 Iron Age coins and a chariot fitting have been found in the parish, suggesting that settlement continued to develop in the parish during the Iron Age period.Roman coins, brooches, pottery and other metalwork including a cosmetic palette and part of a figurine have been found, although a specific settlement cannot be identified with any certainty.In the Domesday Book, Corpusty is a small settlement, whereas neighbouring Saxthorpe was much larger, and more valuable.