Find Spot record 1530/0/1 - Unstratified Early Saxon Find

Saxon gold brooch and bones found circa 1795. Probable site of an inhumation.

{1} Find of an early Saxon brooch. "circular enriched with delicate filagree and pearls". Found at Welford c.1853; unlocated.

{2} May be another known brooch said to be from Husbands Bosworth.

{3} Shown to The Archaeological Institute

{5} Jewelled fibula found between Husband's Bosworth and Welford. In the possession of Mr B Bright, of King's Bench Walk, Temple.

{6} A gold brooch or buckle found near HUSBANDS BOSWORTH [refs. To Authy. 9]

{7} No further information was gained in field investigation. The present whereabouts of the brooch were not established.

{8} The brooch [reference to 5& 9] belongs to the annular type generally made of bronze. "the front is of gold ornamented with filigree and four pearl bosses each set with a slab of garnet, and is fastened with gold wire to a thin plate of silver forming the base."

{9} A brooch, 2 1/4 ins. In diameter "…was found about five or six years ago, with some human bones, in digging for
gravel, somewhere between Husbands Bosworth (Leicester) and Welford (Northampton)" [SP 640804 - SP 68 SW].

{12} Additional reference to Authority {9}. The locality is uncertain. Whether it was found within the limits of Northants. is open to question. There is a drawing of it in the Dryden Collection at Northampton and it is called 'the Naseby brooch'. In that case it would still be on the road to Bosworth and in Northants, but Dryden refers to the sale catalogue of the Baker collection (1842) and the name may be an error as 'Naseby' occurs on the line above. Refs description and illustration by Authority {5}.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.196 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> Meaney A.L., 1964, Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites, p.196 (unchecked) (Gazetteer). SNN10289.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP68SW21 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> George T.J., 1904, An Archaeological Survey of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Index). SNN10170.

<5> Akerman, Pagan Saxondom, p. 65 & Plate 32 (unchecked) (Series). SNN8544.

<6> 1853, The Archaeological Journal (10), (unchecked) (Journal). SNN7164.

<7> Woodhouse, W C, 1960, Field Investigators Comments, F1 WCW 28-MAR-60 (Note). SNN113151.

<8> Page, W (ed), 1907, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Leicestershire, p. 240 (Book). SNN114870.

<9> 1800, The Gentleman's Magazine (1800), p. 121 (Article). SNN4060.

<10> The Gentleman's Magazine, 1815, Vol 85, p. 210 (Journal). SNN61226.

<11> Hoskins, W G, 1934-5, Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, p. 113 (Journal). SNN114871.

<12> Chapman, David John, 1959, Field investigators comments (Notes). SNN113013.

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