Archaeology
Evidence that the area has been inhabited since at least the Bronze Age includes a barrow about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village.
Excavations of the site of a Roman villa 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of the village at Beaconsfield Farm revealed a hypocaust and mosaic floors, pottery dated to the 3rd and 4th centuries AD and evidence that occupation of the site may have begun early in the 2nd century AD.
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