Front matter, Volume 131
Archæologia Cantiana
Images of Kent No. 8. Deal, from Upper Deal Mall (from the KAS Library Collections)
Archæologia Cantiana
Being Contributions to the History and Archaeology of Kent
VOLUME CXXXI
2011
Published by the
KENT ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Registered Charity no. 223382
© 2011 Kent Archaeological Society
ISSN 0066-5894
Produced for the Society by Past Historic, Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire
Printed in Great Britain
CONTENTS
List of Officers and Members of Council vii-viii; Editorial Personnel viii
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1. The Social Structure of New Romney as revealed in the 1381 Poll Tax Returns. By Sheila Sweetinburgh . . . . . .
2. A Review of Canterbury’s Romano-British Cemeteries. By Jake Weekes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. The Medieval Decorated Tile Pavement at St Mary’s Church, Brook: the Finest Survival of the Tyler Hill Floor Tile Industry. By Irene Pellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. The Kentish Origins and Connections of Sir George Brown (c.1438-1483). By J.T. Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Excavations and Discoveries at the Romano-British Cemetery, East Hill, Dartford. By A.N. Herbert . . . . . .
6. School Exercises from Canterbury, c.1480.
By Nicholas Orme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. The Medieval Hospital of St Mary The Blessed Virgin, Ospringe (Maison Dieu): Further Details of its Original Layout Revealed by Excavations at the Fairways.
By Andrew Margetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. In the Name of the Fallen: Legitimising the Great War in East Kent. By Peter Donaldson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9. Kent’s Twentieth-Century Military and Civil Defences. Part 2 – Medway. By Victor T.C. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10. The Development of Tonbridge seen through the Gate of its Castle: Recent Excavations at the former Bank Street Stock and Cattle Market. By Stuart Holden, Gillian Draper, Chris Jarrett and Damian Goodburn . . . . . . . .
11. The Roman Villa at Minster in Thanet. Part 8: The Pottery. By Malcolm Lyne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12. Profession and Death at Christ Church Priory, Canterbury, 1207-1534. By Joe Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13. A Mesolithic Site at Tong’s Meadow, West Street, Harriets-ham. By Paul Riccoboni and Dan Swift . . . . . . . . . . . .
14. Rose of Dover (d.1261), Richard of Chilham and an Inher-itance in Kent. By Richard Cassidy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15. An Archaeological Interpretative Survey of the Old Castle, Scotney, Lamberhurst: Part 1 – The Medieval Period. By David Martin, Barbara Martin and Jane Clubb . . .
16. The Storage of Canterbury Cathedral Archives and their Travels 1541-1967. By Margaret Sparks . . . . . . . . . . .
17. Early Roman Evidence for Intensive Cultivation and Malting of Spelt Wheat at Nonington.
By Richard Helm and Wendy Carruthers . . . . . . . . . . .
18. Early Modern Thanet: a Closed or Open Society? Evidence from a Study of Marriage Making and Marriage Horizons c.1560-c.1620. By Gill Wyatt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19. An Iron Age and Romano-British Site on Wood Hill, Kingsdown, near Deal. By Keith Parfett . . . . . . . . . . .
20. Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Richard Helm and Jon Rady, Excavations at Market Way, St Stephen’s, Canterbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Martyn Waller, Elizabeth Edwards and Luke Barber (eds), Romney Marsh: Persistence and Change in a Coastal Lowland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stuart Brookes and Sue Harrington, The Kingdom and People of Kent AD 400-1066: Their History and Archaeology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sheila Sweetinburgh (ed.), Later Medieval Kent, 1220-1540
Meriel Connor, John Stone’s Chronicle: Christ Church Priory, Canterbury, 1417-1472 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Helen Clarke, Sarah Pearson, Mavis Mate and Keith Parfitt, Sandwich, The ‘completest medieval town in England’. A study of the town and port from its origin to 1600. .
