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parish catalogue - swafield

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place names

Domesday Book entry: Suafelda, Suaffelda, Suauelda.1

Name origin: Possibly meaning "open land with a track", from Anglo-Saxon swaeth, meaning track, and feld, meaning field, often a forest clearing2,4. The former is the origin of "swath" or "swathe", the latter of "field"3. The name may also mean therefore, 'open land with swathes', the latter being areas of cut, laying corn.

Other place names: Bradfield, "broad open land", from Anglo-Saxon brad, meaning broad or open, and feld, meaning field, often a forest clearing2,5. The former is the origin of "broad", the latter of "field"3.

Named water features: Part of the River Ant, as the North Walsham & Dilham Canal, passes through this parish. See Antingham parish for name details [not yet catalogued]. Antingham Ponds form part of the parish boundary. Bradfield Beck, from Bradfield hamlet, "beck" from Old Norse for brook, stream.

other features of interest

none catalogued.

sites

stone age finds sites

none catalogued.

bronze age finds sites

none catalogued.

iron age finds sites

none catalogued.

roman and romano-british sites

none catalogued.

anglo-saxon sites

none catalogued.

anglo-viking sites

none catalogued.

finds

finds of uncatalogued age

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-28. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Undated prehistoric potboilers. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.2 : A

stone age finds finds

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-44. Excavation Dates: 1987. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Mesolithic or neolithic flint micro blade and flake. Source: NWHCM6 : 2000.81.14.8 : A

mesolithic finds

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-41. Excavation Dates: 1977. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Possibly mesolithic flint blade with retouched edges. Source: NWHCM6 : 2000.81.14.6 : A

neolithic finds

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-14. Excavation Dates: 1977. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic partly polished flint axehead or chisel with broken butt. Source: NWHCM6 : 1977.204 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-16. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic worked flints. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.2 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-21. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic worked flints. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.5 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-25. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic worked flints. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.10 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-29. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic worked flints. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.2 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-31. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic worked flints. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.4 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-32. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic worked flints. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.6 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-33. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic worked flints. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.7 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-34. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic worked flints. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.8 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-35. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic worked flints. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.9 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-37. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic worked flints. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.10 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-39. Excavation Dates: 1987. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic flint flake. Source: NWHCM6 : 2000.81.14.4 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-40. Excavation Dates: 1987. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic flint scraper. Source: NWHCM6 : 2000.81.14.5 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-42. Excavation Dates: 1987. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic retouched flake. Source: NWHCM6 : 2000.81.14.6 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-43. Excavation Dates: 1987. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Neolithic flint scraper and 3 flakes. Source: NWHCM6 : 2000.81.14.7 : A

bronze age finds finds

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-45. Excavation Dates: 1987. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Bronze Age cast copper alloy axe head fragment. Source: NWHCM6 : 2004.715.1 : A

iron age finds finds

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-46. Excavation Dates: 2002. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Iron Age cast copper alloy bead. Source: NWHCM6 : 2004.715.2 : A

roman and romano-british finds

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-15. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Romano-British pottery sherds. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.1 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-17. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Roman pottery sherds. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.2 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-18. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Romano-British pottery sherds. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.3 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-22. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Roman pottery sherds. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.5 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-24. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Roman pottery sherds. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.9 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-27. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Roman pottery sherds. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.1 : A

anglo-saxon finds

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-19. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Anglo-Saxon pottery sherds. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.3 : A

anglo-viking finds

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-20. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Anglo-Viking pottery sherds. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.3 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-23. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Anglo-Viking pottery sherds. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.5 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-26. Excavation Dates: 1985. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Anglo-Viking bronze openwork furniture mount. Source: NWHCM6 : 1985.404.11 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-30. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Anglo-Viking pottery sherds. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.3 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-36. Excavation Dates: 1986. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Anglo-Viking pottery sherd. Source: NWHCM6 : 1986.64.9 : A

rating five out of five. Catalogue Number: AN-38. Excavation Dates: 1987. Grid Reference: uncatalogued. Status: Verified. Details: Possibly Anglo-Viking cast copper alloy stud with loop. Source: NWHCM6 : 2000.81.14.3 : A

unanswered questions

Can you help answer any of the questions below, and including citations of primary or secondary sources? If so, please contact me.

  1. Do you know of any finds or sites predating the Norman period in Swafield parish?

primary sources

none catalogued.

secondary sources

1Williams, Ann & Martin, G.H. ( eds.) (2002) Domesday Book, A Complete Translation. Penguin Classics.

2 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epncurrent/php/detailpop.php?placeno=9684

3Allen, R.E. ( ed.) (1990) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 8th Edition. OUP.

4Mills, A.D. ( ed.) (1991). Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names OUP.

5 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epncurrent/php/detailpop.php?placeno=9668

6 http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/

tertiary sources

none catalogued.

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