Wessex (disambiguation)

Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in early medieval England.

Wessex or West Saxon may also refer to:

• Wessex Archaeology – an educational charity and the largest UK archaeological practice,
• Wessex culture a name given to the predominant prehistoric culture of southern Britain during the early Bronze Age
• Early West Saxon the Germanic dialect spoken by the West Saxons following Anglo-Saxon settlement
• Late West Saxon the language usually known as Old English
• Thomas Hardy's Wessex a semi-fictional region of England in the novels of Thomas Hardy
• Westland Wessex a helicopter
• Earl of Wessex
  • Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex a British prince and current earl, and
  • Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward's wife, the Countess
• Wessex (European Parliament constituency), a former constituency covering Dorset and part of Hampshire and Wiltshire
• Wessex, Ontario, Canada, a fictitious city in the Canadian sitcom Dan for Mayor
• Wessex Formation, an English fossil site and geological formation
• Wessex RFC, a rugby union team in Devon, England
• Wessex League – football league covering Hampshire and parts of the surrounding counties
• The Wessex Institute of Technology
• Wessex Stadium, home to Weymouth F.C.
• The 43rd (Wessex) Brigade – British Army's regional command for the South West region
• The Royal Wessex Yeomanry – a British Army territorial unit
• Wessex Sound Studios – a renowned former recording studio, in Highbury, London
• Wessex Trains – train operating company that used to operate in much of the South West region
• Wessex Water – water supply and sewage company that covers much of the South West region
• The Wessex Rangers
• Wessex Scene – a student newspaper produced by Southampton University Student's Union (SUSU)
• Wessex Saddleback – a pig breed originating from Wessex
• The Wessex Way - a trunk road linking Bournemouth to the A31 and leading to Salisbury
• Wessex, a community that is a part of Morningside Place in Houston
• HMS Wessex, the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy
• Wessex (ward), an electoral ward in Somerset, England

See also

• Wizex, a Swedish dansband