Further excavations turned up 72 graves at the site located at Welbeck Hill in Irby-on-Humber, Lincolnshire. Mr Taylor, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, left the collection to his wife and four adult children in his will. 'Gordon used to enjoy field walking and, one day in 1962, came across a piece of femur bone and a fragment of Anglo-Saxon pottery on the surface. 'This memorial collection of Anglo-Saxon material was part of a 5th – 6th century cemetery three miles from Laceby in Lincolnshire. 'This amazing collection of Anglo-Saxon objects includes important finds which help us to understand Anglo-Saxon life with burials taking place over a 200-year period.

Source: Daily Mail February 05, 2019 11:03 UTC