Why Are King Oswald's Body Parts Found All Over Great Britain?

[@alexanderguesthistorical7842]

Right up my street! Like the presentation.

[@AlexIlesUK]

Really glad! My editor did an amazing job and brought it to life!

[@ProfessorOFanthropology979]

Great work, very informative! 😁👍

[@AlexIlesUK]

Glad, you've enjoyed it!

[@sophiabee8924]

Nice to learn the true root of the saying "Were you born in a barn?" 😊 Another great installment. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks, Alex.

[@AlexIlesUK]

You're welcome! Glad your enjoying them. Back to Newcastle Castle this week and then new content the week after!

[@ForestArchaicCollective]

You've really stepped it up on the graphics for this one! great stuff!

[@AlexIlesUK]

Thank you. Lots of hard work went into it!

[@sorrysirmygunisoneba]

I wonder how much different our history would have been if Northumbria could have got past the constant infighting and killing. Could have been the strongest region in England and even fought off the Vikings the first few times they landed on our shores to perhaps never return. Is the head still confirmed to be at Durham Cathedral today? Seems like it is legitimately his skull.

[@AlexIlesUK]

It is! In Cuthberts coffin.

[@g6otu]

Can we havd a vid on the three kings buried in Tynemouth?

[@AlexIlesUK]

I can have a look into it, I have quite a lot of things to film currently so it may take some time

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@AlexIlesUK...no relics here on the Wirral ( although I,m an ancient ruin...)apart from weapons are still being discovered by Wirral Archeologists on the site of the great battle of Brunanburh/Bromborough 937AD

[@benziescha5438]

Brilliant work 👏 keep it up mate 😊

[@AlexIlesUK]

Thank you!

[@MarkoZalad-x4j]

Oswald head was apparently smuggled to York via the Ford over the Don at Long Sandal Doncaster. There is a small church dedicated to him there as the recovery party overnighted on the south Bank waiting for low tide so they could use the Roman Ford. About 6 years ago a Roman Fort was found there , there is also a Brigantes fort on the North Bank, The Roman Fort was a look out post for the Roman Castellum at Danum,(Doncaster) , it had been there for several hundred years as the Romans first built the Ford as they were trying to build a Road to their Fort on the Calder at Roall Hall. Interestingly 1931 A Skeleton and 2 Skulls were found on the road from Hatfield to Stainforth, they had been secreted in a shallow ditch. Probably another recovery project after the battle of Hatfield, they were trying to get the remains over the Ford at Stainforth and then to York. For the reward from bereaved relatives no doubt. I wonder if the Skeleton was Edwin’s son and the skulls were high status Northumbrians.

[@AlexIlesUK]

That's fascinating, can I ask where I could read about that further?

[@MarkoZalad-x4j]

I would love to see the Coroners report and see where they interred the remains, what could be learnt in this day and age , cause I’d Death, lifestyle, diet etc.

[@michaellupton1593]

Enjoyed that Alex . I live locally to Hexham and have found very little on the Battle of Heavenfield. I read that the “Welsh” were routed and many were cut down along the course of Dyvels water beck at Corbridge . I presume the remains of the wall and the nearby fort at Corbridge would have featured in this battle.. do you have any useful sources to recommend for further reading ?

[@AlexIlesUK]

So either, The king in the North by Max Adams or The Man who gave his horse to a beggar by John Connell.

[@michaellupton1593]

@@AlexIlesUK I’ve read the King in the North .. I’ll check out the other one . Cheers…what about a little film on the Battle of Hexham.. the location is beautiful and the story is complex, as is everything ,with the Wars of the Roses…

[@AlexIlesUK]

@michaellupton1593 I've got a long list of things to film but I'll put it on, it may be a while before it gets done!

[@davidashley7717]

nice work! big ups

[@AlexIlesUK]

Thank you kindly!

[@jesperb8626]

Good stuff!

[@AlexIlesUK]

Thank you

[@eamonnclabby7067]

PS....Maserfield....Ashton in Makerfield ( Winwick, according to Wigan Council) nonetheless Oswald,s limbs probably were at Oswastry...Tolkein apparently based Aragorn on Saint/King Oswald.....E

[@AlexIlesUK]

Aye people do say that about Osawld and Aragorn!

