Historical Fiction and Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Book Reviews and ruminations on life
19
Jul
Last Tuesday I visited the Staffordshire Hoard exhibit at Stafford Guild Hall gallery. In 2009 a treasure hunter armed with a metal detector found a vast number (3500) of items of gold and silver in a field near Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. This hoard is the single largest collection of items from the Anglo Saxon period – […]
Tags: Staffordshire, Staffordshire Horde
20
Mar
£1.3 grant from National Lottery secures future of The Staffordshire Horde It has been confirmed this week (article written March 20th) that a £1.3 grant from the National Lottery added to £2 already rasied by a public appeal is sufficient to safeguard this historic collection and keep it in the Midlands for the future generations. […]
Tags: Anglo-Saxon, Staffordshire Horde, Treasure