Northfield is found 7 miles South of Birmingham city center, UK, and is a suburb of the city on the A38 main road South to Bristol. The village was mentioned in the Domesday book as Nordfeld. Please leave your comments underneath. Comeback soon & enjoy visit here.
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Roman Hoard Found At Pigeon House



The Bristol Road was widened from 1921 and the Pigeon House was demolished. A hoard of Roman coins (16, lol) was discovered during the road works (corner of Hill Top Road). These included coins of the Emperors Claudius II (shown) Gothicus (268-270), Diocletian (284-305), Maximilian (285-286), Constantius (305-306) and Constantine (306-337), dating a Roman presence here to the 4th century AD.

After excavations, top of Pigeon Hill

Roman Coin.Same as one of the coins found