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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.
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 ...
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
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.
The Anglo-Saxon settlement gradually moved north over the course of two hundred years after its establishment. [23] During or after the 8th century, the settlement was either abandoned, or drifted beyond the area that was excavated. [24] The area previously occupied by the Anglo-Saxon settlement became part of a Saxo-Norman field system. [5]
Before 400 Roman authors use the term "Saxon" to refer to raiders from north of the Rhine delta, who troubled the coasts of the North Sea and English channel. [2] The area of present day England was part of the Roman province of Britannia from 43 AD until the 5th century, although starting from the crisis of the third century it was often ruled by Roman usurpers who were in conflict with the ...
First built during the Anglo-Saxon and early Norman periods, the structure has been proven in ecclesiastical records to have been a redevelopment of an Anglo-Saxon church: [4] The nucleus around which it has grown lies in the centre, the eastern half of the nave representing the simple aisleless nave of the pre- Conquest church, and the central ...