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| 469 of 1764 Document |
| Archive: | Manning | Unique ID: | 474 | ||||||||
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Dorchester | Item No.: | 89 | No. of Sheets: | 1 |
| Title: | Transcript of a note sent to Mr Percy Manning by Reverend J.E. Field of Benson on 27 December 1901. | ||||
| Content: | The note included reference to the Oxfordshire Times, June 4, 1886. Mentions that Mr J. Oldrid Scott read a paper on Dorchester Abbey to the Berkshire Archaeological and Historical Society describing the excavations in the north east Chapel. There they found a Roman pavement with remains of burnt corn and bones underneath, which they took to be the debris of a pagan sacrifice. | ||||
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