Tag Archives: Vikings

Enter The Scribes

Posted on September 2, 2017 by crispina kemp

Ancestral Lands: Part Two, Saxons and Danes Saxlingham wasn’t named for the Saxons, but for a minor lord by name of Seaxe. And despite the claims of the village sign, Seaxe probably lived one, even two centuries earlier (650-750 CE), … Continue reading →

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Shall We Meet On The Hilltop

Posted on November 14, 2015 by crispina kemp

‘Shall we meet on the hilltop, where the four roads meet…’ So sang Marianne Faithful in The Witches Song on her 1979 album, Broken English. The song wasn’t of witches but of the women’s protest community at Greenham Common. And this post … Continue reading →

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With This Ring

Posted on September 6, 2015 by crispina kemp

We may not class a dictionary as a ‘fun read’. And apart from providing the standard spelling, ensuring it’s the right word for the meaning, and used in the right way, we may have no other use for it (except, … Continue reading →

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