Westminster

An eighteenth-century transcript of a lost single-sheet charter from the archives of Westminster abbey was found among the papers of Thomas Madox in the British Library. The text is published in Simon Keynes, 'The Dunstan B Charters', Anglo-Saxon England 23 (1994), pp. 165-93.

September 2024

The upgrade to Drupal 10 is complete. This website is now based on Drupal 10. Please report any errors to Dr Anthony Harris (awh28 [at] cam [dot] ac [dot] uk). An investigation is now underway into transitioning to Drupal 11 in the future. It is possible that users may need to reset their passwords. If so, please use the reset password link here or at the very bottom of the home page. Some university networks are blocking password resets so if you do not receive the reset then email Dr Harris to ask for a manual reset.

February 2024

The upgrade of Kemble to Drupal 10 is nearing completion and is currently in Beta phase. If you would like to be a beta tester then please email awh28 [at] cam [dot] ac [dot] uk. Grateful thanks to Dave Johnstone of Robinson college for his assistance with the upgrade.

July 2023

The British Academy charters committee is fortunate to have secured the help of Dr Anthony Harris, Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, to assist with the technical aspects of the Kemble website. Check back for further developments soon!
We are extremely grateful to the British Academy for providing digital copies (PDFs) of volumes from the Anglo-Saxon Charters series. These British Academy publications are available to authorised users only under a BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License.
To access the British Academy area of this website please login at which point the menu will appear. New users wishing to access the publications should Create a New Account. Once your account has been activated by the administrators you will be able to enjoy access.

December 2016

KEMBLE has moved to a new server at the University of Cambridge. Eventually all the content and functionality of the previous version of KEMBLE will be available but updates are currently ongoing.
If you previously had a user account to access the Single Sheet Database, please use the 'User Login' in the side menu with either your Username (which will be in the format Firstname Surname) or your email address and request a new password.
An Atlas of Attestations in Anglo-Saxon Charters c. 670--1066 is now available on this website in PDF format.
View a collection of Maps of Anglo-Saxon England drawn by Reginald Piggott.