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{{Stars2|Category = Found in Britain|CategoryFile=VA_Hoards found in Britain.jpg|Typology = Viking Age burials|TypologyFile = burial_map.jpg|Limit=2}} This list of burials is currently a work in progress. More information will be added over time but it is hoped that even the meager information supplied here will be of some use. Any list of {{Viking burials is going to be open to discussion. Many of these burials were discovered in the 19th century, long before modern archaeological practices came into use.<br><br>The map is derived from Richards [RICHARDS 2004:p.191] Graham-Campbell [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1994:p.134, 153] and from a map displayed from a Jorvik exhibition in York 2012.<br><br>[[Viking burials found in Scotland]]<br>[[Viking burials found in the Isle of Man]]<br> ===Status===The reliability of pagan graves varies. The 'Status' rating gives an indication of the current thinking relating to the finds reliability.<br> <br>Accepted (A)<br>There is a good contemporary archaeological record of the find. Including a diagram of the grave and finds, etc. <br>Possible (P)<br>The contemporary archaeological record of the find is not as good but the grave goods would tend to indicate a pagan grave. The grave may be located in a mound or Church yard.<br>Discredited (D)<br>The argument in favour of this being a Viking grave has now been discredited although it has previously been published as such in the past. These are most probably just stray finds.<br><br>}}
==Index by County ==
'''Berkshire'''
*[[#ReadingEngland, Berkshire: Reading|Reading]]*[[#SonningEngland, Berkshire: Sonning|Sonning]]
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'''Cambridgeshire'''
*[[#Wicken FenEngland, Cambridgeshire: Wicken Fen|Wicken Fen '''(P)''']]
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'''Cumbria'''
*[[#OrmsideEngland, Cumbria: Appleby-in-Westmoreland, CumbriaWestmorland|Appleby-in-WestmorelandWestmorland, Ormside]]*[[#AspatriaEngland, Cumbria: Aspatria|Aspatria]]*[[#Carlisle CathedralEngland, Cumbria: Brigham|Brigham '''(P)''']]*[[#England, Cumbria: Carlisle|Carlisle Cathedral]]*[[#CumwhittonEngland, Cumbria: Cumwhitton|Cumwhitton]]*[[#EaglesfieldEngland, Cumbria: Eaglesfield|Eaglesfield '''(P)''']]*[[#England, Cumbria: Hesket-in-Forest, Cumbria|Hesket-in-Forest]]*[[#WitherslackEngland, CumberlandCumbria: Witherslack|Witherslack '''(P)''']]*[[#England, Cumbria: Workington|Workington, West Seaton '''(P)''']]
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'''Derbyshire'''
*[[#InglebyEngland, Derbyshire: Ingleby|Ingleby]]*[[#ReptonEngland, Derbyshire: Repton|Repton]]
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'''Dorset'''
*[[#WeymouthEngland, Dorset: Weymouth|Dorset]]
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'''Hampshire'''
*[[#West Ham nr. BasingstokeEngland, Hampshire: Basingstoke|Basingstoke, West Ham '''(D)''']]
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'''Essex'''
*[[#England, Essex: Leigh-on-sea, Essex|Leigh-on-sea]]*[[#Saffron WaldenEngland, Essex: Saffron Walden|Saffron Walden]]*[[#Waltham AbbeyEngland, Essex: Waltham Abbey|Waltham Abbey '''(D)''']]*[[#WalthamstowEngland, Essex: Walthamstow|Walthamstow '''(D)''']]
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'''Lancashire'''
*[[#Claughton HallEngland, Lancashire: Claughton Hall|Claughton Hall]]*[[#HeyshamEngland, Lancashire: Heysham|Heysham]]*[[#RampsideEngland, Lancashire: Rampside|Rampside '''(P)''']]
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'''Lincolnshire'''
*[[#TorkseyEngland, Lincolnshire: Torksey|Torksey]]
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'''Norfolk'''
*[[#GooderstoneEngland, Norfolk: Gooderstone|Gooderstone '''(D)''']]*[[#Middle HarlingEngland, Norfolk: Middle Harling|Middle Harling]]*[[#Santon DownhamEngland, Norfolk: Santon Downham|Santon Downham]]*[[#SedgefordEngland, Norfolk: Sedgeford|Sedgeford '''(P)''']]*[[#ThetfordEngland, Norfolk: Thetford|Thetford '''(P)''']]
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'''Northumberland'''
*[[#BedlingtonEngland, Northumberland: Bedlington|Bedlington]]
