The Vikings in Buckinghamshire

The Romans

• Akeman Street

• Fleet Marston settlement

• Weedon Hill

Early Saxons

Walton

Early Vikings• In 1885 a Viking spearhead was found in the

River Thame with Saxon weapons near Stone Bridge on the Bicester Road.

• In 1896 a Viking spearhead was found at the foot of Castle Hill in Buckingham.

• In 1926 two Saxon or Viking spearheads were found in Lavender’s Pit, Iver.

• A Viking spearhead was found in the River Thames near Marlow.

• In 1856, 1860 and 1958, Viking weapons were found around Sashes Island in the River Thames.

• Viking battleaxe found at Bolter’s Lock, Taplow.

Late Saxons

• Sashes Island in the River Thames was probably made into a burh in the 10th century.

• Aylesbury was made into a burh; the ditch was possibly found at Bourbon Street.

• There were two burhs at Buckingham, built by Edward the Elder in AD 914.

Buckingham burhs

Late Vikings

• A Viking or Saxon pin was found at Poynetts in the 1930s.

• A Viking ring was found in the ground of Weston Turville manor house in 1922.

• A Viking stirrup mount was found in Fingest.

• A Viking armlet was found at Wendover.

Danelaw

The 11th century AD• Cnut: 1016-35• Harold I: 1035-1040• Harthacnut: 1040-1042• Edward the Confessor: 1042-1066• Harold II: 1066• William: 1066-1087

Place namesViking• Akr: Acre • Beck: Stream • Booth: Summer pasture • By: Farm; Village • Ey: Island • Falh: Fallow• Fell; How: Hill or mound • Fiord: Fiord • Fiskr: Fish • Gardr: Yard; landing

place • Garth: Enclosure • Gate: Road • Geit: Goat • Gill: Ravine or valley• Halh: Hall • Ho: Hill/spur• Holm(r): Island • Hus: House • Ings: Marsh; meadow • Kald: Cold • Kelda: Spring, stream

Saxon• Bourne: Stream • Burn: Stream • Burg: Fortified settlement • Croft: Small enclosure • Cot: Small hut • Delph: Ditch, dyke or

stream • Den(n): Pig pasture• Don: Hill • Eg; Ey; Ea; Eig: Island • Fall: Area cleared of trees • Fen: Fen • Field: Field • Ham: Village • Hurst: Clearing • Ing: People • Lake: Lake • Ley; Lea: Clearing

• Low: Burial mound• Mere: Pool • Moor: Moor • Moss: Swamp • Riding; Rod: Cleared

land • Stead: place • Stoc: Summer pasture • Stoke: 'Daughter'

settlement • Stow: Holy Place • Ton; Tun: House; Farm • Weald; Wold; High

Woodland • Wic; Wike: Farm; Group

of huts • Wood: Wood • Worth: Fenced land • Worthy: Enclosed land

• Kirk: Church • Laithe: Barn • Lin: Flax • Lund: Grove • Melr: Sandbank • Orme: Serpent • Pollr: Pool • Skar: Cleft • Sker: Rock • Slack: Stream in a valley • Stakkr: Rock in the sea • Stan: Stone • Stokkr: Sound • Tarn: Lake • Thing: Meeting place• Thorp: Daughter

settlement • Thwaite: Forest clearing;

meadow • Toft: Homestead • Wath: Ford • Wray: Remote place

Quarrendon

Wing

Stowe

Taplow

Fingest

Skirmett

Dorney