NHER 4707 (Monument record) - Threxton deserted medieval village

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Summary

The village of Threxton is recorded in the Domesday Book and an old document states that there were 23 taxpayers living there in 1377. By 1635 there were only four open fields and in 1805 one house. Slight earthworks of the village can still be seen. Prehistoric worked flints, part of an Early Saxon iron spearhead in two pieces, a Late Saxon 'backwards biting beast' disc brooch and a concentration of medieval and post medieval pottery have been found.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF80SE
Civil Parish	LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Mentioned in Nomina Villarum, Domesday, 28 Taxpayers in 1329; Black Death relief 1352 to 134; 23 taxpayers in 1377; four open fields in 1635; one house in 1805.
Information from (S1).

1974. Stray Find.
Found at [1] (Context 1) in unknown circumstances:
Late Saxon disc brooch with backwards facing beast of type in (S2). Pin missing but hinged. See drawing (S3).
Cast NCM (mould 350.980).
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU), 2 February 1975.
Information from (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2018.

9 October 1975. At [2] (4704/context 2).
Concentration in northeast corner of field of 13th to 16th century coarse and glazed wares.
Granite quern.
Iron knife.
One Thetford type rim sherd.
Worked flint all over area.
A. Rogerson (NAU).

Field north of church appeared to show faint earthworks. These examined by Brian Cushion (NLA). In his opinion an earthwork survey not warranted, as earthworks are very slight.
See [3].
H. Paterson (A&E), 6 December 1995.

September 2000. Metal detecting.
Area of context 1.
Early Saxon spearhead, Swanton group D1, in two pieces.
See (S4) in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 12 April 2001.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF8969 Photograph: brooch CKF 28-30.
--- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Cressingham (Little).
--- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Cressingham (Little).
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF2517 Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 6.
<S1> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 80 SE 6 [2].
<S2> SNF7840 Article in Serial: Smedley, N. and Owles, E. 1965. Some Anglo-Saxon 'Animal'-Brooches. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Vol XXX Pt 2 pp 166-174.
<S3> SNF81071 Illustration: Gregory, T. 1975. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy disc brooch. Card. 2:1.
<S4> SNF55259 X-ray: X ray. NX5970.
<S5> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Object Types (8)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
KNIFE (Undated)
QUERN (Undated)
SPEAR (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 8 2022 4:14PM