From This Is Romsey: Road diggers unearth saxon graves.
Fourteen Saxon graves have been unearthed by workmen enhancing the area around Romsey Abbey. (...)
The Saxon remains were discovered at Church Place — close to the main gates to the Norman building. Hampshire County Council is working closely with the borough's heritage officer Frank Green and Southampton City Council's excavation unit to remove, analyse and log the finds. Initial investigations of the 14 graves, suggest the remains are those of townspeople from the late-Saxon period.
At that time Romsey was a wealthy abbey, supported by the royal family of Wessex. Alfred the Great left the abbey property in his will and a number of Saxon princesses were educated there. [continue]
Related:
A brief history of Romsey Abbey - RomseyAbbey.org.uk
Romsey Abbey - Wikipedia