Upper Broughton History Group Events for 2026
Our next meeting is:
A Visit to the University of Nottingham to learn more about the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Broughton Lodge
Tuesday June 30th at 10.30am, meeting at the University of Nottingham Museum, close to Lakeside, there is some parking available.
The diverse grave goods excavated at the well-connected 6th century Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Broughton Lodge (close to where the road to Willoughby crosses the A46) testify to a wealthy community with wide-ranging trade links – but, as well as new objects and materials, did these networks help to spread deadly diseases, and might this explain the unusually high number of multiple burials identified at Broughton Lodge? We will be in the capable hands of Ann Inscker who jointly curated the exhibition and Dr Clare Pickersgill the Keeper of the Museum.
We need to give the University an idea of numbers, so if you are coming along, please reply to this email or let Rosemary know on 07946 547298.