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'''Nottinghamshire'''
*[[#NottinghamEngland, Nottinghamshire: Nottingham|Nottingham '''(P)''']]*[[#FarndonEngland, Nottinghamshire: Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire|Farndon, Newark-on-Trent , Farndon '''(P)''']]
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'''Oxfordshire'''
*[[#Hook NortonEngland, Oxfordshire: Hook Norton|Hook Norton]]*[[#River Cherwell at Magdalen BridgeEngland, Oxfordshire: Oxford|Oxford, Magdalen Bridge '''(D)''']]
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'''Yorkshire'''
*[[#England, South Yorkshire: Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire|Adwick-le-Street]]*[[#CamphillEngland, North Yorkshire: Bedale|Bedale, Camphill]]*[[#England, North Yorkshire: Kildale|BedaleKildale]]*[[#Wensley ChurchyardEngland, YorksSouth Yorkshire: Wensley|Wensley Churchyard]]
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== List by Find Date ==
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===[[:Category:England, Lincolnshire: Torksey|England, Lincolnshire: Torksey]]===
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<br>====Torksey, Lincolnshire====:Find date- Mass burial. Excavated in 2011:Bodies- :Dated to- 872-873AD:Grave goods- :Publications-::*[http[://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/research/current-projects/torksey/#tab-3 york.ac.uk]Category:England, Dorset:*[httpWeymouth|England, Dorset://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/viking-torksey-inside-the-great-armys-winter-camp.htm archaeology.co.ukWeymouth]]===<galleryhr></gallery><blockquote style="background-color{{Category: #f5fffa; border:1px solid #cef2e0;">:Part of a group of winter camp sites of the Great Heathen Army::[[#TorkseyEngland, Lincolnshire|Torksey]] 872-873ADDorset:[[#Repton, Derbyshire|Repton]] and [[#Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire|Heath Wood, Ingleby]] 873-874AD</blockquote>Weymouth}}
<br>====Weymouth, Dorset====[[:Find date- Mass burial. Excavated in 2009Category:Bodies- up to 54 decapitated males England, Cumbria:Dated to- 970-1025ADCumwhitton|England, Cumbria:Grave goods- None:Publications-::*[http://oxfordarchaeology.com/case-studies/33-burial-archaeology/108 Oxford Archaeology oxfordarchaeology.comCumwhitton]]===<galleryhr></gallery>{{Category:England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton}}
<br>====Cumwhitton, Cumbria====[[:'''Status- Accepted'''Category:Find date- Excavated in 2004:Bodies- 4 men and 2 women:Dated to- AD 900-950:Grave goods- ::Grave 1. Female::*''2 oval brooches- type P51''::*''1 glass bead (near skull)''::*''small knife and iron key (near waist)''::*''iron-bound wooden box - containing:'':::*''lead spindle whorlEngland, glass linen smoother, shears, antler comb, sewing needle, possible metal needle case''South Yorkshire::Grave 2. Female::*''belt: buckle with plate Adwick- tinned copper alloy, and strap end le- copper alloy. (near waist). Traces of seal pelt found between the plates.''::*''necklace: 6 glass beadsStreet|England, 1 chain-link - copper alloy. 2 other beads were also found any may have belonged to the necklace.'':South Yorkshire:*''finger ring Adwick- oille-shale''Street]]===::*''arm ring - oil-shale''<hr>{{Category::*''chain-link - copper alloy (near waist). Possibly part of a suspension strap for a drinking horn along with the other chain-link identified as also being part of the necklace (Paterson 2014England, p.72)''South Yorkshire::*''drinking horn mount Adwick- copper alloy and fragments of horn.''::*''sickle, shears, antler comb (found together)''::Grave 3. Male::*''ringed pin''::*''6 glass beads, 1 amber bead, 2 silver finger rings, 1 silver suspension loop (near neck). May have been in a bag or a necklace''::*''sword le- type U''::*''knife''::*''folding knife (near waist)''::*''whetstone (near waist)''::*''2 buckles and strap slides (near foot). For spurs''::Grave 4. Male::*''belt: buckle with plate - copper alloy, and strap end - copper alloy''::*''ringed pin'' ::*''glass bead''::*''sword - type L. remains of scabbard including traces of a small buckle''::*''spearhead - type K, with part of wooden shaft - ash''::*''axehead - type E, part of haft - boxwood. possibly butt hafted''::*''shield boss - R564/R562, estimated 80-95cm shield diameter''::*''possible strike-a-light''::*''knife''::Grave 5. Male::*''buckle with plate - copper alloy, and strap end - copper alloy''::*''pair of iron prick spurs, with attached plates. Also with an associated buckle and strap guide.''::*''a glass bead and an amber bead (near neck)''::*''sword - type X, and scabbard - sheep lined, poplar or willow wood lathes, covered in leather''::*''2 strap ends - possibly part of a sword baldric or possibly a 'peace tie'.''::*''spear - Type K''::*''Seax with a silver inlaid horn handle and some traces of the leather sheath, along with copper-alloy binding strips ''::*''drinking horn rim mount (near head)''::*''folding knife''::*''flints, a silver coin, a glass disc, a knife, and a ringed pin (near left hip). possibly all in a pouch''::*''iron chain''::Grave 6. Male::*''buckle with plate - copper alloy''::*''spearhead - type G but with a longer socket and no mid rib''::*''knife with horn handle''::from the plough soil::*''oval brooch - maybe belonging to grave 2''::*''buckle - copper alloy - maybe belonging to grave 1''::*''ringed pin - copper alloy - maybe belonging to grave 6, or even graves 1 or 2''::*''large amber annular bead''::*''4 glass beads''::*''sword - type L - maybe belonging to grave 6''::*''spearhead - too damaged to type''::*''spearhead - type I''::*''spearhead - possibly a type G''::*''possible seax''::*''key - copper alloy''::*''possible antler comb''::*''possible folding knife''::*''possible folding knife''::*''knife blade''::*''spur fragments''::*''buckle - iron'':Publications-{{MajorRef|Paterson 2014Street}}::*[http://finds.org.uk/news/stories/article/id/124 Portable Antiquities Scheme PAS]::*[http://www.thehumanjourney.net/html_pages/microsites/vikingburial/indepth.htm thehumanjourney.net]<gallery></gallery>
<br>====Adwick-le-Street[[:Category:England, South Yorkshire=Derbyshire: Ingleby|England, Derbyshire: Ingleby]]===:Find date- Excavated in 2001<hr>:Bodies- Viking Woman.:Dated to- C9th:Grave goods- ::*''Copper-alloy Bowl''::*''Pair of non-identical oval brooches. Both Petersen type P37.''::*''Hangerock. Textile remains preserved on the rears of the oval brooches and on the knife have been identified as z-spun tabby weave made from plant fibre (linen). In addition a number of thin linen strips (4mm wide) were found around the pins of the brooches. It appears that there was a pair of loops at the base of the brooch and a single loop at the top.''::*''Iron key; iron knife'':Publications- :*{{ListRef|SpeedCategory:England, Greg & Walton Rogers 2004Derbyshire: Ingleby}} <gallery></gallery>
<br>====Heath Wood[[:Category:England, InglebyNorfolk: Sedgeford|England, Derbyshire=Norfolk: Sedgeford]]===:'''Status- Accepted'''<hr>:Find date- Excavated 3 times, 1855; 1941-1949; 1998-2000AD:Bodies- Male warrior cremation burials; other cremation burials and mounds.:Dated to- 873-878AD:Grave goods- ::*''Swords''::*''buckles'':Publications- :*{{ListRef|Richards 1995}}Category:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004B}}England, Norfolk:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|pp.23-116Sedgeford}}:*{{ListRef|Owen & Dalland 1999|p.167}}<gallery></gallery><blockquote style="background-color: #f5fffa; border:1px solid #cef2e0;">:Part of a group of winter camp sites of the Great Heathen Army::[[#Torksey, Lincolnshire|Torksey]] 872-873AD:[[#Repton, Derbyshire|Repton]] and [[#Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire|Heath Wood, Ingleby]] 873-874AD</blockquote>
<br>====Sedgeford[[:Category:England, Norfolk=Cumbria: Carlisle|England, Cumbria: Carlisle]]===:Also known as '''Status- PossibleCarlisle Cathedral''':Find date- 1997<hr>{{Category:Bodies- Woman and a horse found in Christian graveyardEngland, Cumbria:Dated to- ?:Grave goods- None:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.112Carlisle}}<gallery></gallery>
<br>====Carlisle Cathedral[[:Category:England, Cumbria=Derbyshire: Repton|England, Derbyshire: Repton]]===:Find date- 1988<hr>{{Category:Bodies- England, Derbyshire:Dated to- :Grave goods- ::*''Buckles''::*''Strap ends''::*''small whetstone'':Publications-:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.202Repton}}<gallery></gallery>
