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This richly illustrated book presents the fascinating results from
a major project to examine the heritage of Finzel's Reach, the site
of the former Courage and Bristol Breweries near the centre of one
of England's greatest port cities. Archaeological,
geoarchaeological and historic building investigations have
revealed a fascinating story of change and urban evolution at the
site. Naturally a tidal marsh, the area played an important role in
the late Saxon defensive system protecting the settlement of Brycg
Stowe. From the twelfth century large-scale land reclamation
provided the conditions for speculative urban street and tenement
development, promoted and administered under the ownership of the
Knights Templar, and from the fourteenth century by new owners, the
Knights Hospitaller. These medieval urban landlords oversaw the
growth of an established and densely populated area full of life,
trade and production on one of the town's principal roads, Temple
Street, and crossroads, Temple Cross. Later medieval and early
post-medieval decline gave way to new enterprises in the age of
Empire, leading to the site's long-standing association with sugar
production and brewing. The accompanying DVD contains documentation
that formed the basis of the heritage strategy and guided its
implementation, along with a complete set of full specialist
reports on the artefacts and ecofacts recovered, and reports on the
historic building recording of the brewery structures as they
survived before modern redevelopment. A photo gallery and short
film illustrate the work of the archaeologists who undertook the
excavations.
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'Remember Me To All' (Hardcover)
Louise Loe, Caroline Barker, Kate Brady, Margaret Cox, Helen Webb
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During the First World War, 250 soldiers were buried behind enemy
lines in unmarked mass graves on the outskirts of the village of
Fromelles, Northern France. They were among several thousand
Australian and British soldiers who were killed in the Battle of
Fromelles on the 19th and 20th July 1916, the first action on the
Western Front to involve the Australian Imperial Force. This volume
describes Oxford Archaeology's contribution to a joint Australian
and British government mission, under the management of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, to recover the soldiers and
re-bury them with full military honours in a new Commonwealth War
Graves cemetery in Fromelles. Bringing together an international
team of forensic and investigative professionals, Oxford
Archaeology excavated and scientifically examined the remains of
the soldiers and items - remnants of uniforms, insignia, and
poignant mementoes of home, among them a return train ticket and a
heart-shaped leather pouch - buried with them. With the full
support and co-operation of the soldiers' families, this evidence
was employed alongside DNA and historical sources in an attempt to
identify the soldiers by name for their commemoration on
headstones. Since the recovery operation began in 2009, limited
information has been revealed about the project. This volume is the
comprehensive account of the work. Ultimately, however, this is a
story of the soldiers, their bravery and sacrifice. With
contributions by: Alison Anderson, Matt Bradley, Carl Champness,
Ambika Flavel, Wayne Hoban, Peter Jones, Dai Lewis, Tim Loveless,
Paul Murray, Dan Poore, Lucian Pricop, Ian Scott, Mark Viner, James
Walker, Roland Wessling and Richard Wright
For the past ten years Erin Sims has fought tirelessly to try and
exonerate her brother, Justin, who, according to Erin, has been
wrongfully convicted of murdering a Senator's daughter. She
believes the real killer has evaded the law with a new identity and
continued to kill. On the night of Justin's execution, he receives
one last temporary stay. Now Erin has just seven days to save her
brother's life by catching the real killer. Her hunt takes her to a
quiet town in Ohio, and to the door of Sherriff Nick Mann. After
Nick Mann lost both his career as an uber-detective and his wife to
a criminal's bullet, he refused to raise his daughter in dangerous
Los Angeles. So he returned to Hopewell, Ohio, with its homey
businesses and picturesque neighborhoods. Exactly the kind of town
where he can protect the people he cares about. Under Nick's watch,
crime doesn't dare come to Hopewell. Until Erin Sims arrives with
her stories of a secret serial killer living in their midst. In the
seams of this unsuspecting town, a master-manipulator is at work:
The Angelmaker. Living under cover of Hopewell's Norman Rockwell
existence, The Angelmaker basks in the glory of making the ultimate
choice for each murder victim: heaven or hell? Nick is not about to
let anyone hurt his town. And when an unknown assailant makes an
attempt on Erin's life, proving her claims are true, Nick won't
rest until she is safe as well.
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