Information for record number MWA679:
Findspot - Post Medieval coin hoard, Lighthorne.

Summary Findspot - a hoard of silver coins, all dating to the Post Medieval period, were found in Old School Lane, Lighthorne.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Lighthorne
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 55
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Civil War hoard 1642-49. SP342558. Half crowns, shillings and sixpences - England, Scotland and Ireland. Edward VI to Charles 1: 1551-1645/6. Their value in 1645 would have been £4 15s 3d.
2 The find was made at the front of the last cottage on the left up Old School Lane at SP34325588. The find was made when the cottage was occupied. Date not known but between 1970 and 1980. Present location of coins unknown.
3 Source of reference
1 uncertain.
4 The hoard comprised 93 silver coins and was uncovered in a trench outside the cottage in 1972. Claims dates varied between 1551 and 1646.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: The Incomplete History of Lighthorne
Author/originator: Hinman, P
Date: 2000
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: C.Goode personal comment
Author/originator: Goode C
Date: 1989
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C.Hingley personal comment
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument CIVIL * This is the top term for the class. See CIVIL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument TRENCH * An excavation used as a means of concealment, protection or both. back

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