Geoff Egan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5406353 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoff Egan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoff |
| FAMILY NAME | Egan |
| SIGNATURE | EGAN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Museum of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 31 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Saynes Mill
Excavations at 150 Stratford High Street, London E15, found evidence for Saynes Mill, a tide powered grain mill of medieval origin, converted in 1745–62 into a pumping station for the West Ham Water Company with an engine installed by John Smeaton. The large-scale reconstruction meant that there was limited survival of earlier buildings, but many later structures survived almost intact and stretches of the quays that flanked the Waterworks River …
Marked window leads
Since the 1980s inscriptions with names, dates and symbols along the central bar on the inside of milled window leads have been recognized and recorded. Dating to between the first quarter of the 17th and the first decade of the 19th centuries, more than 170 different variations have been noted, not only on finds from the UK but also on those from several colonial settlements in North America. This paper draws together a dated series of these lea…
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2008
Jonathan Horne MBE
Taverns and other entertainments in the City of London? Seventeenth- and 18th-century finds from excavations at Paternoster Square
Excavations in 2001 to the south of Newgate Street, London EC4, throw light on an area associated with publishing, writers and bookselling, and served by a large number of taverns and hostelries. These provided food, drink, entertainment and regular meeting places for figures from the worlds of literature, science and art. Selected assemblages of artefacts including pottery, clay pipes and glass, as well as environmental remains, may relate to th…
Material Concerns
Material Concerns
The study of finds, long central to post-medieval archaeology, has developed unevenly. This is in part because of biases in the buried record, resulting in an established wisdom that is in some areas arguably top-heavy withdata and in others surprisingly lean and simplistic through lack of basic information. The present discussion, concentrating on non-ceramic items, considers the present state of the art, some of the reasons for its having come …
The Development of Post-Medieval Archaeology in Britain
Digging in the City of Brotherly Love
Thomas Soane's buildings near Billingsgate, London, 1640–66
Excavations at Billingsgate in the City of London in 1982 uncovered extensive remains of the 17th-century buildings of Botolph Wharf. Changes to the structures, and an exceptionally rich array of artefacts datable to 1620–66 (the Great Fire of London), are attributable to the tenancy of Thomas Soane, grocer, and later of his widow. The artefacts and buildings demonstrate differing domestic and warehouse uses just before the Fire, and complement t…
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2007
(2008). Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2007. Post-Medieval Archaeology: Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 317-331
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2006
President's foreword
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2005
Obituary
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2004
Pottery as plunder
The site at 43–53 Narrow Street, located in the Ratcliff area, produced unprecedented finds relating to the period of London's expansion as a mercantile centre during the 17th century. The most extensive and interesting discoveries comprised a late 15th-century brick clamp, and building remains with associated pits and ditches dating from the 16th through to the 18th centuries. The remains dating to the late 16th through to the end of the 17th ce…
Centre, Region, Periphery. Medieval Europe Basel 2002. Volume 1
The Medieval and Later Archaeology opens up different and diverse viewpoints about the development and problems of structures, which have disappeared or survived in all the modern centres and regions of Europe. Traditional areas were characterised by cultural, economic, religious, and ethnic factors. Archaeology is able to show the growth, the change or the disappearance of special zones and centres. This main theme is presented in six sections. …
Living and Working in Seventeenth Century England
(2001). Living and Working in Seventeenth Century England: An Encyclopedia of Drawings and Descriptions from Randle Holme's Original Manuscripts for the Academy of Armoury (1688). Edited by N. W. Alcock and Nancy Cox. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 158, No. 1, pp. 409-410
Medieval Ring Brooches in Ireland
Medieval Ring Brooches in Ireland: A Study of Jewellery, Dress and Society. By Mary B. Deevy." Archaeological Journal, 156(1), pp. 440–441
Excavations on the Roman Fort at Abergavenny, Orchard Site, 1972–73
Excavations revealed important elements of a pre-Flavian fort, including a well-preserved clay and turf rampart, barrack blocks and a granary. A good assemblage of contemporary pottery, metalwork and glass was associated with these levels. The results are assessed with a discussion of previous excavations in Abergavenny. The site also yielded the first firm evidence of the town's Norman defensive bank and later Edwardian town wall. A Civil War ph…
Leaden seals—evidence for EIC trade in textiles
Post-medieval Britain and Ireland in 1989
Post-medieval Britain and Ireland in 1988
AVON: BITTON, ST. MARY'S CHURCH (ST/68206933). M. Ponsford reports that a survey of the Creswicke family vault was conducted as part of the faculty granted to the parochial church council to repair the floor of the aisle. The vault entrance was discovered below the central aisle 13.25m. to the W. of the chancel arch. Investigation of an uneven floor had led to its discovery and a survey was undertaken prior to repairing the floor and sealing the …
Post-Medieval Britain in 1987
Pottery as plunder
The site at 43–53 Narrow Street, located in the Ratcliff area, produced unprecedented finds relating to the period of London's expansion as a mercantile centre during the 17th century. The most extensive and interesting discoveries comprised a late 15th-century brick clamp, and building remains with associated pits and ditches dating from the 16th through to the 18th centuries. The remains dating to the late 16th through to the end of the 17th ce…
Taverns and other entertainments in the City of London? Seventeenth- and 18th-century finds from excavations at Paternoster Square
Excavations in 2001 to the south of Newgate Street, London EC4, throw light on an area associated with publishing, writers and bookselling, and served by a large number of taverns and hostelries. These provided food, drink, entertainment and regular meeting places for figures from the worlds of literature, science and art. Selected assemblages of artefacts including pottery, clay pipes and glass, as well as environmental remains, may relate to th…
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2004
Marks on milled window leads
Inscriptions have recently been found on the inside of some 17th- to 19th-century milled window leads, along one or both of the faces of the central bar of the ‘H’ section into which the glass panes fitted. Some examples have dates, some give full personal and place names, and others have letters, which appear to be initials. The names appear to be those of the vice-makers and glaziers responsible for producing the leads. The marks probably facil…
Thomas Soane's buildings near Billingsgate, London, 1640–66
Excavations at Billingsgate in the City of London in 1982 uncovered extensive remains of the 17th-century buildings of Botolph Wharf. Changes to the structures, and an exceptionally rich array of artefacts datable to 1620–66 (the Great Fire of London), are attributable to the tenancy of Thomas Soane, grocer, and later of his widow. The artefacts and buildings demonstrate differing domestic and warehouse uses just before the Fire, and complement t…
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2006
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2005
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2007
(2008). Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2007. Post-Medieval Archaeology: Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 317-331
President's foreword
Obituary
Leaden seals—evidence for EIC trade in textiles
Post-medieval Britain and Ireland in 1989
Post-medieval Britain and Ireland in 1988
AVON: BITTON, ST. MARY'S CHURCH (ST/68206933). M. Ponsford reports that a survey of the Creswicke family vault was conducted as part of the faculty granted to the parochial church council to repair the floor of the aisle. The vault entrance was discovered below the central aisle 13.25m. to the W. of the chancel arch. Investigation of an uneven floor had led to its discovery and a survey was undertaken prior to repairing the floor and sealing the …
Post-Medieval Britain in 1987
Post-Medieval Britain in 1982
Post-Medieval Britain in 1983
(1984). Post-Medieval Britain in 1983. Post-Medieval Archaeology: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 307-325
Post-Medieval Britain in 1984
(1985). Post-Medieval Britain in 1984. Post-Medieval Archaeology: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 159-191
Post-Medieval Britain in 1985
