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Note: Page numbers in bold refer to illustrations and those in italics refer to tables.

Anglo-Saxon periodfiligree gold pendant 250–1, 250firepits 223, 223see also Willow Farm, Castle Donington,

Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon occupation

apothecaries 120Appleby Magna 203archaeology

Leicester 201–2Leicestershire 203–36Rutland 238–41

Arnesby 242Ashby de la Zouch

Holywell Spring Farm 203–5, 204land between Burton Road and Moira Road

203Woodcock Way 205

Ashby Folville 205–6Atkins, Dr 120–1Attard, Julie 233–4

Baker, Stephen 208, 209, 235Bardon Hill Quarry 206Barker, Ben 221, 222, 225Barrow on Soar 149Beamish, Matthew 3–8, 71–5, 97–118, 226–7Belgrave Rubber Company 172Belvoir Castle 119, 126Belvoir, Vale of, medicine, poison and witchcraft,

seventeenth century 119–28Bennion, Charles 158Birstall 149Blaby 206–8, 207boat families, Loughborough 137–50

average ages 145, 145characteristics of boat communities

138–40dispersal of habitations 143–4family networks 142–3fly boats 145geographical endogamy 142life course of boatmen 144–5marriages 142, 146–7occupational diversity 143, 144other vills with boat families 148–9, 148population size 141–2, 142probate valuations 150, 150Regent Wharf 140–1, 141women 139–40, 142, 144

book reviewsBosworth 1485: a battlefield discovered (Foard

and Currie) 195–6Leicester: a modern history (Rodger and

Madgin) 196–200The Place-Names of Leicestershire, Part

Seven, West Goscote Hundred and the Leicestershire Parishes of Repton and Gresley Hundred (Cox) 193–5

Hinckley’s Medieval Priory, Part Two (Wallis) 200

Borman, Tracy 125Bottesford

Deven Farm 208Easthorpe Lodge 208

Bourn, John 169, 170Bourne, Jill 191–2Bowman, Paul 234–5bracteates 245Bradgate Park 228–33

Bradgate House area 231–3, 232excavation areas 228scheduled moated site

the building 229–31, 230platform and entranceway 231

Breeden, Chris 219Briggs, Arthur 171, 172Briggs, Edwin 171, 173–4, 177, 179, 181Briggs, Harriet 169, 170, 171, 172Briggs Shoes 1849–2009 167–89, 168

change and development 1879–1918 172–7, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177

club scheme 180combined shoe and drapery shops 178, 179development of the shoe industry in Leicester

167–9early years of the company 1849–1878 169–

71, 170economic hardship 1919–45 177–83, 178,

180, 181, 183modern era 1946–2010 183–9, 184, 186, 187,

188rationing 181, 182staff training 185, 185

Briggs, William 169–70, 169, 171Bronze Age see Willow Farm, Castle Donington,

Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon occupationbrooches, Roman 51Broughton Astley 208Brown, Cynthia 196–200

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Browning, Jennifer 228–33buckles 248, 249Burbage, Church Street 152burials

Shawell 234Willow Farm, Castle Donington 14, 16, 16 see also cemeteries

burnt mounds 18–23, 19, 20, 21Burrough Hill Iron Age hillfort, metal hoard

97–118Burton on the Wolds 244

Carroll, Ben 222Castle Donington, Willow Farm, Bronze Age and

Anglo-Saxon occupation 1–43Caswell, Chris 239cemeteries

southern Roman cemetery, Leicester 45–96boundaries 50–1, 51, 52, 53–6, 54, 55burial organisation 76–8, 77burials 45, 46, 47–8burials associated with the boundary 56–9

SK 07 56, 58SK 09 56, 57SK 15a and SK 15b 58

burials on the eastern side of the boundary 59–63, 60, 90

disturbed grave 59–60SK 14 62, 62SK 16 60, 61, 62SK 17 62–3SK 18 59, 61

burials on the western side of the boundary 63–71, 90–1

SK 01 65–6, 66SK 02 69–71, 70SK 03 63SK 04 63, 64SK 05 63, 65, 65SK 06 66–7SK 08 66, 81SK 10 and SK 11 67, 68, 69SK 12 and SK 13 67–9, 69

cemetery population 78–80children 79, 80chronology and dating 75–6customs and beliefs 83–5decapitated burials 85disease 80excavation areas 48grave goods 81–3, 84gravel pits, coffins and stone lining 80–1late first–mid-second century 49–53, 50, 51,

