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Burials, Bequests and Boundaries

Burials, Bequests and Boundaries

Burials, Bequests and Boundaries

In this special episode, recorded live in front of an audience at the Chalke Valley History Festival, Robbie Stamp introduces three stories from Britain's Anglo Saxon past.

Hosted by

Robbie

Stamp

Sound Editing

Will

Jacob

Listen Now:

0:00/1:34

Wilton Abbey, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Friends Live on Earth – Wynflaed's Will

Written by

Olivia

Bell

Performed by

Olivia

Bell

About this story

Against a backdrop of Anglo Saxon poetry, writer Olivia Bell imagines 10th-Century widow Wynflaed writing her will.

Delve Deeper

The British Library has an image of Wynflaed’s will. The Poetry Foundation has the poem that Olivia Bell sang.

On the boundary of the parishes of Swallowcliffe and Ansty, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

They Borrowed a Barrow

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Robbie

Stamp

About this story

Based on the excavation of a Bronze Age Barrow in 1966 and the remarkable finds of jewelry and objects belonging to the “Swallowcliffe Princess" who died c 700 AD, this story imagines how the bed burial might have happened.

Delve Deeper

There is a wonderful video presented by Adrian Green describing the Swallowcliffe Burial artefacts discovered in 1966. If you really want to delve much deeper, the Archaeology Data Service has a monograph on the artefacts.

The Stove Tent, Chalke Valley History Festival Site, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Before You Can Beat the Bounds, You Have to Read Them

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Olivia

Bell

About this story

In the 10th-Century a legal document was drawn up outlining new ownership boundaries in the Chalke Valley area. With a special introduction from reknowned archaeologist Alex Langlands, we hear the reading of words not heard in the Chalke Valley for over a thousand years.

Delve Deeper

The Language of Landscape Reading the Anglo-Saxon Countryside website has the text and a translation of the text that Olivia Bell reads.

Wilton Abbey, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Friends Live on Earth – Wynflaed's Will

Written by

Olivia

Bell

Performed by

Olivia

Bell

About this story

Against a backdrop of Anglo Saxon poetry, writer Olivia Bell imagines 10th-Century widow Wynflaed writing her will.

Delve Deeper

The British Library has an image of Wynflaed’s will. The Poetry Foundation has the poem that Olivia Bell sang.

On the boundary of the parishes of Swallowcliffe and Ansty, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

They Borrowed a Barrow

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Robbie

Stamp

About this story

Based on the excavation of a Bronze Age Barrow in 1966 and the remarkable finds of jewelry and objects belonging to the “Swallowcliffe Princess" who died c 700 AD, this story imagines how the bed burial might have happened.

Delve Deeper

There is a wonderful video presented by Adrian Green describing the Swallowcliffe Burial artefacts discovered in 1966. If you really want to delve much deeper, the Archaeology Data Service has a monograph on the artefacts.

The Stove Tent, Chalke Valley History Festival Site, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Before You Can Beat the Bounds, You Have to Read Them

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Olivia

Bell

About this story

In the 10th-Century a legal document was drawn up outlining new ownership boundaries in the Chalke Valley area. With a special introduction from reknowned archaeologist Alex Langlands, we hear the reading of words not heard in the Chalke Valley for over a thousand years.

Delve Deeper

The Language of Landscape Reading the Anglo-Saxon Countryside website has the text and a translation of the text that Olivia Bell reads.

Wilton Abbey, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Friends Live on Earth – Wynflaed's Will

Written by

Olivia

Bell

Performed by

Olivia

Bell

About this story

Against a backdrop of Anglo Saxon poetry, writer Olivia Bell imagines 10th-Century widow Wynflaed writing her will.

Delve Deeper

The British Library has an image of Wynflaed’s will. The Poetry Foundation has the poem that Olivia Bell sang.

On the boundary of the parishes of Swallowcliffe and Ansty, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

They Borrowed a Barrow

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Robbie

Stamp

About this story

Based on the excavation of a Bronze Age Barrow in 1966 and the remarkable finds of jewelry and objects belonging to the “Swallowcliffe Princess" who died c 700 AD, this story imagines how the bed burial might have happened.

Delve Deeper

There is a wonderful video presented by Adrian Green describing the Swallowcliffe Burial artefacts discovered in 1966. If you really want to delve much deeper, the Archaeology Data Service has a monograph on the artefacts.

The Stove Tent, Chalke Valley History Festival Site, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Before You Can Beat the Bounds, You Have to Read Them

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Olivia

Bell

About this story

In the 10th-Century a legal document was drawn up outlining new ownership boundaries in the Chalke Valley area. With a special introduction from reknowned archaeologist Alex Langlands, we hear the reading of words not heard in the Chalke Valley for over a thousand years.

Delve Deeper

The Language of Landscape Reading the Anglo-Saxon Countryside website has the text and a translation of the text that Olivia Bell reads.

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