There is a concentration of merel-type designs and cartouches* composed of interlinked drilled ‘dots’ on the sloping windowsill of St … More
Author: Wayne Perkins
Graffiti Fest 2022
Three days of scintillating graffiti-related fun! On the 7th April the corpora of medieval & historic graffiti from a selection … More
‘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 … More
Ritual Marks On Timber…a late example or re-used timber?
Historic graffiti can be found etched into various materials other than masonry and an example exists here, at St Peter … More
Fabulous Folklore with Icy Sedgwick..
Charming The Fields: Crop Storage & Magical Protection at Barton Farm Tithe Barn, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
In the Middle Ages the village priest would have been regularly called upon to bless the crops in the fields, … More
Don’t Stop Believing! When Apotropaics fail…..
In 1979, fire ripped through the 14th century barn at Bredon; a conflagration which created enough damage that it took … More
Notable Headstones….
Sometimes headstones depict the craftsman’s tools of their profession such as this one at St Mary Magdalene church, Cobham, Kent … More
Historic Graffiti, Ritual Protection Marks & Apotropaics in the Gloucestershire Churches
An Illustrated Talk Via Zoom. Registration required; phil.cox@doctors.org.uk
The Mermaid of Churchdown, Gloucestershire
Would now be a good time to rehabilitate the mermaid as a feminist icon? In Medieval Western Europe they were … More