Notes on Contributors
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS
Brendan Chester-Kadwell PH.D., M.A., M.soc.sc., PGCERT.ARCH.C0NS.: is a landscape
historian specialising in the origins and development of rural settlement. He has worked
exclusively in East Anglia and the High Weald, although most of his current work is in the
latter area. He is currently collaborating with The High Weald AONB JAC and English
Heritage on the study of dispersed settlement.
Deborah Cole, M.A., PH.D.: is an adult education tutor for the WEA and researches
and speaks on topics to do with early Kentish histOI)' and archaeology. As a committee
member of the KAS and Tonbridge Historical Society she contributes to their projects and
publications. She lives in Tonbridge and has recently published a book with the help of an
Allen Grove award. on which this article is based, entitled The Tonbridge Circular Walk
in the footsteps of mediaeval knights. For further details see: www.tonbridgecirculanva.lk.
co.uk.
M eriel Connor, M.A., M.PHIL., F.S.A.: her primary research interest is Canterbul)' Cathedral
PriOI)'. Published work includes a book entitled John Stones Chronicle. Christ Church
Priory, 1417-1472. Recently she contributed biographies of Christ Church priors to the
ODNB, and material for an interactive DVD-ROM 'English Catl1edrals and Monasteries'
to the University of York. Member of the KAS Historic Buildings Committee; ViceChairman
of the Friends of CAT. for which she has for years organized, and contributed to,
the successful annual guided walks given during the Canterbury Festival.
Jonathan Cotton, B.A., M.A., F .s.A.: spent much of his archaeological career at the Museum
of London, initially as a field archaeologist and latterly as Senior Curator, Prehistory and
Public Archaeology. Having elected to take early retirement from the Museum after 33
years' service in May 2011 he is now a freelance archaeological consultant specialising in
the prehistory of London and the surrounding region.
Veronica Craig-Mairt: during her early career she worked at the Universities of Sussex
and Kent as a specialist librarian. As a mature student, she completed a B.A. and M.A.
in History, gaining a distinction in the latter, at the University of Kent. She was keenly
interested in Anglo-Sa.xon history but did not pursue her academic studies any further.
Instead she continued to work as a professional genealogist, developing an in-depth
knowledge ofKentish family records.
Ben Croxford PH.D.: is the Historic Environment Record Officer at Kent County Council.
He has previously worked in a variety of roles within UK commercial archaeology
(consultancy survey and excavation) and on research projects in 1\misia and Italy. His
principal interest is Roman archaeology.
Gillian Draper, PH.D., F.R.HIST.s., F.S.A.: teaches landscape history at the University of
Kent and local history at Canterbury Christ Church University. She is currently contributing
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two chapters on towns and settlement to the forthcoming Early Medieval Kent, 800-1220
edited by S. Sweetinburgh (Boydell). She is also the Events and Development Officer
for the British Association for Local History, and a convenor of the Locality and Region
seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.
Simon Elliott, M.A.: is studying for a PH.D. in Archaeology at the University of Kent,
having graduated with an M.A. in Archaeology from UCL's Institute of Archaeology and an
M.A. in War Studies from KCL. He is co-Director of the Roman villa excavation at Teston
and a CBA South East Committee Member.
Duncan Harrington: is both a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Society of
Genealogists and President of the Kent Family History Society. He is a freelance historian,
and compiles the Kent Records, New Series for the Kent Archaeological Society. With
Patricia Hyde he has published two important books on the history of Faversham:
Faversham Oyster Fishe,y and The Early Town Books of Faversham. They are currently
working on a new history of Faversham Abbey.
Richard H elm, B.A.(HoNs), PH.D.: a Senior Project Manager at the Canterbury Archaeological
Trust, he has conducted a broad range of excavation projects in Kent and the SouthEast
He has been involved in commercial archaeology since 1986, and since 1995 has
followed his research interests in African archaeology for which he is presently conducting
fieldwork in Kenya and Tanzania as part of the Sealinks Project (www.sealinks.arch.ox.ac.
uk