Category Archives: Puttenham

1307 and all that: Puttenham in the Register of Bishop Henry Woodlock

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

My fourth and final post for Puttenham Church Week (now ticking towards being a fortnight – maybe next time around I should avoid any embarrassment by calling the next instalment a Surrey Medieval … Spectacular?) takes us to the early years of the … Continue reading →

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Just how old is Puttenham church?

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

In March 2015, the Medieval Studies Forum of the Surrey Archaeological Society held a study day of two halves: one part dedicated to moated sites, the other to church sites. I prepared a paper discussing the siting of Puttenham church … Continue reading →

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Hidden in plain sight: a fifteenth-century grave-slab rediscovered in Puttenham church

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

(So, in the end, Puttenham Church Week got away from me! Only one post done and dusted within the week, but stacks of work done on the three – yes, three – others I had planned. They were all more … Continue reading →

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It’s Surrey Medieval’s Puttenham Church Week! An introduction to the parish church of St John Baptist

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

Every so often, I elect to make my life a little bit difficult by devising and binge-writing a week’s worth of posts under the banner of a “Surrey Medieval … Week”. So far I’ve done some of the simplest statistical analyses … Continue reading →

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The Fields of Puttenhamia: Some thoughts on the place of Roman landscape features in the early medieval period and beyond

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

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 →

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New work – tracing early field systems on Puttenham Common

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

For a number of years, I have been itching to get hold of LiDAR imagery for Puttenham parish, having read a number of local and not-so-local studies which use it to enviably good effect. (For those who aren’t familiar with LiDAR, … Continue reading →

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At the end of the year

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Robert J S Briggs

It wasn’t supposed to take me so long to post something new here. I have my reasons for this. You know how they say you can balance a full-time job with a part-time PhD? Exactly, no-one says that, because you can’t, … Continue reading →

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Puttenham church: new research, and a new church guide

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Robert J S Briggs

One thing I’ve been involved in over the past few months has been the production of a new visitor guide for Puttenham church. It’s been an educational experience knocking the first draft into shape over several revisions, and making sure the contents … Continue reading →

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SMMEFNW 3: Le Portuk

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Robert J S Briggs

The third and final 1332-recorded Puttenham field-name I’m analysing for SMMEFNW is in my opinion the most interesting of the lot, though I can’t say it was a deliberate ploy of saving the best for last since this was the first post … Continue reading →

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SMMEFNW 1: Le Osthaghe

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Robert J S Briggs

Welcome to the first proper instalment of Surrey Medieval Middle English Field-Names Week! The trio of lost field-names that form the basis for this and the next two posts are all contained in a single source, a charter by which Henry … Continue reading →

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