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Medieval and Saxon finds from Felmersham, Bedfordshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2011

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In examining an old Home Guard trench on a spur overlooking Felmersham Bridge to the north, Mr. Peter Crossley-Holland found much pottery, and with the consent of Mr. J. D. Hensman the site was further examined, with minor excavation of some features showing in the trench sides, by Mr. Crossley-Holland, my wife, and myself.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1951

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page 45 note 1 Nat. Grid ref. 42/991578: the site is just across the river Ouse from that of the finding of the Belgic bronzes and pottery in 1942 (Antiq. Journ. xxix (1949), 3769).Google Scholar

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page 46 note 2 Copies of the site plan are preserved for reference in the Shire Hall, Bedford, and in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House.

page 46 note 3 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

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page 47 note 9 To be published in Norfolk Archaeology.

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page 47 note 11 To be published in Records of Bucks.

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page 49 note 2 Specimens kindly sent to me by Mr. M. Ur-wick Smith.

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