KAS Newsletter, Issue 84, Spring 2010
Written By KAS
www.kentarchaeology.org.uk
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
2-3 Recent Discoveries
4 Lost Memorials
5 East Farleigh
quernstone &
Canterbury
Society grants
6-7 What’s On
8-9 You & Your Society:
Membership Matters
Committee Round Up
Equipment available
10 HER volunteers wanted
Phillipotts Villare
Cantianum
11 Notes from the Archives
12-13 New Books
14-15 Letters
Sittingbourne CSI
16 Canterbury YACs
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STOP PRESS
Your AGM agenda and papers are included in this Newsletter.
We hope to see you there.
Making Salt
near Milton Creek
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Recent Work by Archaeology
South-East* in Kent
Late 2009 and early 2010 have been
busy months for Archaeology South-
East, working on a number of sites in
Kent on behalf of Kent County Council.
Most of these projects are still early in
the post-excavation process of analysis
and reporting, but discoveries and
highlights from two of them, Northern
Relief Road, Sittingbourne and
Leysdown Road, Isle of Sheppey
(fig 1), are presented below.
Both of these sites held family open days
for the public. Visitors had the
opportunity to see the archaeology and
view finds and environmental remains
with ASE specialists. Despite the
unpredictable weather, lots of people
came to visit the sites and see the
archaeologists in action.
Fig.2. Late Saxon silver strap end from the
Leysdown Road site, Isle of Sheppey
Northern Relief
Road, Sittingbourne
The excavation in advance of the
development of the Sittingbourne
Northern Relief Road involved the
stripping of 1.5 hectares in the area of
the Milton Creek Crossing between
Ridham Avenue and Castle Road,
Kemsley. Previous work in the area had
uncovered remains of Middle and Late
Bronze Age occupation, Iron Age
structures and Romano-British activity,
as well as medieval features and artefacts
of Mesolithic, Neolithic and Early
Bronze Age date. The presence of these
multi-period remains suggested the
likelihood of further discoveries being
made in advance of the road
construction.
The excavation has uncovered extensive
prehistoric remains including a Bronze
Age ring ditch, a large, probably Iron
Age, enclosure ditch and large midden
pit. Evidence for the Roman period was
present in the form of well preserved
salt-working hearths (front cover) and
urned cremations of 1st and 2nd century
date. Finds from the site include
prehistoric flintwork, Iron Age triangular
weights, Roman cremation vessels,
building material and fragments of iron
metalwork.
A public open day was held in October
and children from the local primary
school at Kemsley also visited the site for
a tour and finds handling sessions.
Primary School & Children’s
Centre sites, Leysdown Road,
Isle of Sheppey
ASE has also undertaken two adjacent
excavations in the Leysdown Road area,
in advance of the development of a
primary school and children’s centre.
The primary school site was evaluated in
June 2009 uncovering a range of features
indicating significant multi-period
settlement and agricultural evidence
dating from the Bronze Age, Iron Age,
Saxon, medieval and post-medieval
periods. Subsequent excavations have
further revealed this complex landscape
of Iron Age, Roman and medieval field
systems and enclosures. A medieval
burial was also discovered.
Work on this site has only just come to
an end, but already over 30 objects have
been recorded including Roman quern
stones, a Middle Saxon iron knife, and a
Late Saxon silver strap end (fig.2).
Fig. 3. Copper-alloy pestle, part of a cosmetic set
from the Leysdown Road site, Isle of Sheppey
The children’s centre site has been
evaluated by five trenches to ascertain
the presence and character of any
surviving archaeology. Trench 4
produced the most significant
archaeological remains on the site. This
comprised a sub-circular funerary pit
dating to the period AD10-70 which
contained three fragmented semicomplete
ceramic vessels in association
with a quantity of cremated human
bone, and four badly corroded copper
alloy brooches and a cosmetic or
medicinal set comprising a copper alloy
mortar and pestle. Only a preliminary
assessment of the burnt bone has been
undertaken, but unfortunately it has not
been possible to confirm if the
assemblage relates to one or two separate
burials. The sample did, however,
contain fragments indicative of an adult
individual.
The pottery vessels include a Gallo-
Belgic type Butt Beaker and two jars, the
forms of which suggest a date no earlier
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than c.AD10 for the deposition of the
cremation group. The vessels were to
some extent intact when deposited,
although two were found lying on their
sides and both were missing either the
whole base or a substantial part of it. The
sherds of all three vessels were found in
situ in a fragmented condition and were
fairly widely dispersed. Whilst this could
be partly explained by truncation or
disturbance, the vessels were sealed by
the overlying fill and therefore it seems
possible that they were not repositories
for the bone itself but were deliberately
broken or ‘killed’ as part of a process of
structured deposition.
The remains of at least four badly
corroded and fragmented brooches were
recovered. The brooches all appear to be
one-piece sprung brooches with flat bow
of early to mid-1st century date. Also
associated is a cosmetic set consisting of
a pestle and mortar. The pestle consists
of a plain circular suspension loop and a
curved sub-circular-sectioned stem
(fig.3). The mortar retains a suspension
loop with bill-like extension; the latter is
often interpreted as a bird-head although
this find would form a considerably
stylised example. The objects would have
been suspended together on a leather
lace or thong, possibly from the waist.
They would have been used for grinding
mineral-based cosmetics or possibly
medicines. This type of cosmetic set
appears exclusively in Britain, mainly in
the South. Although not many securely
dated examples have been found, they
appear from the late pre-Roman Iron
Age up to the early 2nd century AD.
Visitors to the Leysdown Road Open
Day in November (fig.4) had the
opportunity to view all the finds from
the cremation pit as well as the ongoing
excavations. Further work continues on
the findings from both sites.
Louise Rayner
* Archaeology South-East is the contracts
division of the Centre for Applied Archaeology
of the Institute of Archaeology, University
College London.
Fig. 4. Public open day at the Leysdown
Road site, Isle of Sheppey
Fig. 1.
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‘Lost memorials’
now on the internet
Records of hundreds of people who lived
in Charlton and Bromley and their
districts over a period of many centuries
are now featured on the Kent
Archaeological Society’s website,
www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/research.
The records are in the form of memorial
inscriptions, ‘MIs’, on gravestones,
tablets, tombs and monuments.
