Anglo Saxons
Saxon spearhead and knife from King Harry Lane cemetery.
Delve deep into the city's distant past in the Anglo-Saxon Gallery, where objects from the sixth and seventh century are on display, including this spear head and knife blade. There is also a hoard of Saxon coins. Learn about the official foundation of St Albans abbey in AD 793, by the great Offa, King of Mercia.
Follow the story of Abbott Ulsinus, who laid out the town of St Albans in about AD 948, and see impressions of the great Abbey seals, and the history of rebuilding the Abbey after the Norman conquest.
