Barbara Yorke

[The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megportal]

Epping Forest District Museum: Pictured is a newly acquired artefact now on display at the museum - a beautifully crafted Saxon ring with gems inset into a bird in flight design at its centre. More 1/

[Barbara Yorke @YorkeBarbara]

Another 9c West Saxon anniversary to distract you from current concerns

[Winchester Cathedral @WinCathedral]

Everything you need to know about tomorrow's Palm Sunday Procession
🕙Start time 10.10am
📍Walking from The Great Hall to Winchester Cathedral
🐴Dermot the Donkey will lead
🙏All welcome to attend The Palm Sunday Liturgy at 10.30am inside the cathedral
https://t.co/Aokbu4eG0q

[Barbara Yorke @YorkeBarbara]

Forthcoming lectures and exhibition at Sherborne may be of interest to early medievalists

[Winchester Cathedral @WinCathedral]

Congratulations to Marcus Peel👏
His photograph, ‘Norman Arches #2’, has been shortlisted out of 18,000 entries for the @royalacademy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2025.
Marcus has explored the cathedral's architecture through his photography project.
📷©Marcus Peel

[Northern History @NorthernHist]

There isn’t long until the deadline for submitting to the Gordon Forster Essay Prize (1 March!).

The prize is open to ECRs and postgraduates. The prize is £200 and the essay will be considered for publication in Northern History.

Please repost!

https://t.co/8357d2jqfl

[WinchCityMill Otters @WCMOtters]

Otter 26th Jan; Our lovely otters continue to visit us. Why not book a visit and come and see us, entrance is free and we also have a lovely coffee shop. #Winchestercitymill, #Winchester, #Nationaltrust, #Otters

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

Today is #Calennig, also known as the #WelshNewYear. Traditionally, it is celebrated by the giving of gifts, in particular skewered apples stuck with greenery and cloves. Check out some Welsh archaeology to celebrate. 1/2

[Beach Combing @DrBeachcombing]

An important and free new book! Lordship and Landscape in East Anglia AD 400-800. Fascinating for archaeologists, place-name specialists, historians... From the heart lands of early medieval English settlement.
@DrFrancisYoung

[English Cathedrals @engcathedrals]

WOW! Today we are at @WinCathedral to see some incredible angels including one with the most amazing curls.

See all of our angels here > https://t.co/bkx4eFKr2j

#CathedralAngels #CathedralAngel #Advent #Cathedrals

[Northern History @NorthernHist]

There’s just under 2 months until the deadline for the Gordon Forster Essay Prize.

This prize is open to postgraduate students and ECRs. The winner will receive £200 and their essay will be considered for publication.

Deadline: 1 March 2025

https://t.co/8357d2jqfl

[Rory Naismith @Rory_Naismith]

Some exciting and important reading on connections between 6th/7th-century England and the Near East, from @Helen_Gittos. Highly recommended! https://t.co/5CczGRyFxt

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

The Norman font of St. Mary’s Church at Kirkburn in East Yorkshire. Simplistic, but rather wonderful! 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #Medieval #Kirkburn

[The Leverhulme Trust @LeverhulmeTrust]

A new book on Rendlesham's royal finds, coordinated by @SCCArchaeology, has helped change the way academics think about the earliest English kings and their kingdoms.
https://t.co/NlNJW5aRNZ

Professor Christopher Scull, who led the research through a Leverhulme Research Project Grant, reconstructed the East Anglian settlement's layout and history, exploring the site’s role within the broader landscape.

@SuffolkNewswire @suffolkcc

[Barbara Yorke @YorkeBarbara]

@SocMedArch @SCCArchaeology And the related volume on Lordship and Landscape in East Anglia has been launched today and contains many new analyses and insights.

[Dr Mandy Richardson 🦌🦌🦌 @greenwoodgift]

Wow!

[Medievalists.net @Medievalists]

Early Medieval Treasure Secured for English Museum https://t.co/iA73iDzP44 #museums #Chichester

[Canterbury Cathedral @CburyCathedral]

On Sunday 17 November at 4pm, St Mary and St Eanswythe’s Church in Folkestone will host a special service as the remains of its patron Saint Eanswythe will be laid in their final resting place.

Find out more: https://t.co/uX9Nf0mB61

[damnatio memoriae @MementoRoma]

Very rare Anglo-Saxon memorial at Whitchurch, Hampshire

It shows Christ holding a book & has an inscription across the top saying ‘Here lies the body of Frithburga, buried in peace’

She may have been a nun at nearby Wherwell Abbey

[Royal Historical Society @RoyalHistSoc]

'Jinty Nelson - a memoir', by Pauline Stafford https://t.co/eWN5SJLz7B

Following news last week of the death of Jinty Nelson, we are very grateful to Professor Stafford for contributing this memoir of Jinty as a friend, colleague and President @RoyalHistSoc.

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