Jeremy Hodgkinson, British Cast-Iron Firebacks of the 16th to Mid 18th Centuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Robert Sackville-West, Inheritance. The story of Knole and the Sackvilles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Christopher Scoble, Letters from Bishopsbourne: three writers in an English Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reg Hamilton, Colony. Strange origins of one of the earliest modern democracies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
J. P. Hollingsworth, ‘Those Dirty Miners’: a History of the Kent Coalfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Heather Stennett and K.H. McIntosh (eds), An East Kent Quintet. Voices from Sturry, Fordwich, Hersden, Broad Oak and Westbere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Robert Turcan, Dover Through Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Robert Turcan, Faversham Through Time . . . . . . . . . .
Martin Easdown and Linda Sage, Hythe Through Time
Andrew Ashbee, Alfred Hambrook’s Mid-Kent Through Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
John Clancy, Milton Regis Through Time . . . . . . . . . . .
Biddenden in Pictures: People, Places, Events . . . . . . .
21. Kentish Bibliography 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22. Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23. Brief Notes on Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24. Annual Report and Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25. Committees of the Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26. New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27. General Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
officers and members of the council, 1st january 2011
President
C. R. POUT, b.a., m.a.
Patrons
THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
THE VISCOUNT DE L’ISLE, m.b.e.
R. H. HISCOCK, ll.b., f.s.a.
J. THIRSK, c.b.e., m.a., ph.d., d.litt., f.b.a.
P. H. G. DRAPER, b.sc., ph.d., d.i.c., f.r.s.c., m.inst.p., c.phys.
J. WHYMAN, ph.d., b.sc.(econ.), m.c.i.p.d.
Vice-Presidents
E. P. CONNELL
P. E. OLDHAM, m.a.
F. H. PANTON, c.b.e., ph.d.
R. G. THOMAS, m.a., f.c.a.
Honorary Editor
T. G. LAWSON, m.a.(cantab), dip.kent hist.
Lynwood, 102 Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AP
Honorary General Secretary
P.W. STUTCHBURY, m.a., m.sc., ph.d.
Lympne Hall, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4LQ
Honorary Treasurer
B.F. BEECHING, b.a., f.c.a.
Holly House, Church Road, Hoath, Canterbury, CT3 4JT
Honorary Librarian
F. H. PANTON, c.b.e., ph.d.
Grove End, Tunstall, Sittingbourne, ME9 8DY
Honorary Membership Secretary
MRS S. B. BROOMFIELD, f.s.a.
8 Woodview Crescent, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, TN11 9HD
Honorary Excursions Secretary
MRS J. M. SAYNOR, m.a.
Friars, 28 High Street, Shoreham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7TD
Honorary Curator
A.F. RICHARDSON, b.a.(hons), m.phil., ph.d.
Chiltern, 5 Farthingloe Cottages, Little Farthingloe,
Folkestone Road, Dover, CT15 7AA
Elected Members of the Council
M. Berg, m.a., m.sc. Canterbury
M.L.M. Clinch, b.a. Bexley
E.P. Connell New Ash Green
I.A. Coulson, b.a., p.g.c.e., f.s.a. Wye
K.J. Fryer Sheerness
J.M. Gibson, ph.d. Maidstone
D.J. Goacher Maidstone
P.A. Harlow Rochester
K.H. Kersey, b.a. Bearsted
R.F. LeGear, m.a.a.i.s., a.i.f.a. Ashford
P.M. Reid, ph.d.......................................................... Faversham
S.M. Sweetinburgh, ph.d. Canterbury
C.P. Ward Otford
S.H. Willis, ph.d. Canterbury
Editorial Personnel
Honorary Editor Terence Lawson
terryglawson@btinternet.com
Book Reviews Editor Dr Elizabeth Edwards
Woodview,
13 Town Road,
Petham,
Canterbury,
Kent CT4 5QT
ecedwards84@gmail.com
(E.C.Edwards@ukc.ac.uk)
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