History of Southampton (redirect from Hamwic)
silver pennies were issued in Hamwic in the 8th century AD. They have mostly been found within or close to Hamwic. Hamwic is also believed to have been...
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Hamwic". Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2009. Hamwic, which is described as a commercial port (mercimonium). Hamwic...
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convictions. Trade increased significantly during Ine's reign, with the town of Hamwic (now Southampton) becoming prominent. It was probably during Ine's reign...
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in 634, landing at the port of Hamwic, now in the St Mary's area of Southampton. During Birinus's brief time at Hamwic, St Mary's Church was founded....
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around Cashel, begins to dominate southern Ireland (approximate date). Hamwic emerges as a major Wessex trading town (approximate date). Mohammad ibn...
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revival of European towns. Examples include Dorestad, Quentovic, Gipeswic, Hamwic, and Lundenwic (for which see Anglo-Saxon London) at the North Sea, as well...
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historic Kingdom of East Anglia) is thought to have been comparable to early Hamwic, a forerunner of modern Southampton (in the historic Kingdom of Wessex)...
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The university has five major student Halls complexes: Chantry Deanery Hamwic Kimber (incorporating the David Moxon Annexe) All the halls are located...
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usually takes the suffix "-shire": Hampshire, named after the former town of "Hamwic" (sic), the site of which is now a part of the city of Southampton. A "lost"...
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Roman ABA. Bernsterburen whalebone staff, c. 800; tuda æwudu kius þu tuda Hamwic horse knucklebone, dated to between 650 and 1025; katæ (categorised as Frisian...
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administrative region of "Hampshire" seems to appear - the name is attested as Hamwic and "Hamtunscir" in 755 AD - and suggests that control over the Solent was...
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and Lundenwic near London – are waterfront sites, while the other two, Hamwic in Southampton and Gipeswic (Gippeswic) in Ipswich are further inland. By...
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archaeologically attested wics in England – London, Ipswich, York, and Hamwic. These were originally interpreted by Richard Hodges as methods of royal...
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called the 'County of Southampton'. Southampton was known in Old English as Hāmwic or Hāmtūn 'home farm', being the place claimed in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
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from the mesolithic onwards. The site became part of the settlement of hamwic from around 800AD onwards. A cemetery consisting of both complete bodies...
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ecclesiastical administration. There were also a number of trading ports, such as Hamwic and Ipswich, which engaged in foreign trade. In the final decade of the...
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(approximate date). Birinus, Frankish missionary, lands at the port of "Hamwic" (now in the St. Mary's area of Southampton), on his mission to reconvert...
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picked up from Reculver and its vicinity is paralleled [in England] only at Hamwic [Anglo-Saxon Southampton]: finds include gold thrymsas and some 50 sceattas...
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later renamed Weston Secondary School. The school is now sponsored by the Hamwic Education Trust. A number of additional buildings have been added to the...
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the Roman period, and large deposits of broken glass at Winchester and Hamwic suggest glass was also being recycled in the Anglo-Saxon period. It is possible...
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(approximate date). Birinus, Frankish missionary, lands at the port of "Hamwic" (now in the St. Mary's area of Southampton), on his mission to reconvert...
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suburb of Northam. The area was originally home to much of the saxon town of Hamwic. It reverted to farmland in the 11th century and continued to be used in...
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believed to coincide with the visit of Saint Birinus to the port town of Hamwic in circa 634, on his mission to reconvert England to Christianity. This...
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the Battle of Ashdown which helped Alfred gain the kingship. Later, at Hamwic, Wessex's major port, the Danes devastated trade and the local economy,...
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Gallery, Southsea; and John Martin, London. She has had one man shows at Hamwic, Southampton; Westgate, Winchester, and Southampton University. A retrospective...
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around Cashel, begins to dominate southern Ireland (approximate date). Hamwic emerges as a major Wessex trading town (approximate date). Mohammad ibn...
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surrounding modern day Defender Road conveniently overlooks the Saxon port of Hamwic. This area would thus have been a good strategic location for the Vikings...
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death. The subsequent establishment of the very large trading settlement of Hamwic suggests that control over the Solent was a further factor motivating the...
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Anglo-Scandinavian site of Coppergate in York, and in the Saxon site of Hamwic in Southampton. In 1980, he worked as a paid archaeologist at Hambledon...
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(Eoforwic) and London, and two principal new ports were Gipeswic in the east and Hamwic (Southampton) in the south. Like Hamwih, Gipeswic dock was therefore a point...
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