Welcome to my website. I am a medieval historian based in Wales with close links to a number of heritage and community organisations.
Latest Blog Posts
Grandparenting 2021
Seth has had a busy year in spite of lockdowns and restrictions. He likes being out in all weathers – snow rain … exploring the stream – in all weathers watching the trains... READ MORE
Llanthony – a thin place
I was supposed to be going to Capel-y-ffin, just north of Llanthony, back last January to make a radio programme about Thin Places – then the lockdown struck. We decided to have another... READ MORE
Reeves and dunghills
This is real hardcore lost farmsteads – this is all that is left of a farm called Maerdy. It appears on the tithe plan as Mardy Du, and in 1840 it was being... READ MORE
Picturesque tourism and industry: some links
These are links to the online texts that I’m using in my lecture to the Oxford House Industrial Archaeological Society Richard Warner, A Walk Through Wales https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AdcQh0l41XoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false (p. 232) The anonymous ‘Northern Tour,... READ MORE