Charlton’s are from St Luke’s parish
church, originally published in 1908 by
Leonard Morgan May in a book that is
now highly collectable. Since 1908 many
of the MIs on the outdoor graves at
Charlton are likely to have become
illegible or even lost, so May’s work is of
particular value to family historians and
genealogists, giving the names of
relatives, ancestors and descendants of
the people they honour. Bromley’s
records are from the parish church of St
Peter and St Paul and were noted by an
anonymous antiquarian who visited the
church in 1829 and by Richard
Holworthy, a former Kent County
Council archivist, who transcribed them
about 90 years ago. Many memorials at
Bromley have been lost, rendered
illegible, or were destroyed when the
medieval church, within which there
were about 100 monuments, was
bombed in an air raid in 1941. Only the
tower survived. Fortunately Holworthy’s
transcriptions were published in The
British Archivist in 1915, a copy of
which survived among the papers that
Leland Lewis Duncan of Lewisham,
antiquarian and author, left to the Kent
Archaeological Society when he died in
1923. Until now these transcriptions
could be read only by those able to visit
the KAS library in Maidstone, but all of
them have now been transcribed and
indexed by the KAS and are online and
accessible free of charge.
One of the most intriguing MIs at
Charlton honours Henry Frazer, ‘born
of African parents, who died in1826
aged 55 years ‘... in grateful testimony
of his fidelity and devoted attention the
master whom he served 30 years has
raised this tomb.’ Was he a slave? He
died several years before the Slavery
Abolition Act of 1833.
Various members of the Fraser family
and their Wallace relatives are also
recorded, including Capt. Hugh John
Arthur Fraser, ‘shot in Brazil while
bravely quelling a mutiny’.
Also recorded are John Stuart Peddie,
Surgeon, who died while serving with
Captain John Franklin on his ill-fated
attempt to navigate the Northwest
Passage in the Canadian Arctic, and
Edward Wilkinson, one of Queen
Elizabeth I’s servants and ‘Yeoman of the
Month to King Henry the 8th and Anne
Boleyn and Edward the 6th’ who for 30
years ‘continued in these offices without
blot of dishonesty in any of his services’.
Perhaps Charlton’s most famous MI is
the one commemorating The Right
Hon. Spencer Perceval, the only British
prime minister to have been assassinated,
whose ‘terrible death by the hand of a
madman in the very midst of all his
labours for his country’s good plunged
all England into mourning’
Among the Bromley parishioners
recorded in the MIs are Elizabeth
(‘Tetty’) Johnson, (‘beautiful, elegant,
talented, dutiful’), wife of Dr Samuel
Johnson, the lexicographer and essayist.
She died in 1752 although her
gravestone bore the date 1753. Also
recorded are Mary Ann Gayton, the
schoolmistress who taught William
Ewart Gladstone to read and Robert
Booth Rawes, believed locally to have
been the original of Charles Dickens’s
‘Pickwick’. Ted Connell, who runs the
KAS website, says “MIs not only tell us
about people who are buried in our
Lost Memorials
St Peter and St Paul’s Church
Bromley before 1941
Tombs and gravestones at St Lukes
Church Charlton c 1800
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Excavations in a room adjacent to the
oven found in building 5 at East
Farleigh Roman Villa (see Newsletter
no.83, page 5) uncovered a broken
quern. The upper stone was broken
into at least five pieces. It was 450mm
in diameter by 160mm thick and if
complete would have weighed at least
50 kg. Part of the 50mm thick base
stone was located but not in situ. The
upper stone, which still had well-cut
grooves in the base, was made of the
dark grey greensand which outcrops in
the Sandgate/Folkestone area. The
lower stone appears to be a reddishbrown
millstone grit. It is hoped
excavations will recommence on
Buildings 3 and 5 and the area to the
south on Sundays at the end of April.
Albert Daniels
Maidstone Area Archaeological Group
graveyards, they often provide details of
people who once lived in the parish but
were buried abroad – sometimes at sea.
But gravestones are only the ‘tip of the
iceberg’ of all the burials in a
churchyard. Many graves were marked
with wooden rails that lasted only a few
generations. Stone gravestones often
weather badly and become illegible. And
of course many of the people buried
were from poor families who could not
afford a gravestone. Church registers,
often dating back to the late 16th
century, should provide a comprehensive
list of burials in our churchyards, but we
often find that MIs recorded by our
project cannot be cross-referenced to the
church’s burial registers, presumably
because the sexton or vicar failed to
record them”.
To view the MIs visit
www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/research,
then the ‘Churchyards MIs’ list in
‘Library & Visual Records’.
The Society has limited funds available to
award a grant to individuals researching
any aspect of the archaeology and history
of the Canterbury district. It is envisaged
that a grant would not normally exceed
£500. Preference would be given to work
resulting in publication.
Your letter should mention:
research
from other sources
You may be asked to name a referee whom
the Committee making the grant could
consult. If successful, you would be
expected to account for the money spent
and give a copy of any article, pamphlet etc,
to the Society’s library.
For further details, please contact the
Honorary Secretary of the Grants
Committee:
Mrs C M Short
3 Little Meadow
Upper Harbledown
Canterbury CT2 9BD
East Farleigh quernstone &
Canterbury Society grants
An eroded gravestone at St Lukes Church in
2010. Only part of the inscription is now legible
but luckily it was recorded in 1908 by Leonard
Morgan May
Roman quern
stone from
East Farleigh
Canterbury Archaeological Society
Research and Publication Grants
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KAS EVENTS
KAS VISIT
The Vaults of Ancient Winchelsea
Saturday 12 June
Although in East Sussex, Winchelsea was attached
to the largely Kentish organisation of the Cinque
Ports as one of its two Ancient Towns. Of its 58
vaults, 33 are now accessible, the majority dating
from the late 13th to the early 14th centuries. Built
of Hastings granite and with wide flights of steps
giving access, they were probably used as sale and
store rooms as well as wine cellars and taverns. We
will be guided by a member of the Winchelsea
Archaeological Society. A booking form is included
in this Newsletter
KAS CHURCHES COMMITTEE VISIT
Monday June 28
A visit is arranged to St Mary’s Church, Higham and
to St Peter and St Paul, Shorne. We meet at St
Mary’s at 6.45 for 7pm and go to St Peter and St
Paul at approximately 8pm.
Tour £2. Tea and biscuits £1 extra. A booking form
for the visit is included in this Newsletter (to be
returned by 23 June please). Further details from
Mary Berg (KAS), 5 Orchard St, Canterbury CT2 8AP.
Phone: 01227 450426.
Email: maryberg@hotmail.co.uk
KAS HISTORIC BUILDINGS CONFERENCE
9 October at Harrietsham
Details will be announced in the next
Newsletter in July.
EVENTS AROUND KENT
Bexley Archaeological Group monthly
lecture, Dig for Victory by Russell Bowes
Thursday 20 May, 8 – 9.30pm
Not a talk on archaeological digging, but a look at
the period when England’s gardens took on the
might of Hitler’s armies. Gardens great and small,
public and private. saw clematis give way to
cabbage and roses replaced by radishes. We discuss
the role of the ‘forgotten army’ - the Land Girls -
who helped to put food on the tables of the nation,
plus advice and propaganda given to gardeners in
print and over the airwaves.
Cost £3. For further details call Martin Baker,
Chairman on 020 8300 1752 or email Clare Gillett
cgillett@inskip-jenkins.co.uk.
All workshops and talks are held at the Bexley-
Sidcup Conservative Club, 19 Station Road, Sidcup,
Kent, DA15 7EB
Bexley Archaeological Group Training Dig
Monday 2 - Friday 6 August,
9am - 4.30pm each day
Dig takes place at our on-going site in Bexley.
Cost £80 for the week. Minimum age 16
(with parents consent). Course is suitable for
anyone of any ability.
For further details and to book a place, please
contact Pip Pulfer on 07961 963893 or email
pipspad@hotmail.co.uk
Visit our website to see last year’s trainees - www.
bag.org.uk
Loose Area History Society meetings
Monday 10 May
‘Farewell to Kent - Emigrant stories’
A talk by Helen Allinson, author and historian
All meetings are held at Loose Infant School Hall,
Loose Road, Maidstone ME15 9UW, starting at
7.30pm. Admission £2.50. Pay at the door. Free
parking in school grounds. Enquiries: 01622 741198
www.looseareahistorysociety.webeden.co.uk
Crofton Roman Villa
Open from 2 April to 29 October this year.
Opening times: Wednesday, Friday and
Bank Holiday Monday: 10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm,
Sundays: 1st and 3rd in the month only: 2pm-5pm.
Last entry 4.30pm.
Admission 80p for children and £1 for adults.
Activities for children include Roman games, mosaic
in the excavation tray and Roman soldier ‘rubbings’.
For more information call 020 8460 1442, email
crofton.rom.villa@btinternet.com or visit www.
the-cka.fsnet.co.uk
An invite from the Shorne Woods
Community Archaeologist!
Randall Manor: Season 5
3 July – 1 August
Come and visit the Community Archaeology Dig
at Shorne Woods Country Park, running from the
3rd of July to the 1st of August
Including the Medieval Weekend with the Woodville
Household on July 24th and 25th. A FREE event!
Shorne Woods Country Park is just off the A2,
east of Gravesend.
Normal car parking charges apply.
For more information please contact
Special Commemorative Archaeological
Weekend at Dover Roman Painted House,
New Street
Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 July,
10am – 4.30pm.
Site Lectures at 11am and 2.30pm by archaeologists
who discovered the House in 1970. Admission FREE
to KAS members on production of membership card.
All KAS members are cordially invited to visit the
Roman Painted House in Dover on the above days.
This special shared event is to celebrate 40 years
(1970-2010) of non-stop excavation, publication
and public presentation in Dover by the Kent
Archaeological Rescue Unit. The discoveries in that
time have been spectacular and have totally
transformed knowledge of Roman and Saxon Dover,
already published in three volumes.
The House is among the most complete Roman
substantially intact, each with elaborate underfloor
heating (hypocaust) and all internal walls covered in
painted murals relating to the god Bacchus. It was
built by men of the Classis Britannica about AD200
and partly demolished by the Roman army about
AD270 when a new fort was built across part of it.
KARU constructed the cover building in 1977 and
has managed the House ever since, during which
time it has had over 600,000 visitors from all parts
of the world. It is staffed and managed entirely by
Unit volunteers through a special Trust set up in
1975. Admission free to KAS members, although
donations will be welcome. Follow the venue road
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signs; parking on the forecourt or in nearby town
car parks. Mainline Priory station is nearby
Festival of Archaeology
Coordinated by the Council
for British Archaeology
Saturday 17th July to Sunday 1st August
Two weeks of special events nationwide held by
museums, local societies, national and countryside
parks, universities, and heritage organisations.
Events listings will be online soon at http://festival.
britarch.ac.uk
CONFERENCE
Unearthing The Past: Language,
Ownership, Value And Meaning
In Public Archaeology
Friday 24 (eve), Saturday 25 & Sunday 26
September
Canterbury Christ Church University, supported
by CBA SE, CBA & Canterbury Archaeological
Trust. To be held in Canterbury Christ Church’s
campus in Folkestone. More details in the next
Newsletter in July
DAVINGTON MYSTERIES
Faversham Society Archaeological
Research Group (FSARG)
Saturday 9 October, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Reports from a recent community-based historical
and archaeological investigation into a fascinating
corner of ancient Faversham town.
Guided walks through the parish’s history, including
a tour around the grounds of Davington Priory (by
kind permission of Bob Geldof KBE)
Key speakers – Dr Gillian Draper (University of Kent)
and Dr Pat Reid (FSARG).
Tickets £15.00 (includes parking, lunch and
refreshments). Proceeds to Davington Church.
For a booking form tel: 01795 536254 or
email: info@fsarg.org.uk or visit
www.community-archaeology.org.uk
EVENTS ELSEWHERE
CONFERENCE
Agriculture And Food In
Southern Roman Britain
Saturday 8 May
9.30am - 4.45pm in the Chertsey Hall,
Chertsey, Surrey
A day conference organised by the Roman Studies
Group of Surrey Archaeological Society will explore
the results of recent research into the characteristics
of agriculture and diet in the southern part of the
Province, and the rural landscape as it developed
during the Roman occupation. Speakers will include:
Professor Mike Fulford (Reading University)
Dr Petra Dark (Reading University)
Paul Booth (Oxford Archaeology)
David Rudling (Sussex University)
Dr Mike Allen, (Allen Environmental Archaeology
and Bournemouth University)
Gill Campbell (English Heritage)
Mark Maltby (Bournemouth University).
Cost: £16. Further details and booking information
can be found on the Society’s website:
www.surreyarchaeology.org
CONFERENCE AND FIELD-SEMINAR
Revisiting New Towns Of The Middle Ages
in the Ancient Town of Winchelsea in
memory of Professor M.W. Beresford
Friday 21 - Sunday 23 May
Convened by Keith D Lilley
(Queen’s University Belfast)
& Richard Comotto
(Winchelsea Archaeological Society)
Taking place in one of the most renowned examples
of a medieval ‘new town’, the conference focuses
on the continuing legacy of Professor Maurice
Beresford’s ‘New Towns of the Middle Ages’ and
draws together both academic and general
audiences of his book to reflect on the recent
advances in research on the topic of medieval new
towns and their planning.
Conference speakers will explore the societies,
landscapes and material cultures of medieval ‘new
towns’, placing them in an international
comparative context, as well as their own local
settings. To this end, Winchelsea itself provides an
important case-study, so the second day of the
programme includes lectures on the town’s
medieval archaeology, history and planning, as well
‘New Winchelsea’.
Key speakers include:
Professor Chris Dyer (University of Leicester)
Professor Jean-Loup Abbé (University of Toulouse)
Canon Dr Terry Slater (University of Birmingham)
Dr Patrick Ottaway (Archaeological Consultant)
Registration fee is £25 (cheque payable to
‘Winchelsea Archaeological Society’). Please send
your details (name, address, telephone, email) by
April 30 with your cheque to: Winchelsea
Archaeological Society, c/o Firebrand House,
Winchelsea, East Sussex, TN36 4EA, UK.
Further information at:
www.winchelsea.net/conference or
email: was@winchelsea.net
British Association for Local History:
Local History Day
Saturday 5 June
Imperial War Museum
The morning discussion session considers local
history and the internet, with introductory
presentations by Jacquelene Fillmore and Bamber
Gascoigne. This is followed by the AGM of the
Association, and after lunch the 2010 BALH Awards
will be presented by the President, Professor David
Hey. The Annual Lecture will be given by Dr Adam
Longcroft from the University of East Anglia. His
subject is ‘New Insights into Vernacular Architecture:
A View from the Flatlands of East Anglia’.
Details from www.balh.co.uk under Events, or from
Gill Draper tel: 01732 452575
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KAS COMMITTEE ROUND-UP
MEMBERSHIP MATTERS
Thank you to all of you who have already paid your
subscriptions. The rest will have received a reminder
letter recently – please reply as soon as you can so that
I do not have to spend the Society’s money on sending
out yet another reminder!
I have checked the bank statements and will be getting in
touch with some of you who have paid twice. Some also pay
the incorrect amount – the current subs. are as follows - £10
for students under 25, individual members £25, two members
at the same address £30. Please check your standing orders to
make sure that you are only paying once each year at the
correct amount. I treat most overpayments as donations,
as I have stated before.
We also have a rather archaic rule which says that if you are
of state retirement age and have been a member for 10 years
or more you have the option of paying the reduced rate of
£15 for individuals and £23 for those of you at the same
address. Of course, when you have been a member for 50
years you do not have to pay at all!
Please remember that I would like some more help manning
the KAS stand at the Kent County Show – do get in touch if
you are able to offer your time.
We are pleased to welcome
the following new members:
Affiliated Societies
Smarden Local History Society
Sussex Archaeological Society
Student Members
Mr H O M Ashby, Leybourne, West Malling
Miss H Mitchell, Whitstable
Joint Members
Mr & Mrs S B Gillett, Walmer, Deal
Ordinary Members
Dr J M Baron, Eastry, Sandwich
Mr J Bennett, Amarillo, Texas USA
Mr T R Bent, Chalk, Gravesend
Mr G A Daws, Dover
Mr M J Flux, Leyburn, North Yorkshire
Miss D Gulliver, Birmingham
Mr K Haynes, Tonbridge
Mr R Howells, Gravesend
Mrs S Jerrold, Hailsham
Miss M A Pettitt, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells
Mr B M Powell, Sandhurst Cross, Cranbrook
Mrs J A Saggers, Paddock Wood
Mr M J Taylor, Ashford
Mr K Terry, Coolbay, Cloyne, Co.Cork
Historic Buildings Committee
Preparations are underway for the
Autumn Historic Buildings Conference,
which will be on Saturday 9 October in
Harrietsham Village Hall. More details
on this one-day conference will be
available in the next issue of the KAS
Newsletter.
The Committee has been formulating
its plans for the coming year and
beyond. A number of options are being
investigated, including organising short
courses on building recording and
targeting support for research teams
involved in the Peopling Past Landscapes
project. Work has started on compiling
a list of sources of information on the
expenses associated with the
construction of old buildings. When
completed, it is hoped that the list will
serve as a useful resource for anyone
wanting to calculate how much an old
building would have cost to build.
Industrial archaeology is a subject that
has received very little attention. Yet a
great number of former industrial sites
are being redeveloped in Kent, resulting
in the loss of many buildings that have
either been inadequately recorded or not
recorded at all. The Committee hopes to
form a sub-committee to focus on this
neglected area of archaeology, and would
appreciate hearing from anyone with
knowledge of, or interest in industrial
archaeology who is willing to become
involved. Please ring Chris Pout on
01227 860207.
Angela Davies
YOU & YOUR SOCIETY
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KAS Library - Book Storage.
The KAS Library in Maidstone Museum is so
full that the overflow of books has to be stored
at other locations, ready for use if required.
We have to vacate one of these stores, and we
are urgently seeking a replacement for it.
What is needed is a store room to accommodate
books presently occupying about 100ft of shelf
space, plus 4 four-drawer filing cabinets full of
books and KAS files. Anyone able to offer such
storage or to indicate where it may be available,
please contact Hon Librarian, Dr. Frank
Panton, tel: 01795 472218 or
email: grovend@uwclub.net.
KAS Equipment Available For Members
Members might like to know about
the various items of technical equipment
that the Society owns, which are available
for their use.
The Fieldwork Committee is responsible
for this equipment and they will set any rules
and restrictions on its use. Most of the items
are available now, subject to checking on
batteries etc:
1. Leica TCR 405 total station (recently
purchased).This is the instrument in the centre
of the photograph. It can measure plan and
height positions of points up to 3.5km distant,
to 5mm accuracy using a prism reflector on a
staff. Direct measurements without the reflector
(for example to inaccessible points on a high
wall or a church steeple) can be made up to
400m distant to 2mm accuracy. Measurements
are made automatically at the press of a button.
They are stored in the instrument and can be
downloaded into a computer. I am still working
up instructions for the Leica. A cash deposit will
probably be required for its loan as it is quite an
expensive instrument.
2. Pentax PX-06D EDM theodolite
(purchased). This is the instrument on the right
of the photograph. Measurements can be made
to points up to 1.4 km distant, to 5 mm
accuracy, using a prism reflector on a staff. The
operator has to read angles
and distances manually and
later type them into a
computer spreadsheet
program (which is provided),
for calculation of point
positions.
3. Sokkisha TM 20D 20
second theodolite (donated).
This is the instrument on the
left of the photograph.
It is smaller, lighter and less
precise than the Leica and the
Pentax but is intended to meet
the needs of anyone who needs a theodolite for
simple tasks such as setting out grids, but prefers
to avoid the weight and complexity of the
bigger instruments.
4. Geoscan RM 4 soil resistivity meter
(purchased) with equipment for setting out
grids. This instrument does not log its own data.
This has to be done by the operator(s), who
must also subsequently type it into a computer.
We supply a copy of the Snuffler program for
interpretation of the results.
5. Magellan Meridian handheld gps
(purchased). This gps is accurate to around
2 to 4 metres on open ground, but does not
work well in woodland. The Magellan can
record its data and can, if required, download
it to a computer via a 9 pin serial port. As serial
ports are no longer standard, we will supply a
suitable laptop and software. Please be aware
that intentional degradation of the satellite
signals ended in May 2000.
6. Foster-Cambridge Introscope (donated).
This is similar to a medical endoscope and is
a 22mm-diameter telescope in a tube 2ft 8in
long, extendable to 6ft 6in. It was made for
inspecting gun barrels and ships’ boilers and has
a built-in lighting system. Members may find it
useful for looking into inaccessible cavities in
old buildings, or possibly underground.
All this equipment is at the moment in my
custody at Southfleet, though the usual
custodian of the Geoscan will be Brian
McNaughton at Hamstreet. For contact
addresses see Arch.Cant. CXXI for 2001.
Complex equipment does call for some existing
knowledge by its users. Instruction sheets or
manuals will be supplied for the Leica, Pentax,
Geoscan and Magellan, but we will do what we
can to help users completely new to surveying
or resistivity. Hopefully we will eventually keep
the equipment at a more central location in
Kent.
Roger Cockett
YOU & YOUR SOCIETY
Membership And
Publicity Committee
What does the Committee do?
Is it just a name? Please consider.
Paramount to the Committee is
the Membership Secretary, Shiela
Broomfield, who deals with all
aspects of membership, too
numerous to list.
Paul Tritton, a retired editorial
consultant, acts as Publicity Officer
and looks for ways to present the
Society in the media. Activities for
members have for many years been
arranged by Joy Saynor, Excursions
Secretary. Similarly, activities and
courses for members are organised
by Joy Sage, Lecture Secretary. The
Society’s website is tended by Ted
Connell, who provides up-to-date
reports, whilst Kate Kersey reports
on the astonishing activities of the
North Downs Young Archaeologists.
Also included is Lyn Palmer, the
Newsletter Editor.
We are not moribund! The
Committee is looking for a person,
or people, with new enthusiasms,
new ambitions, something perhaps
not previously thought of, which
they would like to suggest for the
benefit of the membership.
If this is your opportunity, please
get in touch with me with the view
to joining us at our next meeting,
without commitment.
Margaret Lawrence (Chair,
Membership and Publicity
Committee)
01622 871945
p.lawrence.801@btinternet.com
10 Spring 2010 - KAS Newsletter
Volunteer work within the Kent
Historic Environment Record (HER)
The Historic Environment Record for
Kent is the prime county record for
information on archaeological sites,
historic buildings and landscapes,
archaeological events and sources. It is
maintained by Kent County Council in
Maidstone and consists of over 42,000
records, stored in a computerized
database and linked to a mapping
system.
The information in the HER comes
from a range of sources – archaeological
projects carried out as part of the
development control system, academic
and other researchers, national projects
and casual or chance discoveries.
Similarly, it is used for a range of
purposes – to inform planning decisions
and archaeological projects, as a basis for
archaeological research and for
education, public access and outreach
projects.
An enormous amount of new
archaeological work is carried out each
year – we receive over 350 archaeological
reports annually, in addition to the
results of a large number of research
projects. All of this information needs to
be added to the HER so that it is
accessible for those who want to use it.
Kent County Council is looking for
enthusiastic volunteers who would be
willing to help add this information to
the HER and thereby play a critical role
in the conservation of Kent’s heritage.
We are also aware that some volunteers
will have extensive knowledge of their
own and we hope that they will feel able
to add this to our existing information.
What would I do?
Volunteers work within our HER team,
helping to create new HER records from
our resource of archaeological reports.
We provide full training (no prior
experience is assumed) and support
during your volunteer period. You work
through the archaeological reports,
compare them with existing records and,
as appropriate, either add information to
existing records or create completely new
ones. Most of this work is based on the
reports alone, but sometimes it is
necessary to use aerial photographs,
historic maps or other documentary
sources to enhance the record.
What would I learn?
Lots! Volunteers wishing to make a
career in archaeology will gain vital
experience of working with a real HER
in a busy county Heritage team. They
will learn about the thinking process
behind HERs, the software used and
how information is gathered and
managed. Volunteers who are just
interested in making a contribution to
Kent’s heritage will learn about the very
latest archaeological discoveries in the
county, much more about their own area
or theme of interest and how a busy
county unit operates.
Who can volunteer?
Anyone with an interest in the heritage
of Kent and an understanding of UK
archaeology. You might be an
undergraduate studying archaeology,
a member of a local history or
archaeology society, a graduate or
archaeologist looking for more
experience or a member of the public
with good knowledge of the past who
wants to become involved in Kent’s
heritage in a meaningful way.
How can I find out more?
To learn more please contact me and I
will be happy to chat to you or to
welcome you if you’d like to make a visit
first.
Ben Croxford
Historic Environment Record Officer
Tel: 01622 223528
ben.croxford@kent.gov.uk
HER volunteers wanted
Phillipotts ‘Villare
Cantianum’ 1659
In 1927 the Hon. Henry Hannen noted in
Archaeologia Cantiana for that year, the
existence of what he referred to as a
‘second impression’ of the 1659 Villare
Cantianum, also mentioning Dr Cocks
copy with the cancel t.p. for 1664. It has
since come to light that these references
were only a hint at what remained to be
uncovered. Bibliographical notes within
www.oldkentmaps.co.uk, under Other
Cartography Projects, are an attempt to
create a detailed picture of the presently
known variant forms of this book.
Spring 2010 - KAS Newsletter 11
NOTES FROM
THE ARCHIVES
Ephemera in the Papers
of Arthur Hussey
Imagine a shop where you can buy a
dresser, new curtains, a carpet and a
coffin for your late relative. No, this is
not a new Hypermarket on the edge of
town. A shop like this, called E & G
Hobday, existed in 1890 at 60-61 Palace
Street in Canterbury. Their range was
impressively wide, they advertised
themselves as Upholsterers, Decorators,
Undertakers, Auctioneers and Valuers,
offering removal services, painting and
decorating, furniture repairs and sale of
household furniture and furnishings.
They proudly displayed their state-ofthe-
art removal van, the Pantechnicon,
on their advert.
In April 1900, Arthur Hussey obtained
quotes from E & G Hobday and the
company Kennett & Chamberlain for
his move from Wingham to Whitstable.
He kept these quotes, crossed them out
and wrote research notes on the back of
them, which is why these quotes are
among the content of the KAS Archive.
They provide a glance of local businesses
and the people behind them. For a start,
E & G Hobday were not unique in
offering a wide selection of services.
Their competitors Kennett &
Chamberlain of Westgate, Canterbury
also described themselves as Cabinet,
Upholstery & Furnishing
Warehousemen, Auctioneers, Valuers &
House Agents and advertised that they
did funerals too. Looking through the
local directories of the time this
combination was commonplace and
reminds us that jobs were not always as
specialised as they are now.
E. H. Hobday quoted a £7 fee for
moving Arthur Hussey’s belongings to
Whitstable in the Pantechnicon van.
A Pantechnicon was a specialised
horse-drawn removal van which
developed after 1836. It was long and
broad with a low floor and hinged doors
at the back. At the time they were
thought to be very large and they made
furniture removal a lot easier. It wasn’t
long before they were put on railway
trucks to facilitate moves between towns.
Adverts in local directories frequently
display them, just as the advertising of
modern removal companies display
pictures of their trucks, and probably for
the same reasons. For a time, until the
arrival of trucks, the Pantechnicon
showed that you had modern equipment
and inspired confidence.
The Hobday family was well established
in Canterbury. In 1878 John Hobday
was established in Palace Street, offering
a full range of cabinet making and
upholstery services. By 1881 he was a
widower, but a son, George, was living at
home and described as a Managing
Upholsterer. John Hobday was doing
well at this time, employing 6 men and a
boy. At the same time Edwin H. Hobday
and his family were living in Best Lane.
Edwin H. Hobday was an upholsterer
and probably an elder son of John and
the late Sarah Hobday. The company
name, E & G Hobday, may be the
initials of Edwin and George Hobday.
Edwin and his wife Mary Ann had seven
children, some of whom followed them
into the business. One son, Arthur E.
Hobday, became a cabinet maker, and is
listed as a dealer in antiques and art in
the 1901 census. A daughter, Laura
Hobday, became an upholstress. The
Hobday business in Palace St. can be
traced from 1878 to 1918 in Kelly’s
Directory of Kent, but disappears by
1922. The family may have ceased to
have involvement by 1918 when a Frank
Amos is listed after the company name
in the Canterbury and District Local
directory. From 1928 onwards there is
still a thriving House Furnishing
business at the address, but by then it is
called Wm. Lefevre Ltd. These days the
building is home to an Italian
Restaurant.
It is not known whether Arthur Hussey
employed the Hobday firm for his move
to Whitstable. Rivals Kennett &
Chamberlain came in a fraction cheaper
at £6.12s.6d and one assumes a third
quote existed at some time; maybe the
lost quote was the winning one.
However, this piece of ephemera opens
up a door to the history of a family
business in Canterbury and removal
services.
Pernille Richards
Notes from the Archives
Pantechnicon on a railway truck in the late 19th century
12 Spring 2010 - KAS Newsletter
Directory of Local
History Internet Sites
Compiled by Jacquelené Fillmore
From ‘1881 Pubs’ to ‘Your Maps Online’
via ‘Anglo-Saxon Prosopography’,
‘Churchplans online’ and ‘Hidden
Lives Revealed’.
A new Directory of Local History
Internet Sites has been published by the
British Association for Local History.
This is an up-to-date guide to 353
websites, some national and some local.
It points you to sources for local history
such as documents, maps, photos,
artefacts and archives, museums and
memorial inscriptions. You can move
from 1881 Pubs to Your Maps Online
via Anglo-Saxon Prosopography,
Churchplans Online and Hidden Lives
Revealed, where you can encounter the
young people in the care of The
Children’s Society in Victorian Britain.
The guide covers the major websites for
historical material such as A2A as well as
less well-known ones like the Seeley
History Library, Cambridge, which
includes a monthly online list of all
articles in the journals it receives. Some
of the websites enable you to trace
individuals, some to find recent
background information, and others
point you to research material. The
Directory is indexed by subjects, people
and places.
The 2010 Directory is a bargain
at £2 plus £1 p&p. You can obtain
a copy from Gill Draper at
development.balh@btinternet.com
or 01732 452575.
Percy Maylam’s The
Kent Hooden Horse
Richard Maylam,
Mick Lynn & Geoff Doel
The History Press, Stroud.
ISBN 978 0 7524 4997 5.
128pp including index,
27 illustrations.
The authoritative book on the great
Kentish custom of the Hooden Horse
was written in 1909 by Percy Maylam, as
a limited edition of 303 copies. He
caught the custom in its last traditional
phase. Copies went to academics and
universities around the world and they
are now generally hard to come by for
folklore researchers. The origins of
Hoodening are complex, and include
pagan fertility rites such as the Green
Man, Morris dancing and recognition of
the value of the horse to farming
communities. Percy Maylam’s greatnephew,
Richard Maylam, together with
Dr Lynn and Dr Doel of the Tonbridge
Hoodening Team, have republished the
book. They have unearthed additional
unpublished photographs and written a
biographical essay on Percy Maylam.
Also included, as a new section in the
book, is Percy Maylam’s essay on
Gavelkind, abolished just before the First
World War.
KAS members can buy the book at the
reduced price of £11.00 (normal price
£14.99), which includes p&p. Please
make cheque payable to Richard
Maylam and send, with return address,
to Peacock Farm, Emmett Hill Lane,
Yalding ME18 6BG. For further
enquiries ring Richard Maylam on
01892 730282.
NEW BOOKS
Spring 2010 - KAS Newsletter 13
The Lost Powder Mills
of Leigh – Part 2
Chris Rowley
The author has donated to the KAS
library a copy of Part 2 of his book
‘The Lost Powder Mills of Leigh’. It is
described as a Gazeteer and is (to use
his words) the equivalent of a
technical appendix. It has 146 A4
pages, most describing the buildings,
with numerous colour photos and
some plans, including a pull-out plan
of the site.
It was paid for by a HLF grant which
only allowed him to print a limited
number of copies for specialist
libraries, so it is not for sale. Any KAS
members interested in the subject
may wish to know they can consult a
copy in our library.
The original work (Part 1) is still
available (in its 3rd edition) for £20 +
£2.50 p&p from Mr C Rowley, Oak
Cottage, The Green, Leigh,
Tonbridge, TN11 8QL. It is a general
history of the works with 240 pages,
15 maps and 100 illustrations. We do
not have a copy in the KAS library -
at least not yet!
Herne Bay’s Piers
Harold Gough
Herne Bay Historical Records Society,
Past Series No.1
A4 , 42 pages, 44 images.
Three piers have graced Herne Bay’s
seafront since 1831, when the first
pier served as the catalyst for the
development of this coastal resort.
Covered within the comprehensive
text are details of Thomas Telford’s
involvement with the original designs,
pier ownership, passenger traffic and
the steam ships, pier entertainers and
descriptions of the fires of 1928 and
1970.
Books £5.95 each, plus p&p £1.50,
from Pierhead Publications Limited,
PO Box 145, Herne Bay CT6 8GY.
Email: sales@pierheadpublications.
co.uk. Also available from Herne Bay
Museum and to order from
bookshops.
Herne Bay’s Hotels
& Public Houses
John Fishpool
Herne Bay Historical Records Society,
Past Series No.2
A4, 56 pages, 46 images.
Although the Ship Inn dates from the
18th century, the demand for hotels
started with the completion of the
first pier in 1831 and the influx of
visitors looking for accommodation
and refreshment. Together with an
overview of the licensed trade, this
book includes an alphabetic index of
all the known hotels and pubs – many
of which have now disappeared –
along with their history and
numerous period images. Herne Bay’s
brewery is also covered in some detail.
NEW BOOKS
14 Spring 2010 - KAS Newsletter
Dear editor
Following the item in Newsletter no.83,
I would like to congratulate Tonbridge
Historical Society on their 50th
anniversary. I would also like to respond
to Shiela Broomfield’s question as to
‘how many other local societies were
founded 50 years ago, or even before
1960’ by pointing out that the Dartford
Historical and Antiquarian Society will
be celebrating its centenary this year.
The Society first met on Monday 3
October 1910 at Buck’s Rooms in the
High Street, Dartford. Originally called
the Dartford District Antiquarian
Society (DDAS), membership had
reached over one hundred by the
following year with the Archbishop of
Canterbury as Patron and Sidney Keynes
(local councillor, flour mill owner and
grandfather of the poet who shared his
name) as President.
The DDAS became affiliated to the Kent
Archaeological Society in 1926. Five
years later, in 1931, the first issue of its
‘Transactions’ appeared, covering local
history, building recording and
archaeological reports. At this time our
Vice Presidents included Sir Thomas
Colyer-Fergusson and Arthur Mee.
In 1964 the DDAS changed its name to
the Dartford Historical and Antiquarian
Society and in the same year published
the first of its newsletters which have
appeared annually ever since. These
cover various aspects of local history
such as studies of companies, families,
individuals and events.
This year we are hoping to celebrate our
centenary by publishing a book of
photographs illustrating Dartford
throughout the 100 years of our
existence. In October there will be a
Centenary Dinner with an after dinner
talk on the history of the Society.
Dartford Borough Museum will also be
staging a temporary exhibition from
October 2010 until March 2011 on the
story of the Society and its
accomplishments.
Dr Mike Still
Chairman, Dartford Historical
& Antiquarian Society
Letters
Anglo-Saxon
CSI: Sittingbourne
Community Science
Investigation project on
the finds from the Meads
Anglo-Saxon CSI: Sittingbourne
is an investigative conservation lab
working on finds from an Anglo-
Saxon cemetery found at the Meads,
Sittingbourne. It is a unique
community-led, public heritage
conservation project. It allows
public access to the conservation
techniques involved in treating
objects from an archaeological dig.
The project has been a local
initiative involving locally-based
conservator, Dana Goodburn-
Brown, Canterbury Archaeological
Trust and Sittingbourne Heritage
Museum, backed by Kent County
Council.
Following excavation by the
Canterbury Archaeological Trust
at the Meads between May and
December 2008 (see KAS
Newsletter no.79, Winter 2008/09),
the cleaning and conservation of the
large quantity of finds from the site
presented a major challenge. Many
of these were of metal,
predominantly iron but also
including finds of copper alloy, silver
and gold. Many objects were heavily
corroded or had been lifted in
blocks of soil. Organic products
such as wood and textiles were likely
to have been preserved by
mineralisation where they were in
contact with the metal finds and the
analytical potential of the objects,
if properly cleaned and conserved,
was very high. However, quotes
to get the finds dealt with in a
conservation lab were in the area of
£200,000. Given that the site had
been an unexpected discovery, the
financial pressure on the project was
(and remains) great. Dana
Goodburn-Brown then suggested an
Dear editor
The Lower Medway Archaeological
Research Group 50th Anniversary,
an appeal.
