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The Vikings in Buckinghamshire
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The Romans
• Akeman Street
• Fleet Marston settlement
• Weedon Hill
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Early Saxons
Walton
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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.
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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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Buckingham burhs
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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.
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Danelaw
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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
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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
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Quarrendon
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Wing
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Stowe
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Taplow
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Fingest
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Skirmett
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Dorney