| Local websites and blogs | |
| The website of the Essex Society for Archaeology & History. | https://www.esah1852.org.uk/ |
| The Local History Blogger – a great blog about all things history by another Southendian. | https://fortheloveofhistoryhome.wordpress.com/ |
| Steve Lawes has an MA in Medieval History and has been an artist and community arts professional for eight years. Responsible for ‘A Knight at the Museum’ a play about Southend’s Prittlewell Prince. | https://www.stevelawesarts.co.uk/ |
| Personal Blogs | |
| Sadly not updated in some time, this is a blog written by members of the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic at Cambridge University. | https://anglosaxonnorseandceltic.blogspot.com/ |
| The Blog of the ‘Thegns of Mercia’, who are a ‘not-for-profit group specialising in representing and exploring the Anglo-Saxon period’. I came across at Sutton Hoo. | https://www.thegns.org/blog |
| An ancient blog, well it was last updated in 2013! However it is still worth reading. | https://thingsmedieval.wordpress.com/ |
| General Websites | |
| A site about all things Viking from the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic at Cambridge University aimed at students and teachers from primary schools up to undergraduate level. | https://www.asncvikingage.com/ |
| Wilcuma means ‘welcome guest’ in old English. A site packed with lots of information. | https://www.wilcuma.org.uk |
| A blog about news reports featuring Anglo-Saxon period archaeology. | https://anglo-saxon-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/ |
| The Viking Archaeology Blog – A blog about news reports featuring Viking period archaeology. | http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/ |
| The Parker Library on the Web, a digital exhibit designed to support use and study of the manuscripts in the historic Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. | https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/ |
| The first free online copy of Domesday Book, with a very useful interactive map. | https://opendomesday.org/ |
| Online Courses and Resources | |
| The Early Middle Ages, 284–1000 .This is an open course from Yale Courses comprising 22 lectures of around an hour. | https://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-210?qt-course=0#qt-course |
| A site about all things Viking from the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic at Cambridge University aimed at students and teachers from primary schools up to undergraduate level | https://www.asncvikingage.com/ |
| The website for the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE) project. Prosopography is the study of a collection of persons or characters, such as their appearances, careers, personalities. Amongst other things the Glossary is very useful. | https://pase.ac.uk/ |
| A free online copy of Domesday Book with a very useful interactive map | https://opendomesday.org/ |
| The Battlefields Trust site for Britons, Saxons & Vikings battles | https://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/viking/index.a |
| Re-enactment Groups | |
| Specialising in ‘Anglo-Saxon Period’ Living History and Reconstructive Archaeology. | https://www.thegns.org/ |
| Regia Anglorum recreate early medieval history for audiences around the world. They are organised into numerous local groups – Eastseaxe is the Essex branch but they don’t have a website | https://regia.org/ |
| Early Medieval re-enactment group of the Viking Age, based in Canterbury, Kent. Part of Regia Anglorum. | https://www.eastkentvikings.org.uk/ |
| Vikings of Middle England is a Viking Re-enactment, Historical Entertainment and Living History group based in Leicester | https://vikingsof.me/ |
| Recreated Villages | |
| West Stow has a recreation of an Anglo-Saxon village surrounded by 125 acres of unspoilt countryside, including rare breed pigs and chickens. | https://www.weststow.org/ |
| They have a number of ancient building constructed on the site including an Anglo-Saxon hall! | https://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/ |
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