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Putting the Staffordshire Hoard in Context
This is just a quick note to flag up a great talk by an excellent speaker coming up at Walsall Local History Centre on Monday 3rd March 2014, when Dr Chris Upton will be hosting a talk ‘The Kingdom of Mercia and the Staffordshire Hoard’.
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Posted in Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged 2014, 3rd March, Anglo, Archeology, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Chris, Doctor, Find, Gold, lecture, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Saxon, Staffordhire Hoard, Talk, Treasure, Upton, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Local History Centre
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The mystery of The Lost Stonnall Hoard
That there [Howmuch?] has found treasure. He actually found it in a charity bookshop in Lichfield, but his golden find actually pointed to a farmyard near Grove Hill, near Lower Stonnall/Thornes, in 1824. There was bronze in that there hill.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1824, Archeology, Bronze age, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, burial, David Cooms, Events, Find, finds, Gainsborough hill Farm, Greenborough, Hoard, Lichfield and South Staffordshire Archeological and Historical Society, Lily Chetty, local blogs, Local History, SGrove Hill, Shire Oak, Silly, Staffordshire, Stonnall, Things to do, Walsall Wood
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