6.5 Anglian, Saxon, and Viking

Cambridgeshire

see also Mackreth, D F, Roman

Hampshire

Hinton, D A, with 7 contributors, 1996, Southampton Finds Volume 2: The Gold, Silver and other Non-Ferrous Alloy Objects from Hamwic, and the Non-Ferrous Metalworking Evidence, Southampton Archaeology Monographs, 6
Catalogue of finds from the Saxon period of Southampton divided into object categories with some discussion of individual artefacts.

Leicestershire

Timby, J R, with 15 contributors, 1996, The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Empingham II, Rutland, Oxbow Mono, 65
Excavations carried out in 1974-75 recorded 135 inhumation and one cremation burial yielding evidence of 153 individuals of various ages and both sexes. The inhumation burials can be considered pagan Saxon and the cemetery was established in the late 5th century. There is no clear evidence of contemporary settlement associated with the cemetery. Many of the grave goods and much of the personal equipment are described.

London

Schofield, J, 1996, Saxon and Medieval Churches in the City of London, Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc, 45, 23-145
A review of the evidence for the physical development, architectural style, and internal furnishing and embellishment of the parish churches in the City of London, from Saxon times to 1550. It is suggested that there were four main developments in church architecture in London during this period: the erection of monuments to prominent citizens from the 1280's and the construction of chapels in the 14th century; the addition of towers from 1370; the addition of aisles to the nave from 1230 (although the standard late-medieval two-aisled nave only appears c1400); and the erection of altar tombs from at least 1477. Detailed evidence from 51 medieval parish churches and observations on 12 others are summarised in a Gazetteer.

Northamptonshire

see also Jackson, D, Prehistoric

Shropshire

Cane, J, 1996, Excavations on Wat's Dyke at Pentre Wern, Shropshire 1984, Trans Shropshire Archaeol Soc, 62, 11-21
Describes the excavation and survey of a threatened stretch of the earthwork. Constructional techniques, the sequence of decay, and subsequent re-use of the Dyke are discussed.

Yorkshire

Kemp, R L, 1996, Anglian Settlement at 46-54 Fishergate, Archaeol of York 7/1
Excavations in 1985-86 that revealed evidence of occupation in the Roman period, the late 7th - mid-9th century, the late 10th - 12th century, 1195 to the later 16th century, and from the c.17th - 20th century.