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Trans Birmingham Warwickshire Archaeol Soc 86
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Trans Birmingham Warwickshire Archaeol Soc 86
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Transactions of the Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society
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86
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Journal
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1974
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Date Of Issue From: 1974
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BIAB (British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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05 Dec 2008
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The origins of the English county archaeological societies
Stuart Piggott
1 - 15
Explores the truth of Haverfield's assertion that "the antiquarian and the tractarian have much in common". The dirt, decay and disrepute found especially in rural parishes as late as 1842 reached such a pass that reforms, both liturgical and architectural, were relatively easily forced by small vigorous groups formed in Oxford and Cambridge in 1839. The new interest in churches and the arguments induced by their "restoration" then extended to other ancient monuments. Impelled by such diverse influences as the Romantic movement, improvements to road-travel and the boredom of country winters, local societies emerged to unite churchmen, nobles, commoners and young ladies in their eager quest for archaeological information. The decade 1845-55 alone saw a dozen such societies formed, they and their successors providing the framework in which British archaeology has operated to this day.
An archaeological gazetteer for Warwickshire: Neolithic to Iron Age
Nicholas Thomas
16 - 48
Ordnance Survey records form the core of this gazetteer which is supplemented from various sources up to March 1971. Sites are listed by parish and period, with map references and present location of finds. Crop mark sites are not treated but it is likely that the 1965 count of Avon Valley sites can now be quadrupled. Entries are discussed in their wider context and suggestions for further research put forward.
The West Midlands in the Roman period: a brief survey
Graham Webster
49 - 58
Discoveries of military sites continue and excavation demonstrates their complexities. Although knowledge of civil sites rests so far on an insufficiently understood EIA political, cultural and economic foundation, it is clear that only after the army's evacuation of the Midlands did Roman ways take hold there; and in such a context Wroxeter's success needs explanation. Industrial developments have been studied at kiln sites such as Mancetter. Farm sites are known principally through air photographs; they are modest and little Romanised, villas being few. Five small fortified enclosures along Watling Street form a unique class which may date to Constantius' visit of AD 296.
Some notes on Warwickshire place-names
Margaret Gelling
59 - 79
Explores the possibility of constructing a chronology of the English settlement from the place-name evidence. A tentative map of the Birmingham region showing Welsh settlements after the English take-over is provided. The absence now of a simple formula for identifying the earliest English names forces the attempt to discover middle-period settlements, the -tons and -leys (map); these are commonest in Derbys Warks-Worcs-Glos-Wilts, and within these areas the two types are well separated, though possibly contemporary. A third map relates place-names to drift geology.
The use of place-name elements môr and merse in the Avon Valley
Helen Maynard
80 - 84
Deserted medieval villages in Warwickshire: a review of the field evidence
Clive Jonathon Bond
85 - 112
The term "deserted medieval village" should not exclude resettled, shrunken or migrated sites. Problems of fieldwork are discussed, both general (e.g. undocumented replanning in medieval times) and particular (e.g. streets, crofts, manor houses, fishponds, field systems). Warwickshire has 127 sites known so far; the diminishing returns from DMV excavations now render non-excavational fieldwork the more necessary, and individual parish surveys should now form the focus of attack.
The timber-framed buildings of Coventry: 169 Spon Street
Freddie W B Charles
113 - 131
Part of Spon Street, Coventry, has been set aside for preservation and demolished buildings from elsewhere are being brought to it. No. 169 is in situ, and the article records its state before restoration, with interpretations of the original structure: this seems to have been built as a pair of shops, each with a chamber over and a hall (now destroyed) behind. The surviving front range retains a common rafter roof with short crown posts. A date in 14th century is suggested. General discussion of types of town houses, and of the process of dereliction is included. P W D