Funerary archaeology at St Dunstan’s Terrace, Canterbury
Weekes, J., 2018, ‘Funerary archaeology at St Dunstan’s Terrace, Canterbury’, in J. Pearce and J. Weekes (eds), Death as a Process. The Archaeology of the Roman Funeral. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 83-122.
Afterword – Process and Polysemy: an appreciation of a cremation burial
Weekes, J., 2018, ‘Afterword – Process and Polysemy: an appreciation of a cremation burial’, in J. Pearce and J. Weekes (eds), Death as a Process. The Archaeology of the Roman Funeral. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 287-300. [interpretation of a burial at Crundale Limeworks, near Canterbury.]
The Dwarf is Dead
Hines, J., 2018, ‘The Dwarf is Dead’, British Archaeology (November-December 2017), 52-57.
Water mixed with the blood of St Thomas: contact relic manufacture pictured in Canterbury Cathedrals stained glass
Koopmans, R., 2018, ‘Water mixed with the blood of St Thomas: contact relic manufacture pictured in Canterbury Cathedrals stained glass’, Journal of Medieval History, 42, 5 (2016), 535-558.
Prodigal years? Negotiating luxury and fashioning identity in a seventeenthcentury account book
Pittman, S., 2018, ‘Prodigal years? Negotiating luxury and fashioning identity in a seventeenthcentury account book’, Luxury, 3, 1-2 (2016), 7-31. [Account book of Sir Edward Dering (1598-1644), of Surrenden Dering, Pluckley MP and antiquary.]
One for the farm workers? Perpetrator risk and victim risk transfer during the Sevenoaks fires of 1830
Taylor, I., 2018, ‘One for the farm workers? Perpetrator risk and victim risk transfer during the Sevenoaks fires of 1830’, Rural History, 28, 2, 137-159.
Tales of Inheritance from West Kent
Ballard, M., 2018, ‘Tales of Inheritance from West Kent’, in Robert Clark (ed.), Jane Austens Geographies. London: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature, 68-94.
How formal Anglican pew-renting worked in practice 1800 -1850
Burnett, T.C., 2018, ‘How formal Anglican pew-renting worked in practice 1800 -1850’, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 68, 4, 766-783. [many refs to Kent churches.]
The parish elite at play? community and the middling sort in eighteenth century Kent
Cragoe, M., 2018, ‘The parish elite at play? community and the middling sort in eighteenth century Kent’, History, 102, 1, 349, 45-67.
Reptons Country masterpiece, Sundridge Park 1794-2015
Davies, T., 2018, ‘Reptons Country masterpiece, Sundridge Park 1794-2015’, Bromleag, 2, 43, 26-28.
The Story of Smarden Post Office
Ferris, A., 2018, ‘The Story of Smarden Post Office’, The Smarden Journal, 4, 1-4.
Law and order in early Bromley
Filmer, J., 2018, ‘Law and order in early Bromley’, Bromleag, 2, 41, 23-27.
Lukin, the lifesafer dogged by imitators
Gunnill, M., 2018, ‘Lukin, the lifesafer dogged by imitators’, Bygone Kent, 38, 6, 10-15. [Lukin - inventor of the lifeboat.]
Sailors friend or ruthless politician who stole from philanthropist?
Gunnill, M., 2018, ‘Sailors friend or ruthless politician who stole from philanthropist?’, Bygone Kent, 38, 1, 10-17. [Samuel Plimsoll who lived and died at Folkestone and his plagiarism of the work of James Hall, a Northumberland shipbuilder.]
Zealous cleric in a damp village plagued by disease
Gunnill, M., 2018, ‘Zealous cleric in a damp village plagued by disease’, Bygone Kent, 39, 1, 28-35. [Upchurch and marsh fever.]
Arts & Crafts Artisans Cottages in Cranbrook
Hayward, N., 2018, ‘Arts & Crafts Artisans Cottages in Cranbrook’, Cranbrook Journal, 28, 15-16.
We will remember them: the men of Sittingbourne and Milton who died in January and February 1918
Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne., 2018, ‘We will remember them: the men of Sittingbourne and Milton who died in January and February 1918’, The Archive, HRGS, 142, 4-6.
The location of Mayfield Finery Forge: a critique and an alternative view
Hodgkinson, J.S., 2018, ‘The location of Mayfield Finery Forge: a critique and an alternative view’, Wealden Iron, 37 (2nd series), 29-37.
When the railway came to Tonbridge: the workers
Jones, A.G., 2018, ‘When the railway came to Tonbridge: the workers’, Invicta, Journal of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Society, 89, 37-40.
Edward Thomas in Bearsted and beyond
Legood, A., 2018, ‘Edward Thomas in Bearsted and beyond’, Journal of Kent History, 85, 8-11.
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