Finglesham
| Finglesham | |
 The Crown public house, Finglesham |
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  Finglesham |
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| OS grid reference | TR3353 |
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| District | Dover |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
Coordinates: 51°14′06″N 1°20′24″E / 51.235°N 1.34°E
Finglesham is a village near Deal in Kent, England, which was the location of the Finglesham Anglo-Saxon cemetery, site of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon archaeology find known as "Finglesham man," as described in 1965 by Sonia Chadwick Hawkes and Hilda Ellis Davidson.[1]
It is also known for the presence of a famous road sign (actually at nearby Finglesham Estuary), pointing to the nearby places of both Ham and Sandwich (and thus reading "ham sandwich" as if referring to the common item of food).
The village is also on the Miner's Way Trail. The trail links up the coalfield parishes of East Kent.[2]
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Finglesham buckle, showing the naked pagan God Woden with spears, horned helmet, belt buckle.
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Ham Sandwich finger post
References
- ↑ Sonia Chadwick Hawkes, H.R.E Davidson and C. Hawkes. 1965, "The Finglesham Man." Antiquity, 39: 17-32.
- ↑ "The History of the Coalfield Parishes". www.dover.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
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