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  • Roman coin hoard buried in Wootton Fields, Northampton. © NMAG

    Wootton Coin Hoard

    Containing over 1900 coins this Roman hoard was found in Wootton Fields. They were buried during the later Roman period in a black pot.

    Roman 325 CE Roman and Early Medieval

  • old tin can and written note on paper

    A “Time Capsule” hidden in the early 1860s

    This tin can, 10.8cm tall, diameter 4.9cm, was discovered in the 1960s during the demolition of a row of houses in Burton Latimer called Wallis’s or Maycock’s Yard.

    1863 Modern