The Vikings in Buckinghamshire

January 5, 2018 | Author: Anonymous | Category: History, World History
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The Vikings in Buckinghamshire

The Romans • Akeman Street • Fleet Marston settlement • Weedon Hill

Early Saxons Walton

Early Vikings •

In 1885 a Viking spearhead was found in the River Thame with Saxon weapons near Stone Bridge on the Bicester Road.



In 1896 a Viking spearhead was found at the foot of Castle Hill in Buckingham.



In 1926 two Saxon or Viking spearheads were found in Lavender’s Pit, Iver.



A Viking spearhead was found in the River Thames near Marlow.



In 1856, 1860 and 1958, Viking weapons were found around Sashes Island in the River Thames.



Viking battleaxe found at Bolter’s Lock, Taplow.

Late Saxons • Sashes Island in the River Thames was probably made into a burh in the 10th century. • Aylesbury was made into a burh; the ditch was possibly found at Bourbon Street. • There were two burhs at Buckingham, built by Edward the Elder in AD 914.

Buckingham burhs

Late Vikings • A Viking or Saxon pin was found at Poynetts in the 1930s. • A Viking ring was found in the ground of Weston Turville manor house in 1922. • A Viking stirrup mount was found in Fingest. • A Viking armlet was found at Wendover.

Danelaw

The 11th century AD • • • • • •

Cnut: 1016-35 Harold I: 1035-1040 Harthacnut: 1040-1042 Edward the Confessor: 1042-1066 Harold II: 1066 William: 1066-1087

Place names Viking • Akr: Acre • Beck: Stream • Booth: Summer pasture • By: Farm; Village • Ey: Island • Falh: Fallow • Fell; How: Hill or mound • Fiord: Fiord • Fiskr: Fish • Gardr: Yard; landing place • Garth: Enclosure • Gate: Road • Geit: Goat • Gill: Ravine or valley • Halh: Hall • Ho: Hill/spur • Holm(r): Island • Hus: House • Ings: Marsh; meadow • Kald: Cold • Kelda: Spring, stream

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Kirk: Church Laithe: Barn Lin: Flax Lund: Grove Melr: Sandbank Orme: Serpent Pollr: Pool Skar: Cleft Sker: Rock Slack: Stream in a valley Stakkr: Rock in the sea Stan: Stone Stokkr: Sound Tarn: Lake Thing: Meeting place Thorp: Daughter settlement Thwaite: Forest clearing; meadow Toft: Homestead Wath: Ford Wray: Remote place

Saxon • Bourne: Stream • Burn: Stream • Burg: Fortified settlement • Croft: Small enclosure • Cot: Small hut • Delph: Ditch, dyke or stream • Den(n): Pig pasture • Don: Hill • Eg; Ey; Ea; Eig: Island • Fall: Area cleared of trees • Fen: Fen • Field: Field • Ham: Village • Hurst: Clearing • Ing: People • Lake: Lake • Ley; Lea: Clearing

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Low: Burial mound Mere: Pool Moor: Moor Moss: Swamp Riding; Rod: Cleared land Stead: place Stoc: Summer pasture Stoke: 'Daughter' settlement Stow: Holy Place Ton; Tun: House; Farm Weald; Wold; High Woodland Wic; Wike: Farm; Group of huts Wood: Wood Worth: Fenced land Worthy: Enclosed land

Quarrendon

Wing

Stowe

Taplow

Fingest

Skirmett

Dorney

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