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The Kingston Brooch was found in 1771 by Reverend Bryan Faussett in a burial mound on the nearby Barham Downs.
The brooch is made of gold set with garnet, blue glass, and shell. It is believed to be the most valuable
individual Anglo-Saxon treasure ever discovered, and is an exquisite example of Anglo-Saxon craftsmanship. It is
now exhibited in the Liverpool City Museum.
The Reverend Bryan Faussett excavated about 300 early saxon graves between 1767 and 1773, alongside the old A2 Canterbury Road, and the brooch was found in a grave datable to circa AD630. This was the time of the greatest of Kent's kings, Aethelberat, who was instrumental in the conversion of Kent (and eventually all of England) to Christianity following the mission of St. Augustine. |
| The Reverend Bryan Faussett was curate of Kingston from about 1750 to 1756. If you would like to know more about him, just click here. |