[@GoBlueGirl78]

Thank you!

[@AlexIlesUK]

You're welcome !

[@AlexIlesUK]

You're welcome !

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

I think they use some of his bones in a Bernard Cornwell viking story as a holy relic. Cheers mate

[@AlexIlesUK]

That's right!

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

@@AlexIlesUK Great books

[@frankrowland]

⁠@@AlexIlesUKor was that St. Cuthbert? Or maybe the bone Uhtred found in a ditch?

[@AlexIlesUK]

@frankrowland never watched the series!

[@AnneDowson-vp8lg]

Very interesting video. Would have liked a few more dates of deaths etc. as I'm researching my family's connection to the Northumbrian royal family, or families.

[@AlexIlesUK]

The direct line died out so I'd be surprised if you were related to them, they likely had many relatives through Ida but no record of their line.

[@RalphHeron-d6w]

It's the same a bloke asked the bishop as to how come there's two skulls of st Peter? The bishop replied " one of the skulls was from when st Peter was a boy"........😮

[@AlexIlesUK]

Not heard that story

[@TheHoveHeretic]

Sounds like a shaggy dog story, but no less amusing for that. 😂

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Interesting...Penda,a granddaughter Werburgh is venerated here on the wirral and Chester pagan fo Christian....I live on the edge of the site of the great battle of Brunanburh/Bromborough 937AD....my family hail from by Drumceat in Limavady...slainte...E

[@AlexIlesUK]

Everyone was related to everyone back then!

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@AlexIlesUK.....😅😅😅😅😅

[@DarkKing009]

Wasn't his father Æthelfrith a pagan warlord who killed 50 priests for praying against them in a battle? The Pagan Warlord was defeated by the warlord Saint Edwin king of Northumbria. Who's also an uncle of King Oswald of Northumbria.

[@AlexIlesUK]

Have you watched the episode, I explain the family dynamics.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@AlexIlesUK....there is an impressive stained glass window depicting the battle of Chester in Saint Werburgh, s by the Roman Amphitheatre in Chester...the sandstone blocks for the ancient walls were quarried here in Storeton woods on the wirral...

[@martinjackman2943]

Quick reminder.. St Edmond's Day is 20th November.. It should be a National Holiday and Christmas ads banned until the 21st November.

[@AlexIlesUK]

My birthday's in November so maybe I could get behind this!

[@martinjackman2943]

@AlexIlesUK well.. 'appy returns Alex! ( for Whenever it is)

[@philipbrackpool-bk1bm]

Well, that was him all over.

[@AlexIlesUK]

He was going places

[@iainmc9859]

Alex, your vlog title is a little misleading and you might be able to accuse me of a little pedantry here but Great Britain didn't exist at the time and none of his body parts are in Wales or Scotland (even taking into account national boundary changes over time), they are all in England, as well as bits in northern Europe. And at what point did Cadwallon ab Cadfan become King of England ? 2:20 timestamp BTW I'm a Mercian ... so be very careful ... we have long memories 😁

[@GoBlueGirl78]

I believe he is referring to sub-Roman Britain, not Great Britain. IIRC, Cadwallon ab Cadfan was (a) King of the Britons.

[@iainmc9859]

@@GoBlueGirl78 Yeah, what Alex said and wrote don't tally. Probably just typos but we blame monks in the past for mis-writings that misrepresent history and cast things into doubt and they were writing with frozen fingers in draughty monasteries ...

[@AlexIlesUK]

The King of England slipped through, this one took a lot of editing and my editor isn't a specialist on early medieval history. The title means people see and watch, I hope you would want the channel to do well, so I have to play the KZbin game a bit, else no one will bother at all with watching the videos on what's considered a very niche topic, meaning you don't get to enjoy it!

[@iainmc9859]

@@AlexIlesUK I certainly want your history channel to prosper ... but not at the cost of intentional inaccuracy. That's more worrying than just a typo or somebody getting it wrong, which is perfectly understandable ...

