The New Murrey and Blue blog

Gone Mediaeval

Ancient Secrets of Althorp

May 20, 2022

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, sources, television reviews

Althorp, Cat Jarman, Channel Four, Charles Earl Spencer, Domesday Book, Gone Mediaeval, Iron Age, lost villages, Neolithic Era, Northamptonshire

This fascinating Channel Four documentary, featuring Earl Spencer at his family seat since 1508, included a team of archaelogists led by Gone Mediaeval‘s Cat Jarman. They set out to rediscover a lost mediaeval village that was mentioned in the Domesday Book, for which there was some evidence in the cellars of Althorp House. Investigations in…
Gone Medieval Podcast

Aug 5, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, genealogy, Science, travel

Africa, Apple podcasts, barfleur, building, Cat Jarman, Charles Earl Spencer, diving, Gone Mediaeval, Henry I, History Hit, Indian Ocean, John of Gaunt, Lindisfarne, Matilda, Matthew Lewis, Normandy, Plantagenets, podcasts, The Anarchy, The White Ship, trade, Vikings, William Adelin, wreckage

I’ve Gone Mediaeval. That may not be a surprise to most, but now you can come with me. I am co-hosting a new podcast from History Hit called Gone Mediaeval. I present an episode every Saturday, mostly covering the high and late medieval period. The other host is Dr Cat Jarman, a bioarchaeologist, who specialises…