Burhs

An Interesting Conference Coming Up

Burhs and the origins of early English towns

Birkbeck College are running the following Saturday day school: ³Burhs and
the origins of early English towns¹ on Saturday 31st March 2007.

FFAR107NACS
Saturday 31 March 2007
10.00am -5.00pm
Venue Malet Street, Birkbeck College, London
Fee £35 (£15 concessions)

Chaired and Organised by Dr Stuart Brookes

The Viking period of the late ninth and tenth century saw the foundation
throughout England of many fortified towns, or burhs, which brought
together for the first time defence, markets, churches, and local
government at a central place. Many of these settlements developed into the
important towns of medieval England, and beyond. But some did not. This day
school will look at the origins and development of some of our earliest
towns, and consider the ways in which individual sites became the
political, social, and economic focus for a rural society, as well as chart
the success and failure of some early boroughs.

Provisional Programme:

10.00-10.30
Dr Stuart Brookes: Introduction to Burhs and the origins of early English
towns.

10.30-11.30
Dr Andrew Reynolds: Avebury and the archaeology of communications

11.30-11.45
Tea Break

11.45-12.45
Dr John Baker: Anglo-Saxon burhs and territorial defence: the place-name
evidence

12.45-2.00
Lunch

2.00-3.00
Dr Oliver Creighton & Deirdre O¹Sullivan: Burh to Borough: The Wallingford
Research Project

3.00-3.15
Tea Break

3.15-4.15
Gustav Milne: Lundene Burh to London Town

4.15-4.45
Dr Stuart Brookes: Summary of Day

For further details about the day school please contact the Archaeology
desk on 0207 631 6627 or email archaeology@fce.bbk.ac.uk. You can also
enrol by calling Central Enrolments on 0207 631 6651.

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/all_courses/archaeology.html


D.Calliste
Programme Manager
Archaeology