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Links : Join now Publications Between 1988 and 2011, The Romney Marsh Research Trust published five monographs which in total have over 60 separate papers on the Marsh by a wide range of authors. The first three monographs are now out of print and are no longer available to purchase. However, most of these papers along with all from the fourth monograph are now available on this website. In a few cases, it has not been possible to contact the authors for permission to put their papers on the site. For an index of papers by title Click here For an index of papers by author Click here The contents of the first four monographs are set out below (starting with the most recent); those with a hyperlink (underlined and in blue typeface) have had the permission of the authors for their publication on-line. Simply click on the title to link to a PDF, read-only, file. We will add the other articles to the website as we obtain the relevant permissions. A fifth monograph has been published (Autumn 2010) the details of which are:- 5 Romney Marsh: Persistence and Change in a Coastal Lowland (ed. Martyn Waller, Elizabeth Edwards and Luke Barber), The Romney Marsh Research Trust, Sevenoaks, 2010. Contents: 1. The Holocene Coastal Deposits of Sussex: a Re-evaluation Martyn Waller and Antony Long 2. The Mid-late Holocene Evolution of Southern Walland Marsh and the Origin of the ‘Midley Sand’ Jason Kirby, David Clarke, Tim Shaw and Emma Toole 3. Holocene Fire Histories from the Edge of the Romney Marsh Michael Grant and Martyn Waller 4. Adapting to PPG16: Planning-led Archaeology on the Walland, Denge and Romney Marshes of Kent and East Sussex, 1990-2010 Casper Johnson 5. The Romney Marsh Archaeological Gazetteer: its Creation and Use Alan Tyler 6. Overcoming disaster? Farming Practices on Christ Church Priory’s Marshland Manors in the Early 14th Century Sheila Sweetinburg 7. ‘My boddye shall lye with my name Engraven on it’: Remembering the Godfrey family of Lydd, Kent Terreena Bellinger and Gill Draper 8. Aspects of Corporate Landownership and the Fortunes of Livestock Farmers on Walland Marsh and Denge Marsh, c. 1730-90 Anne Davison 9. Boom, Slump and Intervention: Changing Agricultural Landscapes on Romney Marsh, 1790 to 1990 Hadrian Cook Copies of the fifth monographs (at a price of £15) are available from Professor Martyn Waller Kingston University Penrhyn Road Kingston upon Thames Surrey KT1 2EE Please add £4 for post and packing. The first four monographs are – click on the title to be taken to the contents or scroll down :

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Romney Marsh: Coastal and Landscape Change Through the Ages, 2002. Romney Marsh: Environmental Change and Human Occupation in a Coastal Lowland, 1998. Romney Marsh: The Debatable Ground, 1995. · Romney Marsh: Evolution, Occupation, Reclamation, 1988. 4 Romney Marsh: Coastal and Landscape Change Through the Ages (ed. Antony Long, Stephen Hipkin and Helen Clarke), Oxford University Committee for Archaeology (Monograph 56), Oxford, 2002. Contents: 1. The Holocene vegetation history of the Romney Marsh region Martyn Waller 2. Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene environmental change in the Romney Marsh region: new evidence from Tilling Green, Rye Martyn Waller and Jason Kirby 3. Palaeoenvironmental changes during the last 4000 years at Scotney Marsh, Romney Marsh, Kent: a multiproxy approach' Chris Spencer and Wendy Woodland 4. Reconstructing Late Holocene intertidal environments and channel networks: a review of the role of Benthic Foraminfera biostratigraphy on Romney Marsh John Evans and Jason Kirby 5. The evidence for Late Holocene foreland progradation and rapid tidal sedimentation from the barrier and marsh sediments of Romney Marsh and Dungeness: a geomorphological approach Andy Plater, Paul Stupples, Helen Roberts and Caroline Owen 6. Romney Marsh: evolution of the historic landscape and its wider setting Stephen Rippon 7. The late medieval 'antediluvian' landscape of Walland Marsh Mark Gardiner 8. The Rumenesea Wall, Romney and Walland Marshes: a commentary J.R.L. Allen 9. The purpose, construction and operation of a 13th-century watercourse: the Rhee, Romney Marsh, Kent Jill Eddison 10. Land holding and the land market in a 15th-century peasant community: Appledore, 1400-1470 Sheila Sweetinburgh 11. "To fasten itt upon his successors, heirs and owners of that howse … so longe as the world standeth": family identity and the Romney marshlands in early modern Kent Mark Merry and Catherine Richardson 12. The worlds of Daniel Langdon: public office and private enterprise in the Romney Marsh region in the early-18th century Stephen Hipkin 13. A 'particularly convenient and useful' arrangement: the symbiotic relationship between the agrarian economy of Romney Marsh and the surrounding region in the 18th