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Articles and links about the history of people and places in and around Navenby

The summary history of Navenby from the current entry in Wikipedia. You can edit this encyclopedia if you have something to add.

Historical statistics for local population, land use, maps etc. from the Vision of Britain website.

An interesting guide to St. Peter's Church

The Open Space is an area of land at the corner of Chapel Lane and High Dyke that is preserved for public access. During the development of the new housing estate, the archaeology of this area was surveyed and produced many interesting finds.

Navenby Archaeology Group (NAG) erected information boards on the site to display the results of the survey.

You can read all about the archaeology of this area of Navenby at LHI Open Space Project


Witch Bottle
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Several references to the Witch Bottle discovered in Navenby in 2003.
The story from the BBC
The official find report

And here is a similar find from Reigate with a little more background on the history of witch bottles.
Another Witch Bottle find
The story of Horace Southern Dawson who is buried in St. Peter's churchyard - how the tragedy of 911 helped to uncover a piece of local history. An article written and submitted by Jack Blyth.