The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and the Nar Valley, Norfolk

With a contribution from Andrew Rogerson. Illustrations by Margaret Mathews, and photographs by Derek A. Edwards. This is the first of two volumes describing the results of the Fenland Survey in Norfolk. The introduction describes the geography and geology of the area, historical background, the modern landscape and the sources used for the survey. Parish essays present the results of fieldwork in the 15 parishes of Marshland and the 7 parishes of the Nar Valley. Each essay traces the evolution of the landscape, accompanied by parish maps for each period. The concluding discussion looks at the development of settlement, related to environmental changes, within each of the areas as a whole. Particularly notable has been the contribution of much new evidence towards a reconstruction of the origins and development of the medieval landscape of Marshland. List of Contents List of Plates List of Figures Contents of Microfiche Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Note on the Use of Radiocarbon Dates Summary 1. Introduction I. The Fens and the Fenland Project II. The Geography of Marshland and the Nar Valley III. The Historical Background IV. Flandrian Deposits History of the study The sedimentary sequence V. The Modern Landscape Marshland The Nar Valley VI. Sources VII. The Field Survey and its Methods VIII. The Organisation of the Volume The Parish Essays: Marshland 2. Clenchwarton 3. King's Lynn 4. Marshland St. James 5. Terrington St. Clement 6. Terrington St. John 7. Tilney All Saints 8. Tilney St. Lawrence 9. Walpole St. Andrew 10. Walpole St. Peter 11. Walsoken 12. West Walton 13. Wiggenhall St. Germans 14. Wiggenhall S.t Mary Magdalen 15. Wiggenhall St. Mary the Virgin The Parish Essays: The Nar Valley 16. Marham 17. Middleton (Blackborough End) 18. Pentney 19. Shouldham 20. Tottenhill 21. Watlington 22. West Winch 23. Wormegay 24. Discussion I. Marshland The Roman period The Saxon Period The medieval period 11. The Nar Valley Appendix 1: The medieval pottery, by Andrew Rogerson Appendix 2: Early maps of Marshland and the Nar Valley Bibliography Index Microfiche (123 pp.)