What did the Anglo-Saxons make that we still use today?

Invention might be the wrong word, but the Anglo Saxons introduced the watermill amongst other technical advances, such as the use of stirrups, pattern welded blades and wonderful metalwork and jewellery. read more

Fair play, even to your enemies i.e. the ‘gentlemanly’ approach to warfare, can be traced back to The Battle of Maldon. read more

The Anglo-Saxon day is divided into eight (8) periods, three (3) hours each period. This equates to the twenty four(24) hours a day as we do today. However, the Anglo-Saxons go through the day observing these periods, and not the individual hours and minutes as we do today. They have given names to these periods as shown below. read more