[@AlexIlesUK]

@iainmc9859 if you think the content in the episode, other than the mistake I've admitted to, is intentionally misleading please say where and when and I will do my best to improve, but KZbin is an unforgiving platform and there's an element of a game that needs to be played. If you think I'm being intentionally misleading please feel free to block the channel because I didn't want to upset anyone or to be thought of doing that. I work hard to be accurate and intentionally educational.

[@shirleyburnham2782]

👍

[@TheHoveHeretic]

Strolling off with body parts is outright creepy. Worship them just weird ... and calling that worship 'veneration' to get round an outright ban on what acolytes just can't stop themselves doing is normalising hypocrisy.

[@AlexIlesUK]

A different time, never a good idea to put modern ideas onto the past.

[@jakegarvin7634]

Ahh King Oswald the Storer of Large Amounts of Nitrogen Fertilizer in the Forgotten Customs Warehouse of Mercia long be he in our hearts

[@AlexIlesUK]

Are you from the midlands by any chance?

[@jakegarvin7634]

@@AlexIlesUK Yes! The Midlands of Southwestern Ontario! (Actually I lied, more pasted onto one side)

[@AlexIlesUK]

A Canadian siding with the Mercians? Well you are known for your war crimes so it makes sense... ;)

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

Christianity was really a great step-up from the germanic laws. Discusting story in name of Christianity. Suggestian to return to gemanic laws.

[@AlexIlesUK]

Sorry I don't understand your comment

[@scotsman555]

Looking at your map and where the parts are. They are in England and Wales. That doesn't make Britain.

[@AlexIlesUK]

👍🏻

[@robertvermaat2124]

Utrecht is not in Holland, it's in The Netherlands. 😉

[@AlexIlesUK]

Sorry in English we use Holland and the Netherlands interchangeably, I have to make some mistakes else why would anyone comment ;)

[@robertvermaat2124]

@@AlexIlesUK 😁😁😁 Forgiven. Now change the title to "Why Are King Oswald's Body Parts Found All Over Englund?" 😇

[@AlexIlesUK]

@robertvermaat2124 I'm glad you've been reading the other comments!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheHoveHeretic]

​@@AlexIlesUKNot all of us do that, old sport.

[@AlexIlesUK]

Well give yourself a gold star, you can be headboy today :)

[@richcurtis9485]

Exactly the same fevered craziness that turned jesus from man to God

[@AlexIlesUK]

Sounds like someone's local church doesn't have a relic!!!

[@richcurtis9485]

@AlexIlesUK brilliant 👏

[@tobuy5469]

Since he is a saint of the Holy Church, you should speak of his relics, or at least of the remains, not of a corpse. An Orthodox Christian.

[@AlexIlesUK]

Thanks for that.

[@YouTubemessedupmyhandle]

The speaker isn’t, so is not bound by any organisation’s own rules.

[@AreJayCee]

Relics was just a money-making scam. No pilgrimages to your church ... Hey, we have a Saints relics. It's a con job.

[@Marjorie-yt7pb]

​@@AlexIlesUK😂🎉

[@Marjorie-yt7pb]

@@KZbinmessedupmyhandle well said😁

[@irenejohnston6802]

Priests of Christendom are all political. None observes J Christ's commandment to be no part of world society. John chapters 15-17. Christendom the Bible's false friend, is the foretold apostasy. They're not holy from the standpoint of The Creator. Daniel 2,:44. 🕊

[@AlexIlesUK]

Thank you.

[@irenejohnston6802]

​I enjoy you historic content v much. Anything pre 1066. We hve lots of Scandi names nth bank of the R Mersey. I think it means boundary river@@AlexIlesUK

[@AlexIlesUK]

I've got plenty of pre. 1066 in the pipeline!

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@irenejohnston6802...yes the Merse/ borderland up between England and Scotland...and here on the banks of the mersey/ border on the Wirral, namechecked albeit in Welsh in the saga of Sir Gawain and the green knight....E...😊😊😊😊

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@AlexIlesUK..including the Scots day out on the wirral in 937 ....😅😅😅😅....great posts by the way...E...