Essential Wessex: Aerial Archaeology
The use of aerial images in archaeology has its origins in the 1920s. One of its pioneers was O G S Crawford, who was born in India, but spent much…
Essential Wessex: Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village
Hound Tor. on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, shows evidence of having been settled since the Bronze Age, possibly earlier. Archaeological investigations in the 1960s revealed evidence of longhouses, barns…
Essential Wessex: Winchester Road Protests
Wessex's natural environment, particularly in its overdeveloped eastern half, is under constant pressure from new construction. Beginning in the 1970s but peaking in the 1990s, this has led to direct…
Essential Wessex: Sir John Popham
Sr John Popham (1531-1607) was a notorious hanging judge who also served as MP for Lyme Regis and then Bristol, and as speaker of the House of Commons. He was…
Wessex In Fiction: The Slaves of Solitude
The Slaves of Solitude is a 1947 black comedy by Patrick Hamilton set during World War 2 in a boarding house in the fictional Berkshire town of Thames Lockdon, modelled…