Derbyshire Archaeological Society Newsletter # 81 (Jan 2015) 1 DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Issue 81 January 2016 2 Derbyshire Archaeological Society Newsletter # 81 (Jan 2016) DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2015 - 2016 PRESIDENT The Duke of Devonshire KCVO CBE VICE PRESIDENTS MR. J. R. MARJORAM, DR. P. STRANGE, MR. M.A.B. MALLENDER, MRS J. STEER, DR. D.V. FOWKES Chairman Mrs P. Tinkler, 53 Park Lane, Weston on Trent, of Council Derby, DE72 2BR Tel 01332 706716 Email; [email protected] Hon. Treasurer Mr P. Billson, 150 Blenheim Drive, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2GN Tel 01332 550725 e-mail; [email protected] Hon. Secretary Mrs B. A. Foster, 2, The Watermeadows, Swarkestone, Derbyshire, DE73 7FX Tel 01332 704148 e-mail; [email protected] Programme Sec. Mrs M. McGuire, 18 Fairfield Park, Haltwhistle, &Publicity Officer Northumberland. NE49 9HE Tel 01434 322906 e-mail; [email protected] Membership Mr K.A. Reedman, 107, Curzon St, Long Eaton, Secretary Derbyshire, NG10 4FH Tel 0115 9732150 e-mail; [email protected] Hon. Editors Dr. D.V. Fowkes, 11 Sidings Way, Westhouses, (Journal) Alfreton, Derby DE55 5AS Tel 01773 546626 e-mail; [email protected] Miss P. Beswick, 4, Chapel Row, Froggatt, Calver, Hope Valley, S32 3ZA Tel 01433 631256 e-mail; [email protected] Newsletter Editor Mrs B. A. Foster, 2, The Watermeadows, Swarkestone, Derbyshire, DE73 7FX Tel 01332 704148 e-mail; [email protected] Hon Assistant Mr. J.R. Marjoram, Southfield House, Portway, Librarian Coxbench, Derby, DE21 5BE Tel 01332 880600 e-mail; [email protected] Publications Dr. D.V. Fowkes, (address etc above) Derbyshire Archaeological Society Newsletter # 81 (Jan 2015) 3 DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 81 JANUARY 2015 The Cover Story The Derbyshire Archaeological The earlier Journals in particular contain Society is currently scanning all our some truly beautiful hand drawn Journals from 1879 so that they can (with illustrations of everything from tiles to the exception of the last five years) be tombs and from houses to heraldry with viewed on the Internet. It is anticipated all manner of stained glass and ancients that they will be hosted by the scripts in between. Reproduced on the Archaeological Data Service site and cover is a drawing from DAJ 1881 of a should be available within the next few child, William Curzon buried at Croxall months. This is becoming a common church in 1487 and described as “a practice among similar Societies to satisfy crisom”. The OED defines a chrisom as increasing demand for open and easy a pure white christening robe to signify access to research material. In the innocence but used as a shroud if child meantime we would like to thank all died within its first month. It would those members who answered the call seem that the word came to be used for and who are now beavering away on their the stylised tombs of babes or infants computers separating the Journals into and often replete with decorative rather individual articles for ease and speed of than practical swaddling bands. Sadly download. It couldn’t be done without this tomb is no longer in the church. you! From From 1886 1883 Contents Planned visit to Hereford 2016 ..................... 4 Obituaries Programme Secretary’s Report ....................... 4 Barbara Hutton & Kathleen Battye ............. 25 The Library Notes—Help Wanted ................ 5 Derbyshire Miscellany .................................... 27 Reports on visit to Cotswold 2015 ................ 5 Book Reviews .................................................. 28 Archaeological Research Group .................... 9 Pilling Award ................................................... 30 Architectural Section ...................................... 15 Small Adverts................................................... 30 Local History Section ..................................... 19 Emiac 90 Booking .......................................... 32 Industrial Archaeology Section .................... 22 Photographs/maps courtesy of the authors, members, The Ordnance Survey, The Magic Attic Archives or Wikipedia (Under Wikimedia Commons Licence) unless otherwise credited. 4 Derbyshire Archaeological Society Newsletter # 81 (Jan 2016) VISIT TO HEREFORD A stamped addressed envelope or an 14-18 July 2016 email address should be included to receive confirmation of your booking and receipt of This year our visit will be based at High your booking fee. Leigh Conference Centre, Hoddesdon, Any queries please contact John on Hertfordshire. Forty places have been 01332 363354 (please leave your details on reserved for four nights from 14th – 18th July voicemail if busy) 2016. The rooms are all double en-suites for _____________________________ double or single occupancy. See www.cct.org.uk/high-leigh for more Programme Secretary's Report information. Winter Newsletter 2015 We have once again booked a Skills coach which will depart from Derby. David Carder The opening lecture in OL1 'Death & will again be our Tour Guide