Monument record 809/0/1 - Possible C17th Plague Burials, Unlocated

According to Baker, several skeletons were found while lowering the Chester Road beyond the Depot in Weedon in the early 19th century. Baker assumed that the find may have been related to a plague which hit Weedon in 1625, when according to local accounts, the dead were buried in the fields around Weedon. As RCHME notes, the particular find could be of any date from the Roman period onwards.

{1} Burials, unlocated but said to be close to the Roman road. During the 19th century some skeletons were discovered which were thought to be 17th century plague burials. However they may have been Roman or later.

{3} Quotes {2}: "In 1625 are entries of several persons who dies of the 'peste' and were buried in the fields, a circumstance which tends to elucidate the recent discovery of some skeletons in lowering the Chester Road beyond the depot in Lower Weedon".

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.195 Site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> Baker G., 1830, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.454 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77327.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP65NW8 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

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