Anglo-Saxon paganism in the seventeenth century by immigrants arriving from Flanders. The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, which is performed annually in the village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, has also been claimed, by some, to be a remnant of Anglo-Saxon paganism. The antlers used in the dance belonged to reindeer and have been carbon dated to the eleventh century, and it is therefore believed that they originated in Norway and were brought to England some time in the late Mediaeval period, as by that time reindeer were extinct in Britain. Little is known about the cosmological beliefs of Anglo-Saxon paganism. Carver, Sanmark,
Sovereign Mercia adopted 2008), with the aim of promoting the pre-Christian Mercian religion, a branch of Anglo-Saxon paganism, taking as its inspiration texts such as the "Prose Edda" and "Oera Linda Book". It also became involved in the campaign for access to ancient sacred sites, such as stone circles. From 1993 it has held its annual conference during the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance each September in Staffordshire, and from 2015 at the Middle Earth Festival, Sarehole Mill, Birmingham. Its policies include the establishment of a legislature chosen by lot (sortition), an annually elected head of government, and a Pagan religious order of