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. Acknowledgments
The field investigation was initiated by Kate Wilson, Inspector of Ancient Monuments,
English Heritage, to assist with ongoing conservation and management initiatives at
Sockburn. The earthwork survey was undertaken by Marcus Jecock and Dave Went
from English Heritage’s Research Department,with occasional assistance from retired
English Heritage archaeologist Chris Dunn, and from Mike Collins, English Heritage
Archaeologist for Hadrian’sWall. Chris Dunn also made a photographic record of the
site, and kindly gave permission for some of these images to be used in this report.
Other photographs were taken by the authors. Members of the Architectural &
Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland - M and E Smith, A Catterall
and C Wilson - compiled the graveyard survey in Appendix 3 to this report.
The archaeological background and historical sources were researched by DaveWent,
who also undertook the earthwork analysis in collaboration with Marcus Jecock and
with advice from other members of the Archaeological Survey and Investigation team
based inYork. The earthwork plan (Figure 20) was drawn by DaveWent. The location
maps (Figures 1 and 2) were produced by Philip Sinton.
The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Gatheral family, owners of
the hall and grounds, and in particular to Mary Gatheral, for allowing access to the
property and for her warm hospitality throughout the project. Our thanks are also
due to Bill Heslop, Care of Churches Secretary at the Diocesan Office, for permission
to carry out survey work within the churchyard; and to John Wheeler and members
of the Middleton St George History Group, without whose energetic clearance work
the detailed investigations of the churchyard would have proved impossible.
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