The complex multi-period archaeological landscape at Mucking provided the first opportunity, between 1965 and 1978, to excavate an Anglo-Saxon settlement and associated cemeteries simultaneously. This report concentrates on the structures and artefacts from the settlement, and g…
The complex multi-period archaeological landscape at Mucking provided the first opportunity, between 1965 and 1978, to excavate an Anglo-Saxon settlement and associated cemeteries simultaneously. This report concentrates on the structures and artefacts from the settlement, and g…
Slavery and the British country house
In 2007 English Heritage commissioned initial research into links with transatlantic slavery or its abolition amongst families who owned properties now in its care. This was part of the commitment by English Heritage to commemorate the bicentenary of the abolition of the British…
There are few things more emblematic of England's heritage than her country houses. But such properties are not just objects of artistic interest. They are also expressions of wealth and power and, as questions are asked of England's role in the Atlantic world, connections are b…