Some of the ideas discussed here will be expanded upon in my next Zoom talk, ‘Witch Bottles: Spirit Traps or…
The Virgin Mary & the Ragged Staff : A Stick To Beat the Devil With!
When referring to the Virgin Mary, many of us are familiar with her title, the ‘Queen of Heaven’ but in…
Illustrated Talks on Zoom & ‘In Person’ 2023
Main image: Bellarmine, Bartmaan or ‘Greybeard’ salt-glazed bottle. Tuesday 13th June 2023 @ 8pm ‘Witch Bottles: Decoys, Spirit-traps or Counter-Witchcraft…
‘Historic Graffiti & Ritual Protection Marks in the Worcestershire Churches’
Main image: You need hands! The stone bench inside the porch of St Peter in Little Comberton, Worcestershire is festooned…
Illustrated Talks 2023 – 2024
Main image: Bellarmine, Bartmaan or ‘Greybeard’ salt-glazed bottle. Tuesday 13th June 2023 @ 8pm. ‘Witch Bottles: Decoy, Spirit-trap or Counter-witchcraft…
Spiritual Middens: Decoys, Spirit Traps or Counter Witchcraft Measures?
Thu, 16 February 2023, 20:00 – 21:30 GMT Online talk via Zoom Archaeologists regularly discover large collections or ‘caches’ of…
History Society Finds: Concealed Shoes, two Witch Bottles & a ‘Witch’s Nail’ from Charing, Kent.
Pat Winzar (1920 – 2012) was an archaeologist and historian who worked on Eccles Roman Villa and became Council member…
If the walls could speak………..
Examples of figurative art among graffiti corpora are relatively common but no more straight forward to interpret than some of…
‘The Medieval & Historic Graffiti in the Borough of Swale’
Friday 3rd February 2023, @ 7.30pm £5 An Illustrated Talk by Wayne Perkins ‘In person‘ only Sheppey Little Theatre, Meyrick Road, Sheerness…
A Discovery of Angels: How an Anglo-Saxon Chapel Gave up Its Secrets
A fine example of how a multi-disciplinary approach to archaeology can unlock the secrets of ancient buildings. An Ancient Building…
John Schorn: the Rector Who Conjured the Devil Into A Boot
Hosted by the London Fortean Society Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street E1 7EX (Tubes: Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate East) Date: 28th…
Protecting Hearth & Home: Ox Row Inn, Salisbury
The Ox Row public house resides in a timber framed building built in 1594 on the Market Square, Salisbury. It…
17th Century, Momento Mori, ‘T.S.’
An example of ‘memorial’ graffiti cut into the chancel arch just above the north ‘squint,’ St Michael & All Saints,…
Return To The Source
St Swithins’ church, Lower Quinton, Warwickshire This article details the surprise discovery of a six-petalled rosette1 motif cut into the…
All Souls’ Day, 2nd November
Main image: Souls being harried by demons, Doom Painting, All Saints, Hastings. Photo: © W Perkins 2021. All Souls’ Day…
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Illustrated Talks 2023
Main image: A selection of old boots and shoes that had been deliberately concealed within the voids of Ightham Mote…
‘Sir John Schorn: The Rector Who Conjured the Devil into A Boot’
An Illustrated Talk for Olney Archaeology SocietyTuesday 1st November 2023 @ 10amZoom Presentation Main image: 14th century pilgrim badge probably…
The ‘Littlest’ Green Man
The small face of a Green Man carved into the spandrel of the 14th century arcading, St Mary the Virgin,…
Ritual Protection Marks & Ritual Practices 