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September Round-up

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The English Companions sitting around a table for their annual feast and AGM
Gesithas in Tamworth for their Feast and AGM

The English Companions held its annual Symbel (Feast) and Folcgemot (AGM) on 14th September in Tamworth. We have been meeting in Tamworth for the last few years, celebrating the Mercian Royal Centre and enjoying the exhibition in Tamworth Castle with loan items from the Staffordshire Hoard on display in a “mead-hall” room. We enjoyed eating together, hearing poetry and stories, and also taking a look back at the past year and a look forward to the coming year.

with a number of visitors talking to the Companions, doing crafts and reading displays
Companions’ tent at Stamford Bridge

On 28th September our Yorkshire group was able to join in the Battle of Stamford Bridge event organised by the local Heritage Society. After a few days of heavy rain we were relieved that even the sun seemed to want to join in, and we had a very busy day running craft activities and talking to visitors about Anglo-Saxon history and culture. In fact we were so busy we ran out of craft materials! This event is a wonderful chance to talk to people about this very important battle and the effect it had on the later, better known, battle at Hastings.

The Yorkshire Gesithas are now planning ahead for the Battle of Byland event at the Sutton Bank Visitor Centre on the North Yorkshire Moors on 13th October. The Battle of Byland also took place on the 14th October, the same day as the Battle of Hastings, and at the event we talk to people about the changes in military tactics and equipment between the two, as well as discussing anything and everything Anglo-Saxon that visitors are interested to ask about!

Calendar cover for 2025 showing obverse and reverse sdes of the York gold thymsa
Companions’ Calendar 2025

Our 2025 calendars are still available. Members can find details about how to order in Wiðowinde, or you can contact us via the contact page for information on ordering. The calendars cost £6 each but postage costs vary according to where you live, with examples of costs of calendar + postage below:

Postage for the UK is £9.19 for 1 calendar, £15.19 for 2 calendars and £21.19 for 3 calendars.

For Europe the cost of 1 calendar plus postage is

  • £11.55 in Zone 1 (Denmark, France and Germany)
  • £12.05 in Zone 2 (Austria)
  • £12.45 in Zone 3 (Switzerland).

For the Rest of the World the cost of 1 calendar plus postage is £13.45 in all zones.

You can also pick up calendars at our events, and avoid postage costs.

Companions’ Events in 2024

We hope to meet as many visitors as possible at one of our events to chat about Anglo-Saxon history, language and culture:

Members will also have the chance to join in Zoom socials or visits arranged by their local groups. More details of all such events can be found in Wiðowinde or via the Zoom group mailing list.

ICYMI: In Case You Missed It

Middle Saxon finds at site MDS3B Sizewell

Kent Archaeological Society talk on the Anglo-Saxon Ozengell Collection

New Lindisfarne Namestones: Ythfrith and Cuthwulf

Other events

Malmesbury Athelstan 1100 Autumn Programme

Upcoming talk with Uppsala Books on Eostre and other Old Germanic Goddesses

August Round-up

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Calendar cover for 2025 showing obverse and reverse sdes of the York gold thymsa
Companions’ Calendar 2025

This month we took early delivery of our 2025 calendars and these are now for sale. Members can find details about how to order in Wiðowinde, or you can contact us vis the contact page for information on ordering. The calendars cost £6 each but postage costs vary according to where you live, with examples of costs of calendar + postage below:

Postage for the UK is £9.19 for 1 calendar, £15.19 for 2 calendars and £21.19 for 3 calendars.

For Europe the cost of 1 calendar plus postage is

  • £11.55 in Zone 1 (Denmark, France and Germany)
  • £12.05 in Zone 2 (Austria)
  • £12.45 in Zone 3 (Switzerland).

For the Rest of the World the cost of 1 calendar plus postage is £13.45 in all zones.

You can also pick up calendars at our events, and avoid postage costs.

Meanwhile we have been sorting out our holiday photos and are currently posting a series of pictures on our Facebook page from sites of interest that we visited this summer. Why not pop over and have a look?

Companions’ Events in 2024

A man in Anglo-Saxon costume with tradition instruments and a woman in Anglo-Saxon costume reading poetry
Sutton Bank Music and Poetry, August 2024

As we mentioned in our previous post, the Companions enjoyed anther great day on Sunday 4th August at the North Yorks Moors Visitor Centre at Sutton Bank.

You can still come along to meet us at the Stamford Bridge Heritage Day when we commemorate the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 and the associated events of that fateful year. We will also be providing a stall to support the Battle of Old Byland event back at Sutton Bank.

We hope to meet as many visitors as possible to chat about Anglo-Saxon history, language and culture:

  • Battle of Stamford Bridge Commemoration Event, Stamford Bridge, East Yorkshire, 28 September
  • Battle of Old Byland Event, Sutton Bank Visitor Centre, North York Moors, 13 October
  • Battle of Hastings Wreath Laying, Hastings, October, details TBC
  • Harold Festival, Waltham Abbey, October, details TBC

Members will also have the chance to join in Zoom socials or visits arranged by their local groups, as well as attend our annual Feast on 14 September. More details of all such events can be found in Wiðowinde or via the Zoom group mailing list.

ICYMI

In case you missed it, here are some of the news items we have shared over the past few weeks:

Readings from the Mercian Register

Update from the Saxon Ship project in Woodbridge, which aims to build a full-size working replica of the ship buried under Mound 1 at Sutton Hoo; for members there will be more information about this in our next magazine, or you can read the project’s own newsletter.

Other events

St Editha’s in Tamworth is hosting a range of events in September and October with an Anglo-Saxon theme as part of Tamworth’s Athelstan 1100 celebrations, and you can find out more or book tickets on-line.

The Athelstan 1100 Festival in Malmesbury – events continue throughout the summer and autumn

And if you enjoy early medieval music then you might like to visit Sutton Hoo on September 22nd to hear Moro Music, a Dutch partnership, discuss the Sutton Hoo lyre and perform both music and poetry. Make a note in your diaries and check the Sutton Hoo site for details in due course.