Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9441 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Late medieval coin hoard (Wymondham, poorly located) |
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Summary
It is recorded that around 1881 a coin hoard of 136 silver English and Irish groats, deposited around 1485, was recovered from this parish. A further 200 to 300 English groats were recovered around 1895-1900. It is thought that these two discoveries are likely to represent parts of a single hoard.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Around 1881. Coin hoard of 136 silver English and Irish groats deposited around 1485.
Around 1895-1900. 200 - 300 English silver groats, after 1453.
(S1). Probably same hoard.
See (S2), (S3) (details) p.142 for possible additons.
Compield by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 SW 12. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Wymondham. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1943-4. [unknown]. BNJ. Series 3, Vol XXIV 216. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: 1911. [unknown]. BNJ. Series 1, Vol VIII, pp 149 plate. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Thompson, J. D. A. 1956. Inventory of British Coin Hoards AD 600-1500. Royal Numismatical Society Special Publication. No 1. pp 109-110. |
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