Monument record 0092600000 - ELLESBOROUGH GOLF CLUB

Summary

Saxon cemetery found whilst digging a bunker. Three Saxon inhumations found on the golf course at Ellesborough in 1908. One was accompanied by a double-sided comb, firesteel, and a panther cowrie shell.

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INHUMATION CEMETERY (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

3 INHUMATIONS DISCOVERED ON GOLF COURSE DURING DIGGING OF BUNKER 30' x 8'. SITE C.230M N OF CASS 00930. 1ST BODY, CROUCHED BURIAL, MALE C.60. GRAVE 45-51CM DEEP. 2ND BODY MALE PROB 40-45, EXTENDED BURIAL. GRAVE 51CM DEEP. 3RD BODY FAIRLY TALL MALE UNDER 25. GRAVE 80CM DEEP (B1).

Three Anglo-Saxon inhumations were discovered on the golf course at Ellesborough in 1908, during an excavation measuring 30 ft long N-S and 8 ft wide for a new bunker. The spot is perhaps 250 yds north of the storage pit site (See SP 80 NW 11)(B1) at SP 845070(B3)
Discovered with the interments was an iron knife, a small iron buckle, a small piece of iron which may have been a part of a knife with a rounded end, a double sided comb, a think piece of iron with turned back ends and the shell of a Panther Cowry(B1) The finds and two skulls are in the Bucks Co Museum(B3).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (10)

---SBC19442 Photograph: Head J. ?. Print of cowrie shell and bone comb from 1908 Ellesborough Gol Course excavations.
<1>SBC3066 Article in serial: Alfred Heneage Cocks. 1909. 'ANGLO SAXON BURIALS AT ELLESBOROUGH', IN RECS OF BUCKS 9 PP425-430 PLS I-III. Vol 9.
<2>SBC6220 Article in serial: J F Head. 1946. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AD 450-700', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP301-340. Vol 14, part 6. pp322-323.
<3>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p57.
<4>SBC1284 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS 1908,1973 & 1979.
<5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<6>SBC10032 Bibliographic reference: OAKLEY K P 1943 COWRY SHELL& FLINT CORES FROM ASHE N PLAINS,DURSLEY,GLOS.IN BRISTOL&GLOSARCHSOCTRANS.
<7>SBC4941 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E APRIL 1975.
<8>SBC28074 Unpublished document: Helen Geake. 1997. The use of grave-goods in Conversion-period England, c.600-c.850.
<9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1999.

Location

Grid reference	SP 84500 07000 (point)
Civil Parish	ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire