Category Archives: Woking

New work: a Roman milestone (and other old stones) in north-west Surrey?

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Robert J S Briggs

It’s the morning of New Year’s Eve and I had a real sense of déjà vu as I started to write this. Another year, another last gasp end-of-year blog post, like the frantic realisation of a pre-new year’s resolution. While … 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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Surrey History Centre

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Robert J S Briggs

Congratulations to the Surrey History Centre for being voted Archive of the Year for 2012 by Your Family History magazine (never heard of it, but it’s not hard to guess its subject matter). This should come as no surprise to anyone … Continue reading →

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The “Surrey Fens” causeways – finished at long last

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Robert J S Briggs

I’ve written and rewritten so much of this essay over the past year or two that I have nothing else to add, other than to recommend you head over to here and have a read of it (and if you … Continue reading →

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