Sun 31 May
|St Giles Hill Viewpoint
The Last Saxon Earl: Waltheof on St Giles Hill, 1076-2026
Join us on Sunday 31 May 2026 for a special open-air talk on St Giles Hill marking 950 years to the day since the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria — the last great Anglo-Saxon earl to be executed by William the Conqueror.
Time & Location
31 May 2026, 10:00 – 10:30
St Giles Hill Viewpoint, Winchester SO23 0JJ, UK
About The Event
Join us on Sunday 31 May 2026 for a special open-air talk on St Giles Hill marking 950 years to the day since the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria — the last great Anglo-Saxon earl to be executed by William the Conqueror.
Standing at the site of the execution above Winchester, we will use the vantage point of St Giles Hill to consider:
Saxon Winchester as in 1066
The Norman impact on Winchester
Waltheof’s execution in 1076 as part of the story of the Saxon to Norman change
What might have been