1. The Vikings in Buckinghamshire

2. The Romans Akeman Street Fleet Marston settlement Weedon Hill
All images are copyright Buckinghamshire County Council. Clockwise from top right: oblique aerial photograph of construction of the Aston Clinton bypass; oblique aerial photograph of excavations happening at Billingsfield in Quarrendon parish where Roman settlement was found; excavations at Weedon Hill, the other side of Quarrendon parish, where a Roman settlement and shrine were found.

3. Early Saxons
Walton
All images are copyright Buckinghamshire County Council. Reconstruction of Saxon settlement at Walton.

4. 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.
Spearheads in Lavender’s pit = possibly from burials. Contact for images.

5. 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.
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6. Buckingham burhs
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7. 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.
All images are copyright Buckinghamshire County Council. Clockwise from top: Viking Pin from Poynetts = biggest one; armlet from Wendover = tribute?; Ringerike stirrup mount from Fingest.

8. Danelaw
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9. The 11th century AD Cnut: 1016-35 Harold I: 1035-1040
Harthacnut:
Edward the Confessor:
Harold II: 1066
William:
All images are copyright Buckinghamshire County Council. Mint of Cnut in Aylesbury. One of Edward the Confessor’s coins found in excavations at Bierton. Bottom one.

10. Place names 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
Viking
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
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

11. Quarrendon
All images are copyright Buckinghamshire County Council. Obliqe aerial photograph of deserted medieval village at Quarrendon – there was possibly a Saxon origin.

12. Wing
All images are copyright Buckinghamshire County Council. Modern photo of All Saint’s church, Wing and reconstruction of how it may have looked in the 10th century.

13. Stowe
All images are copyright Buckinghamshire County Council. 18th century temple in Stowe Landscape Gardens – not related to the Saxon name for it at all!

14. Taplow
All images are copyright Buckinghamshire County Council. 1st picture = modern photo of Taplow Saxon burial mound; 2nd picture – reconstruction of Taplow Saxon burial mound in the Saxon period; 3rd picture – reconstruction of what the burial chamber may have looked like.

15. Fingest
All images are copyright Buckinghamshire County Council. The Ringerike stirrup mount again.

16. Skirmett
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17. Dorney
All images are copyright Buckinghamshire County Council. Bronze Age burial at Dorney. Some later archaeology was also found but the prehistoric period was most impressive.