NHER 12403 (Find Spot record) - Medieval dagger guard, Bexwell Road (Downham Market, poorly located)

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Summary

In 1857 a medieval dagger guard was found somewhere in the vicinity of the Bexwell Road.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish DOWNHAM MARKET, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

1857. Stray Find.
Found "near the town":
Medieval dagger guard.
In the collection of 'W. Laure' in 19th century. Picture in (S1).
Information from (S2).
This is presumably the dagger-guard described and illustrated in (S3). It is recorded as having been in the possession of a Mr W. Lawrie of Downham Markat and had apparently been found "…in a field in the Bexwell road, in 1857".
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 August 2020.

  • <S1> Archive: Bolingbroke family. 1300's-1960. Bolingbroke Collection. Norfolk Record Office.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Lawrie, W. 1864. Dagger-Guard, found near Downham Market. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VI p 60.
  • DAGGER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 23 2020 9:32PM

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