Hoxne
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| Postcode district | IP21 | |
Hoxne (
In geology, Hoxne gives its name to the
Overview
The area around the village is of significant archaeological importance, as the find-spot of the Hoxne Hoard of Roman treasure, very early finds of handaxes[2] and as the type site for the Hoxnian Stage ("Hoxnian Interglacial").
In 1797,
Hoxne Hoard
The Hoxne Hoard, found in 1992, is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, and the largest collection of gold and silver coins of the fourth and fifth century found anywhere within the Roman Empire. Only fourteen years after the last dig by the University of Chicago team, on the same farm, only a few hundred metres south along the road, the Hoxne Hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist on 16 November 1992. The Hoard consists of 14,865 Roman gold, silver and bronze coins from the late fourth and early fifth centuries and approximately 200 items of silver tableware and gold jewelry.[9] These objects are now in the British Museum in London, where the most important pieces and a selection of the rest are on permanent display. In 1993, the Treasure Valuation Committee valued the hoard at £1.75 million (today £2.66 million).
The village is also home to a 15th-century Grade II* listed lodge, formerly known as Bishops' Lodge, built in 1480 by the
Saint Edmund
A local tradition concerns the death of Saint Edmund, King of East Anglia. It is said he hid under Goldbrook Bridge to elude the pursuing Danes. A newly married couple saw the king's gold spurs and gave his location away to his enemies. According to the legend, Saint Edmund put a curse on all couples who cross the bridge on their way to get married.[10] The account continues, explaining how he was subsequently killed by the Danes at St Edmund's Memorial, Hoxne after refusing to disavow Christianity.
Jean Ingelow's poem 'The Tradition of the Golden Spurs' tells of this legend and she added the following note:
- About the year 870, the Danes under Hingvar invaded East Anglia, which was then governed by Edmund, a king of singular virtue and piety.
- After defending his people with great valour, Edmund was at last defeated in a battle fought near Hoxne in Suffolk. Being hotly pursued, he concealed himself under a bridge called Gold-bridge. The glittering of his golden spurs discovered him to a newly married couple who were returning home by moonlight, and the bride betrayed him to his enemies.
- The heathen Danes offered him his crown and his life if he would deny the Christian faith, but he continued steadfast, and when he was dragged on to the bridge, he pronounced a malediction (or warning) on all who should afterwards pass over it on their way to be married, the dread of which is still so strong in the neighbourhood that it is said no bride or bridegroom has ever been known to pass over it to this day.[11]
For Hingvar, see Ivar the Boneless.
See also
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Frere, John:
"Account of Flint Weapons Discovered at Hoxne in Suffolk"., in Archaeologia, v. 13 (London, 1800): 204-205
- ^ "Hoxne handaxe". British Museum. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Chris Stringer, Homo Britannicus: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain (London: 2006)
- ^ Ronald Singer et al., The Lower Paleolithic Site at Hoxne, England (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993).
- ^ Stringer, Homo Britannicus, pp. 90f.
- ^ "Hoxne Brick Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Map of Hoxne Brick Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-7141-2301-1
- ^ Anthony D. Hippisley Coxe, Haunted Britain, pg. 105, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 1973
- ^ 'A Rhyming Chronicle of Incidents and Feelings', published anonymously, 1850
Bibliography
- Govier, Stephen (2006). The Illustrated History and Antiquities of Hoxne.
- Frere, John (1800). Account of Flint Weapons Discovered at Hoxne in Suffolk.
- Bishop, W.E. (1833). Views of Churches in the Hoxne Hundred.
- Rutherford, Betty (1973). A Wheelwright of Hoxne.
- Coleman, Nora. People Poverty and Protest.
- Evans, Margaret C. St Edmund and Hoxne. Stephen (illustrator), Govier.
- Govier, Stephen (2007). An Illustrated History and Guide to Diss, Norfolk.
External links
- Hoxne village website
- Ancient buildings, history, and walks, in Hoxne
- St. Peter and St. Paul Church
- Hoxne village hall
- Hoxne Mill
- Hoxne hoard of Roman artifacts
- Hoxne site of the Lower Paleolithic
- Hoxne handaxe
- Hoxne claim to martyrdom site of Saint Edmund
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