Description
In this issue:
– THE ENGLISH RAILWAY STATION: Tracking the changes
– GRAVE SECRETS: The children of the Reformation
– BURROUGH HILL: Signs of life in a Midlands hillfort
– THE HIDDEN HOME FRONT: Uncovering First World War trenches in Britain
– IN FOCUS: THE HISTORY OF DOGS: Barchaeology: the wolf by your side
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Sherds, Odd Socs, and more!
From the Editor:
The religious reforms of Henry VIII changed not only English ecclesiastical life, they also tore into the social fabric of England. The Catholic Church had been the cornerstone of society, and children in particular had benefited from its monastic institutions through alms, sanctuary, and education. But how were children affected by the Reformation’s Dissolution of the Monasteries? And to what extent did they become victims of Henry’s new social order? Benn Penny-Mason has examined over 4,500 child skeletons in a quest for answers
Moving back in time, we then explore the Iron Age hillfort of Burrough Hill in Leicestershire. Though the East Midlands has traditionally been written off as culturally peripheral to the main focus of England’s hillforts, newly completed excavations at Burrough Hill are set to transform this view, as they reveal evidence of a thriving, high status community, rich with enigmatic ritual activity.
From the Iron Age to the Steam Age, Chris Catling examines the heady evolution of the English railway station ‚ from the quaint and reassuring early domestic architecture of the rural stations to the grand and opulent buildings that came to grace the major cities. But how did shareholders, marketing, and anxious passengers come to influence the range of designs?
Other highlights include a report on the recent excavations at England’s secret First World War trenches, plus a long look back at the history of man’s best friend.
Good reading!
Cover Date: Apr-2015, Volume 26 Issue 1