Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20545 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of Gnattingdon church on crossroads of Peddar's Way |
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Summary
Two or more skeletons with missing skulls were found. These may be suicides, as these were traditionally buried at crossroads. Alternatively documentary evidence suggests this might be the site of Gnattingdon church and cemetery.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7227 3687 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73NW |
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| Parish: | SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Date unknown. Northwest corner of crossroads on Peddar's Way.
Two or more human skeletons found, with heads missing- removed by wearing away of angle of bank? Possibly suicides buried at crossroads, but field to south named as Old Chapel Close in 1500 copyhold and 1546 field book- site of Gnattington church?
Information from (S1) but origin not given.
Note NHER 1614 in same field produced 'various bones'.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 July 1984.
Monument Types
- CEMETERY? (Unknown date)
- INHUMATION (Unknown date)
- CHURCH? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Hammond, J. 1984. Gnatingdon, DMV or Mislaid Manor. NARG News. Vol 37 pp 10-16. |
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