Some medieval shoe buckles and an Edward I penny have been found in the Cadney area, Brigg Heritage Centre has been told by the man who unearthed them. He has taken pictures for posterity.
This period English history not being our specialist era, we had to look it up: Edward I (lived 1239 -1307), also known as Edward Longshanks, reigned from 1272 to 1307. He was The first son of Henry III.
Mention the history of Cadney and Newstead Priory springs to mind but we've no idea whether the finds were made anywhere near what's now a wedding venue.
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It must be appreciated the Newstead Priory farm is not the the Medieval Newstead Priory...it is near the site of the ecclesiastical building.....the centre for both men and women monks.
Before the drainage of the Ancholme, the river was braided, much wider and the surrounding land was extensive bog suffering tidal flooding from the Humber on an almost daily basis.
Indeed, Newstead Priory was on an island in the middle of the Ancholme.
In addition, religious hermits occupied the numerous other isolated islands that existed in the Ancholme....
The numerous supply of fish and wildfowl made the area the Tesco of the time...
nb After the drainage of the Ancholme, much of the reclaimed land became private, thus depriving the common man of a natural food supply....poaching became a serious offence....peasants rioted and water bailiffs mysteriously disappeared!
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