Author Archives: Ruiha Smalley

Background on Cobham

Posted on 14th May 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

For those of you with an interest, do have a look at Susan Pittman’s thesis on Kent deer parks. It’s very relevant for our work at Cobham: Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent For background archaeological information on the area … Continue reading →

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Alan Driscoll: memories of Shorne

Posted on 12th May 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

Although I lived in Shorne from 1956 to 1987 my memories are more related to my teenage years when I was a member of the Air Cadets and later an apprentice carpenter. In 1956 I bought two plots of land, … Continue reading →

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Summer dig 2016

Posted on 10th May 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

[Dates have been changed. Please click here for details.] Our Cobham Landscape Detective summer project will run from Saturday the 16th of July to Friday the 29th of July. This will focus on some of our initial discoveries from the … Continue reading →

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Cobham Landscape Detectives

Posted on 10th May 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

Cobham Landscape Detectives Project wins Heritage Lottery Fund support The history of Cobham will be unearthed and brought back to life with a three-year archaeology project. Kent County Council has secured a grant of £96,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for … Continue reading →

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Nellie Dodd: memories of Cobham

Posted on 28th April 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

Earlier life I was born in the yard of the Pelican pub in Strood and was always told that a zeppelin going over brought on my mothers labour and hence my unexpected birth. My birth certificate confirms my place of … Continue reading →

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