Wirral and its Viking heritage

 


The following articles were printed (or reprinted) in Wirral and its Viking Heritage, ed. P. Cavill, S. Harding & J. Jesch, 2000. Some articles have been edited. (The complete volume is available for only £5 from https://tinyurl.com/6dxjwm5z .)

  1. North-West Mercia AD871-924. Article by F.T. Wainwright, originally published in the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire in 1942.

 

  1. Ingimund’s Invasion. Article by F.T. Wainwright, originally published in the English Historical Review in 1948.

 

  1. The Background of Brunanburh. Article by John McNeal Dodgson, originally published in the Saga Book of the Viking Society in 1957.

 

  1. Early monuments of West Kirby. Article by W.G. Collingwood. Originally published in John Brownbill ed., West Kirby and Hilbre. A Parochial History, 1928.

 

  1. Wirral Field Names. Article by F.T. Wainwright, originally published in Antiquity in 1943.

 

  1. Pre-Norman crosses of West Cheshire and the Norse settlements around the Irish Sea. Article by J.D. Bu’Lock, originally published in Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society in 1958.

 

  1. Scandinavian Wirral.  Article by Judith Jesch.

 

  1. From Scandinavia to the Wirral.  Article by Judith Jesch, with appendix by Simon Bean a silver ingot discovered in 1995 at Ness. 

 

  1. The Vikings and Victorian Merseyside.  Article by Andrew Wawn.

 

  1. Locations and Legends.  Article by Steve Harding on the location of names and features in Wirral, mapping the distribution of some Norse-derived names, and looks at some tenacious Victorian legends. 

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