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Category Archives: Pottery
New work: Kingston upon Thames revisited
Nowadays, you’ll find me in Kingston upon Thames maybe four times a week as it’s my main place of work. However, save for a driving lesson in 2003 when I passed through but didn’t actually set foot in the town, … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Charters, Folklore, History, Landscape, Latin, Old English, Place-Names, Pottery, Ritual, Thames, Topography, Trade
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, charters, History, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
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The Fields of Puttenhamia: Some thoughts on the place of Roman landscape features in the early medieval period and beyond
This is me returning to the theme of early fields and field systems initiated by a long (and gratifyingly popular) post from back in the Spring. Identifying the physical remains of field systems in the northern half of Puttenham Common may … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Books, Dating, Field-names, Landscape, Old English, Pottery, Puttenham, Topography
Tagged agriculture, Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Field Systems, Landscape, Landscape Archaeology, medieval, Old English, Puttenham, Roman, Surrey, The Fields of Britannia, WPLongform
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Three new books on aspects of medieval Surrey
A pleasing thing happened a few weeks ago – I was sent a new book by its author, in the hope that (1) it might be of interest to me and (2) I might publicise it via this blog. It’s never happened … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Books, Dorking, History, Pottery, Publishing, Surrey
Tagged Archaeology, Books, Ceramics, Dorking, Esher, History, medieval, pottery, Surrey, Surrey Archaeological Society
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Back home
I seem to be forever going to and returning from places of late: Italy (a hugely inspiring trip which I daresay was too tiring to count as a true holiday), Dorset (where I managed to sneak in a spot of trespassing-cum-fieldwork … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Art, Dating, Landscape, Portable Antiquities Scheme, Pottery, Puttenham, Trade, Viking
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New work – Puttenham, Puttenham, Puttenham
Despite living in London (not to mention a clutch of northern cities before it), I still consider the little Surrey village of Puttenham to be my home. A couple of days ago, after spilling half a can of a market-leading … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Being organised, Documents, History, Landscape, Place, Place-Names, Pottery, Puttenham, Surrey, Topography
Tagged Archaeology, Geography, History, Landscape Archaeology, medieval, parishes, Puttenham, Surrey
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Making progress on several fronts
“each age confronts the debris of its history, material and traditional, as a way of finding a home for itself.” Picture the scene; it’s Saturday morning and I’m on a bus to Waterloo, blissfully unaware that half of London had … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Being organised, Books, Dating, Domesday, Dorking, Guildford, History, Landscape, Place-Names, Pottery, Puttenham, Roman, Surrey, Topography
Tagged Dark Age Economics, History, Landscape, medieval, pottery, Puttenham, Surrey, Surrey Archaeological Society
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