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NEWS & EVENTS READ THE LATEST NEWSLETTER Report on the concentration of Dean and Chapter ownership around Congresbury market place and market cross at Broad Street and The Cross which has possible implications for the management of the fair and market of Congresbury during the medieval period and up until the First World War. The report concentrates on the cartographic evidence of the postmedieval period, including the 1812 survey of Congresbury and Wick. Open Report Report on a gradiometry survey north of Ham Farm, Yatton which showed ditches reflecting its recent rearrangement (late 20th C), along with a potentially interesting sub circular feature (although this may be an equitation feature). Open Report Report of gradiometry survey of Barn Close, Ham Farm, Yatton which was largely negative, apart from a few relatively recent features. Noticeable, however, given the context, was the lack of any evidence for Roman or medieval occupation or usage. Open Report Report on documentary research regarding the 'melcwaeg', Cheddar, charter of 1068. The solution to puzzles created by documents around 1000 years old can never be completely certain, but historians working on solutions to Saxon boundary charters have seldom used landscape archaeology more than perusing the OS plans. The subject of this report may help in these elucidations, and the report is an attempt to solve one of the more obscure 'Saxon' charters of Somerset. Open Report Report on documentary study largely drawn from work submitted for the opposing of a scheme by Electricite de France to convert tens of hectares of farmland at Kingston and elsewhere on the Severn littoral into 'saltmarsh'. The general very poor understanding and appreciation of the importance of agriculture by the urban population cannot be overstated. Issues regarding both the development of historic landscapes in the Northmarsh and of agriculture in general are addressed in this paper. Open Report

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ALL STEAM AHEAD Three teams are now surveying on a Thursday. If you would you like to join us please send an e-mail to ycccart@gmail.com