ESSEX: LAYER MARNEY, CHURCH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN (TL/9285 1740). Restoration of the early 16th-century chun;:h prompted examination of the fabric by D. Andrews, M. Gee and R. Hall for Essex County Council. It has been shown that the windows originally had imitation ashlar jambs in plasterwork. The rubbed-brick hood moulds were covered with pink plaster to make them look like sectional mouldings of terra cotta. Pink plaster was also applied to t…
Marks on milled window leads
Inscriptions have recently been found on the inside of some 17th- to 19th-century milled window leads, along one or both of the faces of the central bar of the ‘H’ section into which the glass panes fitted. Some examples have dates, some give full personal and place names, and others have letters, which appear to be initials. The names appear to be those of the vice-makers and glaziers responsible for producing the leads. The marks probably facil…
Post-Medieval Britain in 1986
ESSEX: COLCHESTER (TL/999249). Trial trenching by D. Shimmin for Colchester Archaeological Trust, funded by H.B.M.C., at St. Botolph's Priory, to the N.E. of the standing remains of the nave, revealed that the N. wall of the transept had largely been removed following dissolution in 1536, when the navt: was blocked offfor use as a parish church. The line of the E. wall of the transept had been completely destroyed by subsequent pits. The N. wall …
Post-Medieval Britain in 1987
Post-medieval Britain and Ireland in 1988
AVON: BITTON, ST. MARY'S CHURCH (ST/68206933). M. Ponsford reports that a survey of the Creswicke family vault was conducted as part of the faculty granted to the parochial church council to repair the floor of the aisle. The vault entrance was discovered below the central aisle 13.25m. to the W. of the chancel arch. Investigation of an uneven floor had led to its discovery and a survey was undertaken prior to repairing the floor and sealing the …
Leaden seals—evidence for EIC trade in textiles
Post-medieval Britain and Ireland in 1989
Excavations on the Roman Fort at Abergavenny, Orchard Site, 1972–73
Excavations revealed important elements of a pre-Flavian fort, including a well-preserved clay and turf rampart, barrack blocks and a granary. A good assemblage of contemporary pottery, metalwork and glass was associated with these levels. The results are assessed with a discussion of previous excavations in Abergavenny. The site also yielded the first firm evidence of the town's Norman defensive bank and later Edwardian town wall. A Civil War ph…
Medieval Ring Brooches in Ireland
Medieval Ring Brooches in Ireland: A Study of Jewellery, Dress and Society. By Mary B. Deevy." Archaeological Journal, 156(1), pp. 440–441
Living and Working in Seventeenth Century England
(2001). Living and Working in Seventeenth Century England: An Encyclopedia of Drawings and Descriptions from Randle Holme's Original Manuscripts for the Academy of Armoury (1688). Edited by N. W. Alcock and Nancy Cox. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 158, No. 1, pp. 409-410
Centre, Region, Periphery. Medieval Europe Basel 2002. Volume 1
The Medieval and Later Archaeology opens up different and diverse viewpoints about the development and problems of structures, which have disappeared or survived in all the modern centres and regions of Europe. Traditional areas were characterised by cultural, economic, religious, and ethnic factors. Archaeology is able to show the growth, the change or the disappearance of special zones and centres. This main theme is presented in six sections. …
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2004
Pottery as plunder
The site at 43–53 Narrow Street, located in the Ratcliff area, produced unprecedented finds relating to the period of London's expansion as a mercantile centre during the 17th century. The most extensive and interesting discoveries comprised a late 15th-century brick clamp, and building remains with associated pits and ditches dating from the 16th through to the 18th centuries. The remains dating to the late 16th through to the end of the 17th ce…
President's foreword
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2005
Obituary
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2006
Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2007
(2008). Report of the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2007. Post-Medieval Archaeology: Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 317-331
Material Concerns
Material Concerns
The study of finds, long central to post-medieval archaeology, has developed unevenly. This is in part because of biases in the buried record, resulting in an established wisdom that is in some areas arguably top-heavy withdata and in others surprisingly lean and simplistic through lack of basic information. The present discussion, concentrating on non-ceramic items, considers the present state of the art, some of the reasons for its having come …
The Development of Post-Medieval Archaeology in Britain
Digging in the City of Brotherly Love
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