52map of Roman Leicester 47medieval period 86–8, 86, 87mid-second–third century 53–6post-medieval period 88prehistoric activity 49radiocarbon dating 71–5, 72, 73, 74site location 46

third–fourth century 59chariots, Iron Age 104–12

bronze fittings 245chariot gear 105–9, 106, 107, 108interpretation 110–12, 111strap fittings 109–10, 109wider context of 114–15

Charnwood Roots Project 233–4, 233Chinnock, Chris 209, 217churches

All Saints, Cossington 209–10All Saints, Kirkby Mallory 218Bottesford 123, 125, 126Leicester Cathedral 202

Civil War 88Clapton, Adam 215, 217, 224Clark, Donald 206–8, 226–7Clarke, William (apothecary) 120Clay, Patrick 1–43Claybrooke Magna 208–9Clements, Paul 235coal mining 223, 224Coalville 209Coates, Gary 206coins

early medieval 244–5, 244, 246–7, 247Edward VI 244, 245Roman period 243–4, 243

Cooper, Nicholas J. 10–11, 35Cosby 209Cossington 209–10Cotesbach 242, 243Countesthorpe 210Countrey Contentments or the English Huswife

(Markham) 119Coward, Jon 1–43Cox, Barrie 193–5Crook, Ruth 119–28cunning-men 120Curry, Anne 195–6

Daniel, Patrick 218–19Derby Scheme and local Military Service Tribunal,

Hinckley, First World War 151–66administration of the Hinckley Local Tribunal

155–7, 157agricultural workers 161–2collectivism 151, 152conscientious objectors 160–1conscription 153, 162, 164explanation of the Derby Scheme 151–4first formal meeting of the local tribunals 157–

62, 158, 159individualism 151–2local tribunals and the military 162–4medical exemptions 162–3, 163Military Service Tribunals 153–4National Registration scheme 153, 154–5, 155shell crisis 153

Diseworth 210, 244, 245Dixon, Philip 202

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Donisthorpe 210–11ducking stools 120Dunton Bassett 211

East Goscote 242–3Edward IV 124Elston, Jon 203–5Enderby

Leicester Lane South 211, 213SES site, Leicester Lane North 211, 212, 213

Everard, J. B. 158Evershed, Robert 210–11

Fairclough, James 220Farley, Julia 97–118finger rings

medieval period 247Roman period 63, 64, 75, 81

firepits 223, 223First World War see Derby Scheme and local

Military Service Tribunal, Hinckley, First World War

Fisher Row, Oxford 137, 138–40, 142Flavell, Nathan 222Fleckney 243, 243flints 238Flower, Joan 125Flower, Margaret 125Flower, Philippa 125Foard, Glenn 195–6Francis, Karen 206Frisby on the Wreake 214

Great Bowden 214Green, Frances 3–8, 22–3Groby 245

Hall, Angela 195–6Hallaton

10–14 Churchgate 129–35, 130doorway 129, 132garderobe 133, 134, 134timber-framing 129, 131, 133timber infill panels 134–5, 135window 129, 134, 134

Roman villa 214–15, 215, 216hand axes 242, 242Harboro Rubber Company 172Harvey, James 228–33Hemington 149Henderson, Susan 217, 218Henry, Lord Roos 120–1Henry, Prince of Wales 119, 126–7Hewitt, Gemma 203–5, 220, 233Higgins, Tim 201, 224–5HIll, Nick 129–35Hinckley, Derby Scheme and local military service

tribunal, First World War 151–66Hinckley Times 157, 158, 160, 162–3, 163Hinckley’s Medieval Priory, Part Two (Wallis)

(book review) 200

historic building recordings 236–7Leicester 202Leicestershire 236–7Rutland 241

Holmes, David 167–89hooked blade, Iron Age 112, 113Houghton on the Hill

54 Main Street 217Ingarsby Lane 215, 217

human remains see burials; cemeteriesHuncote 217Hunt, Leon 208, 209–10, 226Husbands Bosworth 246–7, 247Huxley, Richard 210, 236Hyman, Andrew 236

Ibstock 217Ingham, David 239–41insects 5–6, 23Iron Age

Burrough Hill Iron Age hillfort, metal hoard 97–118, 98

chariot gear and strap fittings 104–12chariot gear 105–9, 106, 107, 108interpretation 110–12, 111strap fittings 109–10, 109

context of the hoard 98–102, 99, 100, 101date of deposition 102–4, 103, 104hooked blade 112, 113knife 112, 113scraper 112, 113wider context of the hoard 114–15

