majority of complete vessels come from early Anglo-Saxon. More recent excavations of contemporary settlements have revealed fragments of similar vessels types, indicating there are few, if any, differences between domestic glass and those ritually deposited in graves. More…
Virtual Gallery showing various skills making jewellery etc.
British & Saxon Minstrels
What we know about Anglo-Saxon Games
Leisure
When they weren't fighting (one wonders when that was) the favourite pastimes of the Dark Ages were dice and board games such as chess. More..
Hnefatafl Saxon Board Game (online)
Anglo-Saxon Technology and pottery images
Anglo-Saxon Past-times
9 Men Morris (play online)
Anglo-Saxon Games

6. Anglo-Saxon homes, how and where they lived
Virtual Gallery Household items etc.
More Photos
More Images
The Anglo-Saxons generally lived and worked in small, but complex and sturdy, thatch roofed buildings which clustered around a larger, social hall. Each family group might have 5 or 6 smaller buildings around a larger hall.
Explore an Anglo-Saxon Village (interactive site)
Anglo-Saxon demonstration farm
How they lived (bbc)
What did the Saxons eat and drink?
Anglo-Saxon Burghs (Towns)… Alfred began a policy encouraging the formation of fortified towns, or burghs, throughout his lands, such that no place in Wessex was more than 20 miles from a town. More …
Farming
Anglo-Saxon Food KS1 Resource
Saxon Food
Where did the Anglo-Saxons live?
Saxon Burghs (child friendly page)
Saxon Architecture
Saxon Villages (child friendly page)
Anglo-Saxon Homes KS1 Resource
Saxon Palaces (child friendly page)
Inside a Great Hall (child friendly page)
Household items found at Sutton Hoo

7. Religion, Gods & Burial Anglo-Saxon Death Famous Saxon Churches
Saxons become Christians
Saxon Churches (child friendly page)
The Saxon Church What was it all about?
The Anglo-Saxon gods have the same origins as the those in Germanic mythology and those that became the gods of the Scandinavian mythology. We can get an idea of the Anglo-Saxon mythology from the Scandinavians.
The Anglo-Saxons were a largely illiterate society and tales were orally transmitted between groups and tribes by the travelling minstrels, the scops, in the form of verse.
Monasteries
Books & Manuscripts
The Lindisfarne Gospel
Tappa Tump burial treasures
Images of Items
Saxon Gods
Nordic Gods
Anglo-Saxon Myths
Missionaries
Items found in Saxon Graves
Pagan Saxons
A Saxon Cathedral discovered in Canterbury
The Prittelwell Prince
The Sutton Hoo Burial Ship
Anglo-Saxon Soldier buried with his horse
Cremation Urns images
Virtual Gallery Finds from Burials
Who was buried there?

8. Anglo-Saxon Clothing, Jewellery & Art
Anglo-Saxon Women
Anglo-Saxon Men
Saxon Ladieswear Saxon Men
How did the Anglo-Saxons make their clothers?
Buckles, bracelets & Pins
More Brooches
Dress Cyneburg to go to the Feast (interactive activity)
Anglo-Saxon Costume
Virtual Gallery Jewellery etc.
Saxon Dress
Jewellery
Virtual Gallery circular Brooches
Silver found at Sutton Hoo
Saxon Carving
Anglo-Saxon costumes

9. Law & Order Crime & Punishment The long arm of the law
Anglo-Saxon kings were prolific legislators, and a number of law-codes survive from the seventh to eleventh centuries. The earliest have much in common with continental Germanic law, including a ‘personal injury tariff’ or schedule of compensation for various kinds of bodily injuries. More…
The roots of Law
Execution burials
Slavery – Slave owners were responsible for the actions of their slaves. Read the laws governing slavery in Anglo-Saxon times. (all words) More…

10. Runes & Education Beowulf Room Saxon writing Writing & Runes
Schooling -Education in the Anglo-Saxon period was the exclusive responsibility of the church. Schools could be linked to the monasteries or located in the priest or bishop’s home. More..
Writing & Runes
Saxon Schools

11. Trade & Money
From the middle of the eighth century, Anglo-Saxon coinage standardized on the silver penny, which was about the size of (though much thinner than) a modern quarter or 10p piece. More…
Anglo-Saxon Odessy take a journey and raise money to fight the Vikings (interactive activity)
Saxon Coin Game
Anglo-Saxon Coins Activity
Anglo-Saxon Trade and Taxes
Follow the fortunes of an Anglo-Saxon Trade Ship

12. Battles & Weaponry Anglo Saxon Britain Viking raids Bayeux Tapestry
the Norman invasion
Battles & Weaponry
Bayeux Tapestry
Bayeux Tapestry
More Sutton Hoo Pictures
Battle of Hastings 1066
Anglo-Saxon Weapons & Warfare KS1 Resource
Sutton Hoo Weapons
Dress Osric to fight the Vikings (interactive activity)
Clothing & Weapons
Sutton Hoo Sword
Sutton Hoo Helmet
Sutton Hoo Helmet Patterns
Sutton Hoo Shield

13. Teacher Resources Make your own Timeline
Doomsday Game (interactive activity)
Anglo-Saxon Stew (download the recipe)
Teacher Resources
History Hunt (Interactive activity)
Anglo-Saxon Clothing KS1 Resource
Anglo-Saxon History KS1 Resource
Hidden Animals on the Anglo-Saxon Buckle (interactive activity)
Anglo-Saxon Weapons & Warfare KS1 Resource
Beowulf’s Dragon (Story link plus paint & send in a dragon British Museum)
Make an Anglo-Saxon Manuscript
Friendship Bracelet Activity (instructions)
Arrival & Settlement KS2 (interactive research unit – an ideal ICT Lesson)
Bede
King Alfred
Everyday Life
Evidence
Anglo-Saxon Food KS1 Resource
Solve the Anglo-Saxon Riddle
Stories of King Arthur (read and see)
Help Hild find the objects she needs for the feast (interactive activity)
Anglo-Saxon Rune Activity Sheet
Spot the objects that do not fit into Anglo-Saxon Times Activity Sheet
Anglo-Saxon Language Game
Treasures of a Saxon King (site showing archaeological discoveries)
Printable worksheets from BBC education