A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Bits of Castor ware found in Hunsbury Camp [ibid. p. 59]. Hunsbury Camp itself 



is of Late Celtic occupation, but the site and its vicinity were obviously not wholly 



deserted in the Roman period. 

 Hargrave. — Stone coffin and skeleton found November, 1893, near Raunds : the stone is 



said to be Weldon rag [Associated Archil. Soc. Reports, xxii. 83]. Uncertain if Roman. 

 Harlestone. — Urn [Mr. W. Hull]. 

 Harpole. — Two villas : see p. 197. 

 Helpstone. — Villa: seep. 189. 

 Heyford. — Villa : see p. 196. 

 Hicham Ferrers. — A few years before 1838, what were thought to be * hot baths of Roman 



construction ' were found in the castle yard near the church. No proper notice was 



taken and no account kept [John Cole, History of Higham Ferrers (Wellingborough, 



1838), pp. 2, 102. Hence Whellan, p. 917]. The 'baths' were never seen by any 



expert, and no other Roman remains, small or large, have been noted at or near the spot, 



and the thing is probably a mistake : see Irthlingborough, below. 



Fragment of Roman pottery, found outside the village [Cole. p. 2]. 

 HoLCOT. — Bronze coin of Marcus [J. Gooch]. 



HoRTON. — Steelyard [Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, xv. 50]. 

 Houghton. — Gold coin of Gaius and Lucius (Cohen 42 or imitation thereof) found 17 17, 



400 yards from CliflFord's Hill [Bridges, i. 373 ; Stukeley's Diaries, iii. 44]. Morton, 



p. 518, and Bridges also vaguely mention coins at Clifford's Hill. The ' hill ' itself has 



no Roman features. 

 Irch ester. — Probably small town : p. 178. 



Gold coin of Eugenius (Cohen 6 ?) in Irchester village. 

 Irthlingborough. — Ornamented bricks, probably from a floor, found near the Tankerdyke 



hedge [John Cole, History of Higham Ferrers, p. 230]. This, like the Higham Ferrers 



' bath ' above-mentioned, may be an error. 

 IsHAM. — Coins mentioned vaguely [Archteological Journal, xxxv. 271]. 

 Isup. — Urns and human bones found 1757 and 1878 : the find of 1878 may be jwst-Roman. 



If so, the other might be the same, for Roman pottery was not accurately distinguished 



in 1757 [Gentleman's Magazine (17S7), p. 20 ; Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 



ix. 89]. A coin of the Early Empire found here is in Northampton Museum : this 



might also quite possibly occur in a post-Roman interment. 

 Kettering. — Coins of Antonia, Claudius, Trajan, Marcus, Faustina, Carausius, Allectus, 



Constantine, Maximian, and a 'second brass' of Caligula (? Cohen 4) [Society of Anti- 

 quaries, MS. minutes, 1726 ; Gough's Add. to Camden, ii. 281]. 

 Kingscliffe. — Iron slag and coins ; in churchyard, at Lordley Well and at Redford [Associated 



Archit. Soc. Reports, v. 99 ; Archaeological "Journal, xxxv. 271 ; Archaologia, xliii. 118]. 

 Kings Sutton. — Villa : see p. 201. 



Iron knife and chopper and denarius of Vespasian at Astrop [Journal of the British 



Archieological Association, xvii. 70]. See also Charlton. 

 KiNGSTHORPE. — Three or four silver coins of Sev. Alexander and some later ' third brass ' 



[Northampton Museum]. 

 Laxton. — Iron slag, vaguely mentioned in Archteologia, xxxv. 269. 

 LiLBOURNE. — The Roman ' station ' on Watling Street placed here by Morton [p. 508 : 



hence Bridges, i. 571] and the hotontinus imagined by Camden [ii. 271] seem wholly 



imaginary. There are non-Roman earthworks here. 

 LoNGTHORPE. — Villa: see p. 189. 

 LowiCK. — Villa: see p. 194. 

 Marston St. Lawrence. — Urns, 2 coins (i Carausius), skeleton [Gentleman's Magazine 



(1843), i. 338]. But probably Saxon burial, with Roman coins in it, as often : see 



Archeeologia, xlviii. 327. 

 Maxey. — Silver coin of Maximian [Morton, p. 532 ; Gibson's Castor, ed. 2, p. 63]. 

 Mears Ashby. — Kiln, 'wasters' of light grey ware, found 1899 [Northampton Museum]. 

 Middleton Cheney. — Remains of doubtful age in Seabridge Close and a Cold Harbour 



there : see p. 201. 

 Naseby. — Earthenware urn with 38 silver coins (2 Vespasian, I Nerva, 12 Trajan, 9 Hadrian, 



I Matidia, 6 Pius, 2 Faustina senior, 5 Marcus) found 1874 [Archaeological Journal, 



xxxii. 112]. 

 Newbottle. — Pottery, plate of pewter or lead, in Hill Spinney [Northampton Museum]. 



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