Bury Hill (Hampshire) 114–15chariot fittings, Groby 245Garton Slack hoard (East Yorkshire) 114, 115pits/pit alignments 239–41, 240pottery 206roundhouses 97, 206, 207, 208sword fittings 242

Jarvis, Wayne 211, 224, 226–7Johnson, Michael Howard (obituary) 191–2Jones, Elaine 238–9Jones, Graham 193–5

Kegworth 149Kibworth Beauchamp 217Kibworth Harcourt 218Kidd, Ben 235kilns

clamp kilns 203–5, 204grain-drying 86–7, 87

King, Robert 151–66Kinton, G. 156–7, 161Kipling, Roger 208, 211, 213, 222–3Kirby Muxloe 247Kirkby Mallory 218Kitchener, Field-Marshal Herbert 151, 152knives, Iron Age 112, 113

lead alloy vat 242–3

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Leicester see alsoarchaeology 201–2

Beaumont Leys, Castle Hill 201Leicester Cathedral 202St Nicholas Circle 202

Briggs Shoes 1849–2009 167–89historic building recordings 202Military service Tribunals 157–8, 159, 160,

164negative watching briefs and evaluations 203

Leicester: a modern history (Rodger and Madgin) (book review) 196–200

Leicestershirearchaeology 203–36historic building recordings 236–7negative watching briefs and evaluations

237–8Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical

SocietyAnnual Report 2015–2016 253–6Officers of the Society 2015–2016 257

Leslie, Iain 221Liddle, Peter 234–5Linington, T. 220Little Stretton 218Lockington

East Midlands Gatewayevaluation and test pitting 219fieldwalking 218–19LiDAR assessment and woodland survey

219Long Clawson 220Loughborough

boat families 137–50Grange Park 220

Lubbesthorpe see New LubbesthorpeLubenham 220Luke, Mike 221, 222, 239–41Lutterworth

land east of Leicester Road 220Magna Park 221, 221

McCarthy, Jamie 238Madgin, Rebecca 196–200Manners, Francis (son of Earl of Rutland) 121,

125Manners, Lady Katherine 121, 125Market Bosworth 157, 222Market Harborough

Manor Farm 222Overstone Park 222St Luke’s Hospital 222–3

Markham, Gervase 119Marsden, Patrick 10–11, 24Martin, John 151–66Marwood, Joan 125Measham 223, 223, 224medicine, poison and witchcraft, seventeenth

century 119–28accusations of witchcraft 125apothecaries 120

illness and death of Henry, Prince of Wales 126–7

illness treatment of 119lead poisoning 122–4Manners family illnesses 120–1, 122, 123, 124,

126physicians 120poisoning 127–8porphyria 124, 127wise women/cunning men 120witch-marks 120

medieval periodcoins 244–5, 244, 246–7, 247copper alloy hanging bowl 248–9gold bracteate fragment 245gold buckle, early medieval 248, 249gold ring 247lead alloy vat 242shield mounts 242, 243silver gilt sword pommel 246, 246silver strap ends 246, 247southern Roman cemetery, Leicester 86–8, 86,

87Melton Mowbray

Hilltop Farm 224New Guadaloupe, Leicester Road 224–5Nottingham Road 225

Michaels, T. 210Military service Tribunals see Derby Scheme

and local Military Service Tribunal, Hinckley, First World War

Monckton, Angela 3–8, 22Morgan-Shelbourne, Lawrence 225–6Morris, Mathew 201, 233–4Mountsorrel 147, 148

Nailstone 245Napier, Dr Richard 121negative watching briefs and evaluations

Leicester 203Leicestershire 237–8Rutland 241

Nether Broughton 225–6Nevill Holt 226New Lubbesthorpe 226–7, 227Newton, Sir Isaac 127–8Newtown Linford see Bradgate ParkNorth Luffenham 238

obituaries, Johnson, Michael Howard 191–2

Palaeolithic period, discoid hand axe 242, 242Parker, Richard 203Patrick, James 203Perlinska, Marta 208–9physicians 120pit alignments 24, 27, 28The Place-Names of Leicestershire, Part Seven, West

Goscote Hundred and the Leicestershire Parishes of Repton and Gresley Hundred (Cox) (book review) 193–5

