The Saxon Window

Week 2 of my Christchurch Priory museum memory prompts.

Twyneham ("the settlement between the two rivers") as Christchurch was originally called, was one of the most important harbours in Anglo-Saxon England.  Various Saxon remains have been found, including part of a Saxon font: which is believed to have been used in the Saxon minster which preceded the Priory.  The middle item is a child's coffin.

I'm not sure when I'll next be in the museum.  Its ancient door nearly came off its venerable hinges and will have to be repaired before it can be used again.

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