 Evidence of settlement throughout Anglo-Saxon and 8th–9th-century Danelaw periods is reflected in many place names.Along the Wreake Valley, the Danish suffix "-by" is common, as exemplified in Asfordby, Dalby, Frisby, Hoby, Rearsby and Gaddesby.A cemetery of 50–60 graves of pagan Anglo-Saxon origin, has been found in Melton Mowbray.