<br>====Repton[[:Category:England, Derbyshire=Norfolk: Middle Harling|England, Norfolk: Middle Harling]]===:Find date- Excavated between 1974-1988AD<hr>:Bodies- Male warrior burial; Female burial; another single male burial and 2 double burials.:Dated to- 873-874AD:Grave goods- ::*''Thors hammer''::*''sword and scabbard''::*''buckles''::*''iron knives (one a folding knife'':Publications- :*{{ListRef|Biddle & Kjolbye-Biddle 1992}}Category:*{{ListRef|Biddle & Kjolbye-Biddle 2001|pp.55-92}} England, Norfolk:*{{ListRef|Owen & Dalland 1999|p.167Middle Harling}}<gallery></gallery><blockquote style="background-color: #f5fffa; border:1px solid #cef2e0;">:Part of a group of winter camp sites of the Great Heathen Army::[[#Torksey, Lincolnshire|Torksey]] 872-873AD:[[#Repton, Derbyshire|Repton]] and [[#Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire|Heath Wood, Ingleby]] 873-874AD</blockquote>
<br>====Middle Harling, Norfolk====:'''Status- Accepted''':Find date- 1986:Bodies- Man:Dated to- late 9th / early 10th [MARGESON 1997]. Graham suggests that it may possibly date later based on the copper alloy buckle [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001] :Grave goods- Category::* 4 knives. One (possibly two?) with a pivoting blade.::* Whetstone::* Spur. found by the right foot.::* Brass buckle with iron plateEngland, rectangular. found at the waist and from a belt.Essex::* Iron buckleWaltham Abbey|England, D shaped. found by the left knee.Essex::* Ear scoop. copper alloy. found in the filling 11cm above the grave.Waltham Abbey]]===:Publications- <hr>:*{{ListRef|Margeson 1997|p.16-17}}Category:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.111England, Essex: Waltham Abbey}}<gallery></gallery>
<br>====Waltham Abbey[[:Category:England, Essex=North Yorkshire: Wensley|England, North Yorkshire: Wensley]]===:<span style="color:#FF0000">'''Status- Discredited'''</spanhr>{{Category:Find date- 1985-1991England, North Yorkshire:Bodies- Man:Dated to- late 10th / early 11th :Grave goods- ::* decorated copper alloy plate. Now identified as a stirrup mount.:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.115Wensley}}:* Hall 2004? p.205<gallery></gallery>
<br>====Wensley Churchyard, Yorks====[[:'''Status- Accepted'''Category:Find date- 1967England, Berkshire:Bodies- MaleSonning|England, found in a churchyardBerkshire:Dated to- ?Sonning]]===:Grave goods- (British Museum)<hr>{{Category::*Sword Petersen type L::*Spearhead::*Sickle bladeEngland, ironBerkshire::*Knife:Publications-:*{{ListRef|Roesdahl 1981|p.77 cat.E26Sonning}}<gallery></gallery>
<br>====Sonning[[:Category:England, Berkshire=Cambridgeshire: Wicken Fen|England, Cambridgeshire: Wicken Fen]]===:'''Status- Accepted'''<hr>{{Category:Find date- 1966:Bodies- 2 Male skeletons:Dated to- ?:Grave goods- ::*Sword ::*Knife::*Bronze ringed pinEngland, with a missing ring.Cambridgeshire::*6 arrow heads::*unidentified iron strip?:Discussion- The grave goods for the two skeletons are listed together and it is now not possible to determine what items were originally associated with what skeleton.:Publications-:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.115Wicken Fen}}<gallery></gallery>
<br>====Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire====[[:'''Status- Possible'''Category:Find date- ?England, Norfolk:Bodies- ? :Dated to- ?:Grave goods- ::* Seax 'late Anglo-Saxon'::* KnifeGooderstone|England, possibly saxon.Norfolk:Discussion- Considered very possible. Gooderstone]]===:Publications-<hr>:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.112}}Category:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.205England, Norfolk: Gooderstone}}<gallery></gallery>
<br>====Gooderstone[[:Category:England, Norfolk=: Thetford|England, Norfolk: Thetford]]===:<span style="color:#FF0000">'''Status- Discredited'''</spanhr>:Find date- 1957:Bodies- ? found by ploughing:Dated to- ?:Grave goods- ::* Sword fragment:Discussion- Graham-Campbell states that this find should be removed from all location maps of Viking graves as has already been done by Richards [RICHARDS 2004].:Publications-:*{{ListRef|Wilson 1976|p.394}}Category:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.112England, Norfolk: Thetford}}<gallery>Norwich-Sword Gooderstone hilt.jpgNorwich-Sword Gooderstone.jpg</gallery>
