Black plaque № 76050

Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Saxon origins and St. Peter's church. St. Peter's church is one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in the county. Erected around 1170 by Simon De St. Liz, first Norman Earl of Northampton, on the site of an earlier Saxon church. Close by, archaeological excavations revealed that this was

the site of an early Saxon settlement (about 400-650 AD). Important mid-Saxon finds indicate that this could be the original Hamtun settlement, a centre of some importance being a royal estate that gr

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