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Saxon pot sherd (1923) [8] More than 90 silver Roman denarii coins and neck of a shattered pot found in quarry on Chadwell Hall farm (1956) [9] [10] Iron Age and Roman settlement; Roman coins now in Thurrock museum (1959) [2] [11] Chadwell St Mary Primary School; Roman coin, pot sherds and tile as well as Saxon finds and features (1996) [12]
Godalming takes its name from the Old English Godhelm Ingas meaning "the clan of Godhelm". [1] It is supposed that Godhelm was a Saxon chieftain who first colonised this dry land, bordered by swamps and a steep valley as he and his folk moved up the valley of the River Wey.
Farncombe, historically Fernecome, is a village and peripheral settlement of Godalming in Waverley, Surrey, England and is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-east of the Godalming centre, separated by common land known as the Lammas Lands.
Godalming (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ d əl m ɪ ŋ / GOD-əl-ming) is a market town and civil parish in southwest Surrey, England, around 30 miles (49 km) southwest of central London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, at the confluence of the Rivers Wey and Ock. The civil parish covers 3.74 sq mi (9.7 km 2) and includes the settlements of Farncombe, Binscombe ...
Kenneth Jackson's map showing British river names of Celtic etymology, thought to be a good indicator of the spread of Old English.Area I, where Celtic names are rare and confined to large and medium-sized rivers, shows English-language dominance to c. 500–550; Area II to c. 600; Area III, where even many small streams have Brittonic names to c. 700.
[note 10] With Sithric in Dublin and Ragnall in York, a Dublin-York axis developed which would have influence on both England and Ireland for the next half-century. [40] Map showing the major Norse settlements in Ireland in the 10th Century. A new and more intensive period of Viking settlement in Ireland began in 914.
The remains of an Anglo-Saxon settlement was also uncovered. [29] Ozengell Monkton, Thanet, Kent: 5th to 11th centuries CE 94 1846 Several graves included post holes, which indicate timber structures related to the burials. [30] Polhill: Sevenoaks, Kent: 7th to 8th centuries CE 200–220 1984–1986 excavation See Polhill Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Rath Melsigi was an Anglo-Saxon monastery in Ireland. A number of monks who studied there were active in the Anglo-Saxon mission on the continent. The monastery also developed a style of script that may have influenced the writers of the Book of Durrow.