Similar to in continental contexts, horse burial in Anglo-Saxon England seems to have been strongly associated with heathen elite male identity, however, the inclusion of horses in human cremations was common, suggesting it was not restricted to those of high status. When buried, the horses were typically either still wearing their harnesses or were placed next to them. Horse burials seemed to have ceased in Anglo-Saxon England over the course of the 7th century, when Christianity became established as the dominant faith, but was briefly revived in the 9th and 10th centuries due to influence from North-Germanic peoples.
