Curbridge, Oxfordshire
Curbridge is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire of Oxfordshire, England. It lies immediately south-west of Witney. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 763. It shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Lew.
Romano-British settlement
When the Witney Bypass was being built in the 1970s, the remains of a Romano-British settlement were found a short distance northeast of Manor Farm. Foundations were found of rectangular timber-framed buildings, some with limestone rubble foundations. A cemetery was found, containing 18 burials. There may have been more, but if so they are now beneath the bypass. Most of the bodies lay with their heads pointing east or north. Three of the adults had been beheaded, and were laid with their heads between their legs. This was a burial practice in the late Roman and early Anglo-Saxon eras. It is not known whether beheading was the cause of death or was done posthumously.In a later phase of settlement, a midden covered the cemetery. Artefacts found included a whetstone made from local limestone, a copper alloy brooch, a copper finger ring, a bronze Roman coin from the reign of the Roman usurper Magnentius, fragments of Romano-British pottery, and clusters of hobnails showing where leather footwear had rotted away in the ground.