century Anne Davidson [Back to top] 3 Romney Marsh: Environmental Change and Human Occupation in a Coastal Lowland (eds. Jill Eddison, Mark Gardiner and Antony Long), Oxford University Committee for Archaeology (Monograph 46), Oxford, 1998. Contents: 1. The Evolution of Rye Bay and Dungeness Foreland: the Offshore Seismic Record Justin Dix, Antony Long and Richard Cooke 2. Holocene Barrier Estuary Evolution: the Sedimentary Record of Walland Marsh Christopher Spencer, Andrew Plater and Antony Long 3. The Vegetation History, Stratigraphy and Pollen Data for the Shirley Moor Region Deborah Long, Martyn Waller and Pat McCarthy 4. The Holocene Depositional History of Romney Marsh Proper Antony Long, Martyn Waller, Paul Hughes and Christopher Spencer 5. Catastrophic Changes: the Evolution of the Barrier Beaches of Rye Bay Jill Eddison 6. Medieval Rural Settlement and Economy at Lydd Luke Barber 7. The Farms of Canterbury Cathedral Priory and All Souls College Oxford on Romney Marsh, c. 1443-1545 Gillian Draper 8. Settlement Change on Walland and Denge Marshes, 1400-1550 Mark Gardiner 9. Land Occupation in the Level of Romney Marsh during the Late 16^th and Early 17^th Centuries Stephen Hipkin 10. Death and Disease on Romney Marsh in the 17^th to 19^th centuries Mary Dobson 11. White Kemp Gutt c. 1700: A Time of Change? Gail Smith 12. Sheep-keeping and Lookers’ Huts on Romney Marsh Anne Reeves and David Eve [Back to top] 2 Romney Marsh: The Debatable Ground (ed. Jill Eddison), Oxford University Committee for Archaeology (Monograph 41), Oxford, 1995. Contents: 1. Romney Marsh: the Debatable Ground Michael Tooley 2. The Morphology and Evolution of Denge Beach and Denge Marsh Andrew Plater and Antony Long, with contributions by Christopher Spencer, Richard DeLaCour and Frank Oldfield 3. A Palaeoenvironmental Investigation of the ‘Midley Sand’ and Associated Deposits at the Midley Church Bank, Romney Marsh Antony Long and Jim Innes 4. The Proposed Northern Course of the Rother: a Sedimentological and Microfaunal Investigation Martin Wass 5. Romney Marsh: the Field-Walking Evidence Anne Reeves 6. The Medieval Houses of the Marsh: the Missing Evidence Sarah Pearson 7. Hope All Saints: a Survey and Discussion of the Ruins and Earthworks Maureen Bennell 8. Adaption and Investment in the Age of the Great Storms: Agricultural Policy on the Manors of the Principal Lords of the Romney Marshes and the Marshland Fringe c. 1250-1320 Anthony Gross and Andrew Butcher 9. Medieval Salt-Making and the Inning of Tidal Marshes at Belgar, Lydd Eleanor Vollans 10. Medieval Farming and Flooding in the Brede Valley Mark Gardiner 11. The Impact of Marshland Drainage on Rye Harbour, 1550-1650 Stephen Hipkin 12. Attempts to clear the Rother Channel, 1613-1624 Jill Eddison 13. Drainage of Romney Marsh and Maintenance of the Dymchurch Wall in the early 17^th century Dorothy Beck [Back to top] 1 Romney Marsh: Evolution, Occupation, Reclamation (ed. Jill Eddison and Christopher Green) Oxford University Committee for Archaeology (Monograph 24), Oxford, 1988. 1. Flandrian sedimentation and palaeoenvironments in Pett Level, the Brede and lower Rother and Walland Marsh. Martyn Waller, Paul Burrin and Andrew Marlow 2. The Holocene floodplain and alluvial deposits of the Rother valley and their bearing on the evolution of Romney Marsh. Paul Burrin 3. Water level changes and sedimentation during the Flandrian Age in the Romney Marsh area. Michael Tooley 4. Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental investigations at Pannel Bridge, near Pett Level, East Sussex. Robin Holgate and Andrew Woodcock 5. A group of Early Bronze Age axes from Lydd. Stuart Needham 6. Romney Marsh in the Roman period. Barry Cunliffe 7. Recent geotechnical, geomorphological and archaeological investigations of the abandoned cliff backing Romney Marsh at Lympne, Kent. John Hutchinson 8. Romney Marsh in the early Middle Ages. Nicholas Brooks 9. The topography of the Walland Marsh area between the eleventh and thirteenth century. Tim Tatton-Brown 10. Medieval settlement and society in the Broomhill area and excavations at Broomhill church. Mark Gardiner 11. New Romney and the "river of Newenden" in the later Middle Ages. Eleanor Vollans 12. "Drowned lands" : changes in the course of the Rother and its estuary and associated drainage problems, 1635-1737. Jill Eddison 13. Sea defence and land drainage of Romney Marsh. Geoffrey Robinson 14. Palaeogeography of marine inlets in the Romney Marsh area. Christopher Green 15. Conclusion: The research potential of Romney Marsh. Jill Eddison, Christopher Green, Andrew Woodcock 16. Gazetter of Prehistoric, Roman and Saxon sites in Romney Marsh and the surrounding area. Andrew Woodcock 17. Early maps of the Romney Marsh area. Jill Eddison 18. Aerial photographs of the Romney area. Jill Eddison [Back to top]

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