In answer to Shiela Broomfield, who
asked in the last issue how many other
local societies in Kent were founded 50
years ago, the Lower Medway
Archaeological Research Group began
life in April 1961 and so will reach its
own major milestone next year. The first
report on its activities, which included
mention of the Group’s discovery of the
Eccles Roman Villa, appeared in the
Local Secretaries’ Reports in Arch.
Cant. for 1961.
If anyone has any memories they would
like to share of the Group’s first 15 years,
would they please contact me as I hope
to help the Group mark the occasion
with an article in the Newsletter. The
1960s were interesting times, when so
much field archaeology (not all of it
excavation) was going on throughout the
County, largely undertaken by amateurs.
Regular, if somewhat chaotic
conferences, led by the late Frank
Jenkins FSA, were held in Canterbury to
share the results. An early “networking”
event?
Michael Ocock
The Old School House
Merton Road, Ambrosden
Oxon OX25 2LS
Email: m.ocock@consp.co.uk
Spring 2010 - KAS Newsletter 15
Sittingbourne CSI
Disc brooch after conservation CSI volunteers
innovative response to the problem; set
up a conservation facility in the heart of
the town and train and supervise local
volunteers to carry out the conservation
of the artefacts. CSI: Sittingbourne
was born.
After much preparation and a long
search for suitable premises, the project
finally opened in September 2009 in a
vacant unit within the Forum
shopping centre in Sittingbourne,
with an associated exhibition
in an opposite unit
providing background on
the site and excavation. Since
opening more than 7700
people have visited. The
shop units were generously
provided at no cost by
Tesco’s, the owners of the Forum.
Funding was provided by Kent
County Council Heritage
Conservation along with one developers, Marstons Inns and
Taverns. The project would been possible without the help other businesses and individuals,
both local and national, and without
donations of equipment from museums
and collections. In particular, it has been
reliant on the hard work and dedication
of over 50 local volunteers, both to carry
out the conservation work and to keep
the exhibition open. Overall, the project
has been a superb example of what can
be achieved when a community works
together for a common cause, in this
case the preservation of a spectacular
range of artefacts so that future
generations can study and enjoy them.
CSI: Sittingbourne aims to not only
conserve the artefacts, but to also involve
the local community and raise interest in
Sittingbourne’s important and often
forgotten history. The discovery of this
and the subsequent CSI:
project is an exciting and
valuable commodity for
Sittingbourne and Swale
as a whole and will hopefully
attract more visitors to
the area.
The project also aims to promote
conservation profession,
which has not hitherto enjoyed a
reputation as the most accessible
of the heritage sector! This has
changed with CSI:
Sittingbourne. The fact that the
is so public ensures that
people know what conservators do and
how important the profession is to our
understanding of the past. Hopefully
this project will be the first of many that
bring the hidden science of
archaeological conservation firmly
into the public consciousness.
For more information on the project see
the project’s dedicated website http://
anglosaxoncsi.wordpress.com or the
Canterbury Archaeological Trust website
http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/
meads01.htm. The lab and associated
archaeological exhibition are located in
The Forum shopping precinct in
Sittingbourne. Admission is free and the
facility is open from 10am to 5pm
Monday to Saturday at least until early
May, but hopefully until September
2010. Do make the most of this project
whilst you can and if you can help out
and show support in any way at all, it
would be greatly appreciated.
Dana Goodburn-Brown & Andrew
Richardson
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16 Spring 2010 - Published by the Kent Archaeological Society, Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Gallery, St Faith’s Street, Maidstone, Kent. ME14 1LH www.kentarchaeology.org.uk
Canterbury Young
Archaeologists’ Club
In 2009 Canterbury Young
Archaeologists’ Club (CYAC) was able to
run a varied programme of meetings,
despite leaders work commitments and
an aging YAC membership! We started
the New Year by reconstructing mini
Iron Age roundhouses. This activity was
inspired by the YAC Leader’s weekend at
Buster Ancient Farm the previous
summer. The Jubilee Hall on Wincheap,
where CYAC usually meets, was taken
over with straw, birch and MDF, with
some very inventive houses constructed
as a result.
At Easter CYAC were visited by expert
flintknapper Karl Lee, who guided the
group through the process of turning
flint into various tools. CYAC has some
natural knappers, and only one plaster
was needed…for a leader!
The summer saw the CYAC’s out and
about. We visited Canterbury Castle in
May, where we learnt all about
archaeological building recording. The
YAC’s used a surveyor’s level, and
worked in teams with 30m tapes to
measure the Castle’s plan and elevations.
In June the group visited Draper’s Mill
in Margate to find out how grains are
turned into flour at the restored
windmill.
By the autumn, we were back indoors,
and back to ancient times. We looked
in-depth at the processes of
mummification. Using a willing YAC to
practice on, the leaders extracted the
organs for the canopic jars: liver (lamb’s)
for Imesty the Human; lungs (wet
sponges) for Hapi the baboon; stomach
(haggis) for Duamutef the Jackal; and
the intestines (chipolatas) for
Qebehsenuef the Falcon. The YACs then
had a go at mummifying an orange with
bi-carb and salt, and bandaging them
up. These had to be placed in an airing
cupboard, and left to mummify. Must
remind them to dig them out…
For Christmas the YACs met at The
Roman Museum in Canterbury to learn
all about mosaic making, and had a go at
creating their own designs.
Canterbury YAC would like to take this
opportunity to express our appreciation
for the generous financial support from
the Kent Archaeological Society for our
activities.
Abby Guinness
Branch Leader, Canterbury Young
Archaeologists’ Club
CYAC at Drapers Mill CYAC at Canterbury Castle
Copy deadline for the next issue is Tuesday 1st June. The editor wishes to draw attention to the fact that neither she nor the Council of the KAS are answerable
for opinions which contributors may express in their signed articles, each author is alone responsible for the contents and substance of their work.
EDITOR: LYN PALMER
55 Stone Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 2QU Telephone: 01892 533661 Email: evelyn.palmer@virgin.net or newsletter@kentarchaelogy.org.uk
Canterbury Young Archaeologists