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,
Nelly Bromley Nelly Bromley Eleanor Elizabeth (Nelly, sometimes Nellie) Bromley (30 September 1850 – 27 October 1939) was an English actor and singer who performed in operettas and musical burlesques. She is best remembered today for having created the role of the Plaintiff in Gilbert & Sullivan's first success, "Trial by Jury", although she played in that piece for just over three months out of a successful career spanning nearly two decades. Bromley was born on 30 September 1850 in London to an actress and singer, also Eleanor Bromley (1826–1859). The identity of her father is unknown. Her mother was born into