Hearth & Home…

A fireplace, half a millennium old and re-built in the foyer of Southend-on-Sea’s museum still bears apotropaics…perhaps embracing the concept … More

‘Twas the Night before Christmas……

…that I slipped into the church of St Peter & St Paul, in the village of Borden in Kent to … More

Some of the motifs collected in the corpora of Medieval graffiti are derived from ancient antecedents, which has led many … More

One of the most unusual discoveries that I have made recently is a six-petal rosette (or daisy wheel) graffito that … More

Legends, myths & ritual taper burn marks It is believed that the proximity of the Ye Older Six Bells public … More

“I wish to be buried..before the Holy Image of Master John Schorne in the church at Binham” Richard Easingwold of … More

Left: Marian mark on the font at St George’s church, Crowhurst. Right: the ceases in some people’s hands bear a … More

Gatehouse to Baddesley Clinton Hall, a number of apotropaic marks can be found on the walls of the entrance passage. … More

On Saturday 3rd August 2024 I will be presenting an illustrated talk on the ‘The Mysterious Graffiti found in the … More

An unusual and rare survival of a Consecration Cross, which does not conform to the ‘traditional’ type. The purpose of … More