<br>====Thetford, Norfolk====:'''Status- Accepted''':Find date- 1953:Bodies- 2 burials:Dated to- ?:Grave goods- First Grave::* Sword 'late Anglo-saxon'. Possibly ritually killed. [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001[:p.112]Category:Grave goods- Second Grave::* SpearEngland, fragmentary. [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001Lancashire:p.112]::* Knife (now lost):Publications- :*{{ListRefRampside|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.112}}<gallery>Norwich-Sword Thetford.jpgNorwich-Sword Thetford hilt.jpg</gallery> ====RampsideEngland, Lancashire=: Rampside]]===:'''Status- Possible'''<hr>:Find date- 1909?:Bodies- None, found in a churchyard:Dated to- ?:Grave goods- (Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness)::Sword Petersen type M:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.18}}Category:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.202}} :*{{ListRef|Edwards 1998|p.21-22}}<gallery></gallery> ====WorkingtonEngland, Cumberland====Lancashire:'''Status- Possible''':Find date- 1902-1903 :Bodies- None:Dated to- ?:Grave goods- ::Sword Petersen type W or X possibly still in its scabbard.:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.21Rampside}}:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1998|p.21}}:*Edwards, B. J. N. 'The West Seaton Viking Sword' (Not available to the authors) <gallery></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Workington|England, Cumbria: Workington]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Witherslack|England, Cumbria: Witherslack]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Essex: Walthamstow|England, Essex: Walthamstow]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Hampshire: Basingstoke|England, Hampshire: Basingstoke]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Appleby-in-Westmorland|England, Cumbria: Appleby-in-Westmorland]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Nottinghamshire: Newark-on-Trent|England, Nottinghamshire: Newark-on-Trent]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Essex: Leigh-on-sea|England, Essex: Leigh-on-sea]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Lancashire: Inskip|England, Lancashire: Inskip]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Oxfordshire: Oxford|England, Oxfordshire: Oxford]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Essex: Saffron Walden|England, Essex: Saffron Walden]]===
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===[[:Category:England, North Yorkshire: Bedale|England, North Yorkshire: Bedale]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Norfolk: Santon Downham|England, Norfolk: Santon Downham]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Brigham|England, Cumbria: Brigham]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Northumberland: Bedlington|England, Northumberland: Bedlington]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Nottinghamshire: Nottingham|England, Nottinghamshire: Nottingham]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Oxfordshire: Hook Norton|England, Oxfordshire: Hook Norton]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Berkshire: Reading|England, Berkshire: Reading]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Lancashire: Claughton Hall|England, Lancashire: Claughton Hall]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Hesket-in-the-Forest|England, Cumbria: Hesket-in-the-Forest]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Eaglesfield|England, Cumbria: Eaglesfield]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Lancashire: Heysham|England, Lancashire: Heysham]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Aspatria|England, Cumbria: Aspatria]]===
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== References ==
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{{Ref|Margeson 1997Harrison & Ó Floinn 2014|x}}{{Ref|Redknap 2000|x}}{{Ref|Redmond 2007|x}}{{Ref|Richards 2004|Xx}}
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