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The Anglo-Saxons came looking for new land. They came as tribes – men, women and children.

They first settled by the rivers and named their villages after their leaders.

The early Anglo-Saxons were pagans, but they became converted to Christianity.

One effect of this was the writing of the history of Anglo-Saxon times.

Now find out about early Anglo-Saxon chieftain burials at Sutton Hoo in the next section.