A new monograph exploring the of the origins, growth and transformation of Wallingford $000,000 Transforming Townscapes. From Burh to Borough: The Archaeology of Wallingford, AD 800-1400 This new Society for Medieval Archaeology monograph details the results of a major archaeological project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, based on and around the historic town of Wallingford in south , . Founded in the late Saxon period as a key defensive and administrative focus next to the Thames, the settlement also contained a substan- tial royal castle established shortly after the Norman Conquest. Excellent conditions of archaeological survival mean that Wallingford is an important case study for exploring urbanism in England between the early and late Middle Ages. This volume details both the project fieldwork (comprising excavations, test-pitting and exten- sive geophysical and other surveys), and data from developer-led interventions and other previ- The monograph publication of ously unpublished excavations in the town's historic core. It highlights in particular the strong community-led approach of the project, with a highly successful blend of academics, profession- the Wallingford Burh to Bor- al archaeologists and locals helping to bring much more of the town’s heritage to light. The vol- ough Research Project, 2008-10. ume traces the pre-town archaeology of Wallingford – from late Iron Age landscape to early Sax- By Neil Christie and on cemetery – and then analyses the town's physical and social evolution from Saxon burh to Oliver Creighton, with chartered borough, and assesses its defences, castle, churches, housing, markets, material cul- Matt Edgeworth and Helena ture, coinage, communications and hinterland. Core questions running through the volume re- Hamerow late to the roles of the and of royal power in shaping Wallingford's fortunes and identity and in explaining the town's severe and early decline.

Transforming Townscapes. From Burh to Borough: The Archaeology of Wallingford, ad 800– 1400. By Neil Christie and Oliver Creighton, with Matt Edgeworth and Helena Hamerow, and many other contributors. Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 35, London, 2013.

22x30cm. 490 pp, 30 colour pls, 315 b&w illus, hb. ISSN 0583-9106. ISBN 978-1-909662-09-4

Normal price: £45 Discount price (until 30 November 2013): £30 (plus £3.75 p&p)

To order your copy/copies at discount price, please send a cheque for £33.75 per volume, payable to the ‘The Society for Medieval Archaeology’ to: Dr Neil Christie, School of Archaeol- ogy & Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.

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