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plant remains, Willow Farm, Castle Donington 4–5, 7, 22

poison see medicine, poison and witchcraft, seventeenth century

pollen data 6–7, 22–3Portable Antiquities Scheme

Annual Report for Leicestershire and Rutland 2016 241–52

coins 243–5interesting objects recorded in Leicestershire

early medieval 242–3prehistoric 242

objects recorded and period breakdown 241treasure

copper alloy hanging bowl 248–9discussion of findings from Rutland 251–2filigree gold pendant 250–1, 250gold bracteate fragment 245gold buckle, early medieval 248, 249gold ring, medieval 247Iron Age chariot fittings 245silver gilt sword pommel 246, 246silver strap ends 246, 247William I silver pennies 246–7, 247

Porter, Susan 220Postles, Dave 137–50pottery

Anglo-Saxon 35Deverel Rimbury 14, 16–18, 16Early Bronze Age, beaker pottery 10–11, 11East Midlands Scored Ware 206Late Bronze Age 24, 29medieval period 239Middle Bronze Age 16–18, 17Roman period 70, 71, 235

Quorn 242, 242

Ravenstone 233Reid, Adam 209Richardson, Thomas 217Ridlington 238–9ring ditches, Willow Farm, Castle Donington 11,

12, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16Ripper, Susan 1–43Rodger, Richard 196–200Rolt, L. T. C. 137Roman period

belt fittings 67, 68brooches 51coins 243–4, 243finger rings 63, 64, 75, 81hairpins 56, 57, 68, 69pottery 70, 71, 235Roman villa, Hallaton 214–15, 215, 216southern Roman cemetery, Leicester 45–96

Rothley 233–4, 233roundhouses 24, 26, 27

Bardon Hill Quarry 206Blaby, Lutterworth Road 206–8, 207Burrough Hill Iron Age hillfort 97

Enderby, SES site 211, 212, 213Rutland

archaeology 238–41copper alloy hanging bowl 248–9discussion of Portable Antiquities Scheme finds

251–2filigree gold pendant 250–1, 250gold buckle, early medieval 248, 249historic building recordings 241negative watching briefs and evaluations 241

Rutland, Earl of see medicine, poison and witchcraft, seventeenth century

Sawday, Albert 157–8Scalford 245, 246, 246Score, Vicki 214–15Scott, Wendy 241–52scrapers, Iron Age 112, 113Sharman, Tim 220, 235Shawell 234shield mounts 242, 243shoe making see Briggs Shoes 1849–2009Simmonds, Carol 220Simmons, Caleb (boatman) 147Slawston 234–5Smith, David 3–8Southall, Michael 234Speed, Gavin 202, 214, 217, 235–6Stroking Boy of Wysall 120Sutton-in-the-Elms 235swords

fittings 242silver gilt sword pommel 246, 246

Syston 235

Taylor, Ed 205Taylor, Jeremy 97–118Thomas, John 45–96, 97–118, 201–52Thomas, Richard 228–33Thurcaston 235Thurmaston 149Tickencote 239tools, Iron Age 112, 113Trimble, Dale 205–6

Ullesthorpe 235Uppingham 239–41, 240

Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham 125

Walker, Julie 222Walker, Peter 200Wallis, Anthony G. 200Waltham on the Wolds

Bescaby Lane 235–6Hall Farm 236

Williams, Adam 221Willow Farm, Castle Donington, Bronze Age and

Anglo-Saxon occupation 1–43, 3Early Anglo-Saxon, phase 4 29–35, 30, 38–9

hall houses 31, 31, 32, 33

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Willow Farm, Castle Donington (cont.)sunken featured building 31, 34, 34

Early Bronze Age, phase 1 9, 10–11, 10, 36food remains 10, 36geology and environment 3–8

insects 5–6, 23palaeochannels and trenched sections 4, 4plant remains 4–5, 7, 22, 36pollen data 6–7, 22–3radiocarbon determinations 5, 6timbers 7–8, 7, 8

Late Bronze Age, phase 3 24–9, 25, 38pit alignment 24, 27, 28roundhouse 24, 26, 27

Middle Bronze Age, phase 2 11–23, 12, 36–8burnt mounds 18–23, 19, 20, 21, 36–8

ring ditch and burials 11, 12, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16, 16

potteryAnglo-Saxon 35, 35Early Bronze Age, beaker pottery 10–11, 11Late Bronze Age pottery 24, 29Middle Bronze Age pottery 16–18, 17

site location 2witchcraft see medicine, poison and witchcraft,

seventeenth centuryWood, George (boatman) 146Woodville, Jaquetta 124–5Woodward, Ann 16–18Wymeswold 244, 244Wymondham 236