The LeicestershireArchaeological andHistorical Society

TransactionsVolume 80 2006

Transactions of The Leicestershire A

rchaeological and Historical Society · 80 2006

Published by the Society

The Guildhall

Leicester

Cover illustrationsObverse and reverse of an early first century silver coin of the Corieltavi. This is one of several thousand coins which were found on what appears to have been a ceremonial site near the Welland valley in SW Leicestershire.

The Leicestershire Archaeologicaland Historical Society

TransactionsVolume 80 2006

Hon. Editors

Jill Bourne, M.A.Joanna Story, B.A., Ph.D.

Hon. Reviews Editor

Graham Jones, B.A., Ph.D.

Published by the SocietyThe GuildhallLeicesterLE1 5FQ

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Trans. Leicestershire Archaeol. and Hist. Soc., 76 (2003)

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CONTENTS

List of Abbreviations v

Archaeological Assessment of the Trent-Soar Confluence Zone 1Lynden Cooper

A Provisional List of the Medieval Woodlands of Leicestershire c.1200–c.1530 27Anthony Squires

‘Ring Out Those Bells’: Death and the Social Order in Early-Modern Leicestershire 31Dave Postles

Black Annis and her Bower: the Making of a Legend 43Bob Trubshaw

An Analysis of the Timber Framework of ‘Oram Cottage’, Knighton, Leicester (SK5998 0130) 61Sophie Clarke

Four Handel Oratorio Libretti published by John Gregory of Leicester, 1759–1774 71Patrick J. Boylan

‘Old Black’: the Life of Major General C. G. Blackader, 1869–1921 101Robin Jenkins

Joseph Herbert Morcom, Sculptor 1871–1942 123Alan McWhirr

Leicester becomes a City, 1919 151John Bennett

Clerical Incumbents in Leicestershire between the Two World Wars 163Gerald T. Rimmington

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REVIEWS 177ed. Graham Jones

REPORTSThe Waite Collection. Historic Environment Record and Pleistocene Fauna of Leicestershire: a Critical Assessment by the National Ice Age Network 191M. Stephens, L. Cooper, T. Hopkinson

Rituals, Hoards and Helmets: a ceremonial meeting place of the Corieltavi 197Vicki Score

Investigating the Origins of Great Easton, Leicestershire: Commumity Archaeology meets the ‘Big Dig’ 209Nicholas J. Cooper, Vicki Score

Archaeology in Leicestershire and Rutland 2005 215ed. Nicholas J. Cooper

The Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 150th Annual Report 2004–2005 247

Officers and Committees 2004–2005 251

Index 253

Abbreviations

The abbreviations of titles of periodicals or serial publications used in Transactions followthe principles set down in British Standard 4148 (1970). In addition the followingabbrevations are regularly used in Transactions.

APS Archaeological Project Services

BAR British Archaeological Reports (British and International series)

BL British Library

BUFAU Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit

CBA Council for British Archaeology

HBMC Historic Buldings and Monuments Commission (English Heritage)

JSAC John Samuels Archaeological Consultants

LCMS Leicester City Museums Service

LMARS Leicestershire Museums, Arts and Records Service

MF Melton Fieldworkers

NA Northamptonshire Archaeology

RCHME Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England

PRO Public Record Office

RCM Rutland County Museum

ROLLR Record Office for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

TLAS Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society (1921/22–1954)

TLAAS Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society(1866–1912/3)

TLAHS Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society (1955–)

ULAS University of Leicester Archaeological Services

VCH Victoria County History

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