and we will use Taxes' etc on 25 Sep was quite well attended local guides for some site visits. although I was unable to attend on that date. We plan to stop at Audley End en route On 30th October we had Lindsay Allason- and the itinerary will be based around three Jones, OBE, and her talk on 'Roman centres: St. Albans with Verulamium, Sculpture in Derbyshire' - although quite a bit Waltham Abbey and Hertford itself. We hope of it would have been difficult to identify, to include at least one stately home (Hatfield there certainly is some and she led us through or Knebworth) as well as smaller houses, the various identifications. She had brought a Much Hadham with its early forge and Henry little list with her so hopefully we may be able Moore gallery, Mill House water mill, to fill in some gaps. Fascinating subject given Salisbury Hall and a sprinkling of villages and by a really good speaker. churches. Due to an oversight from me the We estimate a cost in the region of £420; Christmas Social venue got left off the the exact cost will be known in May 2016. Programme Card. Because St Mary's Church This will include accommodation - bed, Hall is now used by St Mary's parishioners breakfast and evening meals - for four nights exclusively during the month of December and the coach for five days. It will also we have, for the past few years, been using St include all entrance fees except for English Paul's Church Hall in Chester Green. This is Heritage and National Trust sites. now a fixed venue for the DAS December In order to book a place, an initial deposit meeting and not looking likely to change. My of £50.00 (non returnable) is required. Places apologies for any inconvenience thus caused. will be allocated in order of booking. We The opening lecture in the New Year at would advise that applications be made as the University will be Tony Wilmott, Historic soon as possible to avoid disappointment. We England, on 'Highlights from Recent would strongly recommend that you to take Excavations at Maryport', and we have on out personal Travel and Cancellation March 4th Professors Hadley and Richards - Insurance. there might only be one of them giving the To book please send a cheque for £50 per talk but they both supplied details, talking person, payable to Derbyshire Archaeological about 'Torksey Lincolnshire - recent work in Society and with the words 'DAS the winter camp of the Viking Great Army'. HERTFORD VISIT' on the back. Send to: The next opening lecture is on September Mr. John D’Arcy 30th 2016 'Aethelfrith and the Battle of Stone House Prebend Chester AD616: a battlefield and war-grave Old Chester Road discovered' by Dr David Mason. This Derby DE1 3SA lecture is rescheduled from March 6th 2015. Derbyshire Archaeological Society Newsletter # 81 (Jan 2015) 5 In between these University dates we will There remains some problems at the have the usual interesting talks given by the Central Library so it is best, if members Sections. wish to borrow books, first to contact Joan The Society AGM date is Friday 29th D’Arcy or myself by e-mail, ‘phone or post April 2016, at St Mary's Parish Centre as with their request. usual. 7.30pm Ray Marjoram Malise McGuire _____________________________ ______________________________ THE SOCIETY’S ANNUAL THE LIBRARY NOTES VISIT, THE COTSWOLDS HELP WANTED 23 – 27 July 2015 Part 1 I have been the de-facto Society We set out at 9:30 on a Skill’s coach Librarian for !*#*! years So it is perhaps now driven by Andy, who was to entertain us the time to offer the interesting and exciting with his jokes and his ability to create and fantastic job to some one else. (Hope parking space for a 40 foot coach. that I have got enough of today’s iconic David Carder joined us in Stroud at the modern idiom in for full understanding by Cotswold Canals Trust Visitor Centre, everyone). It is an interesting job and housed in an ex brewery next to Wallbridge important feature of the Society’s activities Upper Lock on the Thames & Severn to have county and national reference library Canal, opened in 1789 joining the going back to our very foundation in 1878. Stroudwater Navigation to the Thames at So now the cry goes out for someone Lechlade for London. A short walk took us with an interest in books and periodicals on to Lodgemore Mill, on a site used for at history and archaeology, both older and least 500 years; it now produces cloth for modern, and matters relating thereto to snooker tables & tennis balls. come forward offer to take on the It was then on to Chavenage House near Librarian’s job for the Society now or next Tetbury, an Elizabethan Manor House year. It really is a great opportunity to know down a country lane; on alighting, the and follow what is going on in our field of impression was “what on earth.....” but it interest. Please help. Please give me a call or was one of the quirkiest & most entertaining an email at any time (see front cover for tours yet experienced – Caroline Lowsley- details) so that we can meet and explore the Williams, a family member, had us in thrall matter.