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Field notes, reports and correspondence.

551 24/1/7/1

Description Field notes, reports and correspondence.

Date 1948 to 1949

Collection Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England

Catalogue Number 551 24/1/7/1

Category All Other

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2218675

Collection Hierarchy - Sub-Group Level

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/12 Publication archive: Manuscript titled 'The farthing Down Excavations' and designed for display. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/13 Publication archive: Manuscript titled 'Surrey Archaeological Society. Report on archaeological excavations on Farthing Down, Coulsdon, in 1948'. Comprises seven pages. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/15 Publication archive: Handwritten manuscript titled 'F.D. Topography and history of the site'. Comprises 1 page. 9/1949 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/16 Post-excavation archive: Handwritten manuscript titled 'F.D. Summary'. Comprises 1 page. 9/1949 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/17 Post-excavation archive: Handwritten manuscript titled 'Summary'. Comprises 1 page. 9/1949 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/18 Post-excavation archive: Handwritten manuscript titled 'Farthing Down Report'. Comprises 1 page outlining report structure. 9/1949 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/20 Publication archive: Handwritten manuscript titled 'Excavations on Farthing Down, Coulsdon, 1948'. 9/1949 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/21 Excavation archive: Loose papers including: notes by Hope-Taylor; an Agenda for a 1948 meeting of the Surrey Archaeological Society; and a report on late 1980s excavations by Pat Miller. Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/22 Publication archive: Handwritten manuscript titled 'The Excavation of a Saxon Cemetery on Farthing Down, 1948-49'. Comprises 24 pages. Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/23 Publication archive: Loose papers including: outline for an article; list of illustrations for a publication; drawings of goose wing bones; and doodles. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/24 Post-excavation archive: Typed manuscript comprising skeletal and dental reports for graves I-IV. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/25 Post-excavation archive: Correspondence from a variety of of sources including: Guildford Museum regarding the loan of artefacts for exhibition; The Corporation of London; the Urban District Council of Coulsdon and Purley; the Illustrated London News; the Ashmolean Museum; the Royal College of Surgeons of England; and a letter from Hope-Taylor to Professor Wood-Jones of the Royal College of Surgeons regarding the skeletal evidence from the site. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/26 Post-excavation archive: Correspondence and documents concerning the proposed ploughing of archaeological remains on Farthing Down. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/27 Excavation archive: Papers relating to expenditure. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/28 Excavation archive: Correspondence relating to discoveries at Farthing Down. 1944 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/29 Publication archive: Typed manuscript by Neville D. Boyling titled 'Farthing Downs. Coulsdon. Surrey. Presumed Anglo-Saxon find. Jan. 20. 1939. 20/1/1939 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/30 Post-excavation archive: Correspondence including: letters from the City of London regarding location of Farthing Down archive and artefacts; letter from Muriel Shaw; and a letter from Leslie Grinsell. 1975 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/31 Publication archive: Handwritten manuscript titled 'Farthing Down'. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/32 Publication archive: Typed manuscript titled 'Memorandum. Archaeological excavations on Farthing Down, Coulsdon, Surrey'. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/33 Excavation archive: Handwritten manuscript titled 'Archaeological excavations on Farthing Down' for the attention of the Chairman of the Urban District Council of Coulsdon and Purley. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/34 Post-excavation archvie: Handwritten draft of letter to the Surrey Archaeological Society regarding the temporary transfer of the finds from 1948 into the Society's hands for the purposes of exhibition. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/35 Publication archive: Miscellaneous loose papers including: proofs of plates for a publication; title from a display or exhibition; fragment of sketch of Farthing Down; list of earlier names for the Down; handwritten manuscript titled 'Iron Age and Roman Pottery Sherds from Farthing Down; bibliographic references to the site; levels for section through bivallate filedway; a copy of early map of the Downs; and notes titled 'Possible contamination of Farthing Down Fieldway'. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/36 Excavation archive: Handwritten manuscript titled 'Notes on Air-Photos of Farthing Down - Chipstead - Kingswood revealing a linear earthwork travelling W. from Hooley'. Accompanied by a list of archaeological air photographs. 1948 Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2281/37 Publication archive: Folder titled 'Farthing Down' containing single handwritten manuscript in pencil noting references for illustrations of 3 artefact classes and a number of blank sheets of paper with the Surrey Archaeologicval Society letterhead. 1948 Batch Level

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