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J S Padley as an Antiquary - R C Wheeler
James Sandby Padley (1792-1881), was born at Mablethorpe and began work as a surveyor with the Ordnance Survey in Lincolnshire in 1819. Circumstances led to his becoming, in effect, Lincoln’s principal surveyor from 1825 until his death. Padley soon became a collector of topographical papers (e.g. articles from Archaeologia) and antiquities (Roman amphorae, pottery and sword). He also showed his skill as an artist in a variety of commissions, and his drawings of the Witham Shield and Newport Arch are noteworthy. From the 1840s he completed accomplished sketches of a number of old buildings in the county. In later life his business success appears to have limited the time Padley devoted to his antiquarian interests.

Archaeological Discoveries on the Silk Willoughby to Staythorpe Gas Pipeline - Nicola Toop
The main archaeological findings – briefly reported - associated with this pipeline construction were as follows:
•Silk Willoughby: four linear features of Roman date; third to fourth-century pottery; medieval plough furrows and enclosure ditch
•Silk Willoughby: Roman road (Mareham Lane); Bronze Age pottery; Roman burial with pottery
•North Field: hearth in sub-rectangular pit (undated)
•Quarrington: Anglo-Saxon cemetery; Bronze Age pits with cremated bone
•South Rauceby: late Neolithic burial platform; third-century Roman pottery
•Waterwell Lane: Roman linear features; third to fourth-century sherds
•Normanton Hill: Linear feature (undated)
•Normanton Hill: ten pits of late Iron Age
•Normanton, Grange Farm: linear features; medieval brick
•Normanton, Lakeside Farm: first to second century AD field system and emclosure; domestic pottery, including Nene valley ware
•Hough Lodge: medieval furrows
•Freiston Road: early Bronze Age ring ditch; aligned pits with Bronze Age/Iron Age sherds and hammerstone; Anglo-Saxon grubenhaus with post holes, pottery and bones
•Sand Beck: linear features and ditches (undated)
•Doddington Littlegate: Bronze Age cemetery
•Clensley Lane: Roman pottery; linear feature
•Doddington Bridge: domestic settlement of first to second century AD
•Holmes Lane: Linear features and pits; Iron Age pottery
•Bennington Fen, Fen Farm: Linear features; Roman pottery
•Bennington Fen, Willow Tree Farm: Linear features (undated)

An Early Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Quarrington, near Sleaford: Report on Excavations, 2000-2001 - Tania M Dickinson
The early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in the Kesteven part of Lincolnshire form two distinctive distribution patterns: a north-south line along, or just to the west of, the former Roman towns of Lincoln and Ancaster, of which the best known is an outlier near its southern tip, a large mixed-rite site at Loveden Hill; and a cluster in the south-east, of which the best known are Ruskington and Sleaford, essentially inhumation cemeteries but with a handful of cremations each. This paper reports on the excavation of a small inhumation burial site just 2.5 km west-south-west of the Sleaford cemetery in the parish of Quarrington. A detailed illustrated catalogue of graves and grave goods forms a large part of the report; relevant references to both specific field work reports and general texts are included.

The Smith Firm’s Partners and their Times: A Postscript – Albert J Schmidt
An article by the author about B Smith and Company, solicitors of Donington and Horbling, was published in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology 37 (2002). Smith’s was a rural firm of solicitors which practised in south Lincolnshire without a break for almost 250 years and an extremely large and comprehensive range of business papers and personal records have survived. This follow up article gives details of the firm’s activities from 1854 to 1959 and is illustrated by portraits of principal members of the firm from this period.

Industrial Archaeology Notes

• Site of a Woad Mill in Tattershall Road, Boston : Neil Wright
  Details of the various elements of this site are extracted from surveys of the area undertaken prior to development by railway companies. Other information is extracted from trade directories and census returns. The mill was demolished in the early 1850s.
• Horkstow Bridge: The Chain Anchorages : Chris Lester
  Access to the chambers surrounding the anchorages revealed the housing of the anchor plates. There are explanatory drawings and photographs.
• Railway Footbridges, South Common, Lincoln : David Raines
  A brief note of the former GNR footbridges on the edge of Lincoln’s South Common, with photograph and drawings.
• Tathwell Lake and Water Supply : Chris Lester & Ken Redmore
  This artificial lake supplied water via a ram pump to at least two farms in the village. A photograph and drawings accompany the account.
• Dogdyke Pumping Station, near Tattershall : David Raines
  A brief description of this mid-nineteenth century pumping station, with drawings and photograph of scoop wheel.
• King’s Mill, Stamford : David Raines
  This watermill alongside the Welland close to the town centre has medieval origins. A brief note with photograph and drawings.

Archaeology in Lincolnshire: 2003-2004
Site by site notes of work that has taken place at over 160 locations, largely as a result of development controlled by the planning system. (There are also notes of about 110 sites where a watching brief was carried out.) Full reports of the work have been deposited with the appropriate Historic Environment Record or Sites and Monuments Record, where they are available for consultation.

Book Reviews
Detailed reviews of 8 books and listing of 83 other newly issued books to do with Lincolnshire history, archaeology, places and people.