Bressingham's Saxon skeleton given Christian funeral - The
Saxons, Angles and Jutes began attacking Roman Britain from
their native lands in northern Germany and southern Denmark in
AD 410 - The continental invaders were generally called "Saxons"
by their neighbours. England is still called "Sasana" in Gaelic
- By 500 AD, many invaders had settled and they occupied most of
England east of a line from the Humber to the Isle of Wight
Source: BBC History A Saxon skeleton has been reburied three
years after it was discovered in the ruins of a burnt-out
Norfolk pub. The remains were unearthed when the Chequers Inn,
Bressingham, was being demolished following a fire in 2009.
Tests revealed the middle-aged man was alive around 665 AD.
Following a funeral service, the man was reburied in the
churchyard of St John the Baptist, Bressingham, just yards from
his original burial place under the pub. The service was held by
the Rev Canon Tony Billett, and the coffin and headstone donated
by local companies. Diana Burroughe