Finglesham

Finglesham
Finglesham
	The Crown public house, Finglesham
	Finglesham Location within Kent
OS grid reference	TR3353
District	Dover;
Shire county	Kent;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Deal
Postcode district	CT14 0
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
	List of places UK England Kent 51°14′06″N 1°20′24″E / 51.235°N 1.34°E

Finglesham is a village in the civil parish of Northbourne, and near Deal in Kent, England, which was the location of the Finglesham Anglo-Saxon cemetery, site of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon archaeology find known as "Finglesham man," as described in 1965 by Sonia Chadwick Hawkes and Hilda Ellis Davidson.^[1] The village takes its name from the Old English Pengles-ham, meaning 'prince's manor', with the Anglo-Saxon cemetery containing a number of aristocratic burials.^[2] The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Northbourne.

It is also known for the presence of a famous road sign (actually at nearby Finglesham Estuary), pointing to the nearby places of both Ham and Sandwich (and thus reading "ham sandwich" as if referring to the common item of food).

The village is also on the Miner's Way Trail. The trail links up the coalfield parishes of East Kent.^[3]

Finglesham buckle, showing the naked pagan God Woden with spears, horned helmet, belt buckle.
Ham Sandwich finger post

References

^ Sonia Chadwick Hawkes, H.R.E Davidson and C. Hawkes. 1965, "The Finglesham Man." Antiquity, 39: 17-32. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00031379
^ James Campbell. 1991, "The Anglo Saxons" p. 24-5
^ "The History of the Coalfield Parishes". www.dover.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

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[1] Sonia Chadwick Hawkes, H.R.E Davidson and C. Hawkes. 1965, "The Finglesham Man." Antiquity, 39: 17-32. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00031379

[2] James Campbell. 1991, "The Anglo Saxons" p. 24-5

[3] "The History of the Coalfield Parishes". www.dover.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

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v t e Settlements in the Dover District of Kent
	Towns	Deal Dover Sandwich Walmer
	Villages and hamlets	Alkham Ash Ashley Aycliff Aylesham Barfrestone Barnsole Betteshanger Buckland Buttsole Capel-le-Ferne Chillenden Church Whitfield Coldred Coombe Denton Drellingore East Langdon Eastry East Studdal Elmstone Elvington Ewell Minnis Eythorne Farthingloe Finglesham Frogham Goodnestone Great Mongeham Little Mongeham Guston Hacklinge Ham Hoaden Hougham Kearsney Kingsdown Knowlton Langdon Lydden Marley Marshborough Martin Martin Mill Maxton Nonington Northbourne Preston-next-Wingham Richborough Ringwould Ripple River Shepherdswell Sholden Snowdown St Margaret's at Cliffe Staple Stourmouth Sutton Swingate Temple Ewell Tilmanstone Waldershare Ware West Langdon West Studdal West Cliffe Westmarsh Whitfield Wingham Woodnesborough Wootton Worth
	Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Kent
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