Monument record 1938/1 - Possible Saxon Cremation Cemetery, Twywell Glebe

Five early Saxon pottery urns are located in Twywell Church. Said to be from Twywell Glebe.

{1} At SP93737688 two urns and other Anglo Saxon remains were found c.1870 by Rev. H. Maller, the Rector of Twywell. The urns are now in the church. Info G.V.Charlton. Two more urns in the church were recovered from Twywell Glebe in 1969.

{2} (SP 93737688) Anglo Saxon Remains found AD 1870.

{3} Five pots in the church from the Glebe. Saxon burials have certainly been found in the area, but the details are obscure. OS maps show "Anglo Saxon remains found 1870" at TL93737688, close to Twywell Brook. Records also exist of three small Saxon urns found in the late C19th together with a description of Roman pottery (now identified as Iron Age and Roman). However, five pots of Saxon date, in Twywell Church are labelled as from Twywell Glebe.


{7} Two Anglo-Saxon urns (1 plain jar and 1 small domestic grooved and polished pot) are on show in Twywell church labelled "... from Twywell Glebe". The sexton was consulted but has no additional information. The published site is arable land.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP97NW8 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Ordnance Survey, OS 6 INCH MAP, OS 6" 1958 (Map). SNN38581.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.101/Site 9 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<4> Meaney A.L., 1964, Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites, p.196 (unchecked) (Gazetteer). SNN10289.

<5> Northampton Museum Records, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN126.

<6> MYRES J.N.L., 1977, A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Pottery of The Pagan Period (Both Vols), p. 103 (Book). SNN55363.

<7> Colquhoun, FD, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 FDC 2-DEC-69 (Notes). SNN112950.

<8> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Object Name Book reference, ONB 1924 rev (G V Charlton) (Archive). SNN113537.

<9> Historic England, Undated, SAXON AND ROMAN POTTERY (SAXON FROM TWYWELL GLEBE;ROMAN PROB. FROM TWYWELL BRICKYARD (1881) SEE SP97NE33, BB73/02067 (Archive). SNN113538.

<10> Historic England, Undated, SAXON AND ROMAN POTTERY, BB73/02068 (Archive). SNN113539.

<11> Historic England, Undated, SAXON AND ROMAN POTTERY, BB73/02069 (Archive). SNN113540.

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Feb 10 2025 7:21PM