Conservation
Royston Cave
An historical study of a medieval hermitage buried in the chalk below a Hertfordshire Town.
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Image courtesy of Tobit Curteis Associates
Anchorholds
An historical study of a medieval anchorhold in Willingham, Cambs. Anchorholds, long forgotten since their demise after the Reformation, were attached to many churches and used to house hermits who were often 'enclosed' for life.
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Gonville & Caius Estate in Cambridge
A study of the Harvey Road/Glisson Road area of Cambridge and its development by the college in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Click on the image below to read the whole paper or click this link to view a Dec 2020 talk on Zoom https://youtu.be/sYCVLZxNSVA
Queen Edith- Story of a Suburb
A study of the Queen Edith area of Cambridge and its development, from Saxon times to the present day.
Click on the image below to read the whole paper or click this link to see a Feb 2021 talk on Zoom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuNuWHU4YVU&t=65s:
English Parish Church Architecture: a Rough Guide
The beginnings of a book on the history of English Parish church architecture.
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Madingley Hall
Read the Conservation Plan for this fascinating, originally 16th century, Grade I listed set of buildings just west of Cambridge, researched and written by Jeremy Lander, by clicking on image below:
The Transport of Stone to Hedingham Castle
This paper explores the methods that might have been used to transport building stone from the quarry at Barnack to Castle Hedingham in the 1100s