The Pentney Hoard is an Anglo-Saxon jewellery hoard, discovered by a gravedigger in a Pentney, Norfolk churchyard in 1978. The treasure consists of six silver openwork disc brooches, five made entirely of silver and one composed of silver and copper alloy. The brooches are decorated in the 9th century Trewhiddle style. The hoard is now in the British Museum.
Pentney Hoard
Pentney brooch, 6.1 cm, British Museum
The largest Pentney disc brooch, (10.2 cm), British Museum
Pentney brooch, 8.5 cm, British Museum
Pentney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located about 8 miles (13 km) south east of King's Lynn placing it about halfway between King's Lynn and Swaffham on the A47 road. It covers an area of 10.39 km2 (4.01 sq mi) and had a population of 387 in 184 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 544 at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is in the valley of the River Nar, a tributary of the River Great Ouse.
Pentney village sign in the midst of a rare springtime snowfall during 2008
The remains of the gatehouse at the old Augustinian Priory in Pentney
The wayside cross that marked the route between the church of St Mary Magdalene in the village to the old Augustinian Priory
The church of St Mary Magdalene in Pentney
