Category Archives: Sussex

410-1066 CE: What should we call the period (at least so far as Surrey is concerned)?

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Robert J S Briggs

Midway through last month, I finished editing my first Surrey Archaeological Society Medieval Studies Forum Newsletter. I’m pretty proud of the finished product, if I do say so myself! You’ll have to join the Forum to enjoy the whole thing, but I … Continue reading →

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New work! Testing Transhumance

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

A brief post as I’ve gone on about transhumance and pigs more than enough already in the past couple of years. My co-authored article (with the late Dennis Turner) was published a few weeks ago in the new volume of … Continue reading →

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Post no bills? Reflections on visits to place-names in the Surrey Weald

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Robert J S Briggs

It’s over. My dissertation is handed in, my part in my Master’s degree is done. Finally, time to relax and enjoy the summer. I’m not much of a Doctor Who fan but nonetheless I enjoyed the coincidence of the episode aired that weekend being set … Continue reading →

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New work – Reassessing the territorial nomenclature of the Early and Middle Anglo-Saxon periods…

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

…or, why there was no such thing as a regio in the area of southern England in the sixth century. Having been hard pushed these past few weeks to set aside a few minutes to compose a blog post, I … Continue reading →

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Not for the first time… Coins and Surrey in the eighth and ninth centuries

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

Try as I might, I haven’t been able to put to one side my new-found fascination with the mid-Anglo-Saxon coins of Surrey. One issue in particular continued to play on my mind in the wake of finishing my first attempt … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Wooded Landscapes – conference papers online

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Robert J S Briggs

If I make it to more than one medieval-themed conference in a year I consider it to be something of an achievement. I guess it’s what comes of being out of academic circles. Among this year’s list of those I … Continue reading →

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