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found in the various places might, after all, not be actual 
implements, but placed on the grave, as swords and imple- 
ments of war were in former times in Germany and other 
countries placed on the graves of many persons. Instead of 
burying the actual arms used by the persons so buried, it had 
been the custom to place with the corpse imitations of the 
land of weapon used, and thus there were miniature swords 
and other arms ; and it was a matter for consideration 
whether the unique celt, to which their attention had been 
drawn, might not be an imitation after all, though genuine 
as to its antiquity. 
The Rev. Scott F. Surtees, Rector of Sprotburgh, was 
the contributor of the next Paper, which, in that gentleman's 
absence, was kindly read by Dr. Scholfield, Honorary Local 
Secretary. It was as follows : — 
ON LOCAL NOMENCLATURE, AS DERIVED FROM SAXON SETTLE- 
MENTS IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE. 
A local meeting of this sort expects some local informa- 
tion. There are few parts of England, we believe, where 
subjects of greater interest could be found. These eastern 
coasts of ours were of easy access to the northern races, who 
yearly sailed from their fiords in search of adventure and 
plunder. The Humber and its tributaries, up which their 
narrow ships could run far into the inland country, we find 
were constantly visited, and Dune-muth, or mouth of the 
Don or Dun, is often mentioned as their resort ; it certainly 
was in the later years of the Heptarchy. Are there any 
traces of earlier visits to these parts ? Was there, or was 
there not, a Saxon settlement north of the Humber when 
the Saxons first settled on these shores ? The names of 
places in this neighbourhood answer the question for us. We 
