MPRG CONFERENCE 2016
(20–22 JUNE), TAUNTON& BARNSTAPLE
Production and
Consumption of Medieval and Post-Medieval Pottery
from the South-West
Please find a programme for the conference below; a booking form and printable programme for this year's conference can be found on the Group's Facebook page which is publicly accessible even if you do not belong to Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/201431073234224/
for further information please contact Lorraine Mepham: l.mepham@wessexarch.co.uk
Monday 20 June: Great
Hall, Taunton Museum
9.30 am
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Registration
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10 am
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Welcome, by Steve Minnitt (Head of Museums, South West Heritage Trust)
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10.15 am
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Chris Webster: Taunton Castle
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10.45 am
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David Dawson: Characterising
pottery production centres in Somerset
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11.15 am
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Mike Ponsford: Redcliff Hill
and Bristol ware
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11.45 am
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Coffee
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12.15 pm
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John Allan: Pottery made around
the Blackdown Hills c 950-1550
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12.45 pm
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Discussion
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1 pm
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LUNCH
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2 pm
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Pottery viewing (part 1)
There will be material from
Glastonbury Abbey and Wells and Mendip Museum; post-medieval kiln waste and
production from Somerset production sites, including Trudoxhill, Wrangway,
Donyatt and NetherStowey; and a selection of pottery from the Kenneth J.
Barton collection. David Dawson, John Allan and Mike Ponsford will offer commentary
on the pottery.
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3 pm
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TEA
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3.30 pm
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Pottery viewing (part 2)
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7pm
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Conference reception
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Tuesday 21 June:
Brewhouse, Taunton
9.30 am
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Maria Duggan: Looking out from
South West Britain: long-distance links from the 4th to 7th
century
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10.00 am
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Dan Carter: The Verwood and
East Dorset Potteries: A new approach to the study of the late medieval and
post-medieval pottery industry in East Dorset
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10.30 am
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COFFEE
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11 am
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Lorraine Mepham: Town and
country: the consumption of Laverstock wares
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11.30 am
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Bryn Morris: The Missing Link:
North Devon pottery in the 16th century
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12 noon
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Alice Forward:A ceramic view of
early post-medieval markets and mariners in the Bristol Channel
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12.30 pm
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AGM
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1 pm
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LUNCH
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2 pm
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Julie Edwards: South West,
North West ceramic connections – finds of North Devon ceramics and maritime
communications
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2.30 pm
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Ollie Kent: Tin-glazed pottery production
at Brislington
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3 pm
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TEA
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3.30 pm
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Speaker to be confirmed
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4 pm
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Discussion
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5pm
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Duncan Brown: The Gerald Dunning Memorial Lecture
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Evening
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Conference dinner at the Ring of Bells, Taunton
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Wednesday 22 June
COACH TRIP TO BARNSTAPLE
Leave Taunton 9.30am. Travel to Barnstaple Museum; view
production waste from Potters’ Lane/ Exeter Inn etc, the kiln
from Potters’ Lane and the Brannam archive (pattern books etc). There will be a
short presentation of North Devon wares by John Allan. After lunch (not
provided),a short walk around the town to see Rolle Quay, Potter’s Lane and the
remains of Brannam’s works, including the showroom and the surviving kiln.Arrive
back in Taunton between 3.30pm and 4pm.