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Visitors to Avebury and other names

Post author By Michael Boyton
Post date March 30, 2024
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Title page of Journal of my Visit to Avebury in August 1938, by Denis Grant King.

Denis Grant King’s (DGK) journals, written during and after his time spent at Avebury in the 1930s, are rich repositories of names. King notes down site visitors, correspondents, and more. As I’ve been transcribing his journals, I’ve noticed some names appearing frequently, or in contexts which suggest them as important types. I found this fascinating and so decided to do a little research for no other reason than to satisfy my own curiosity. And then I thought, “if I’m interested, other people might be too”; and so here is the first of what is intended to be several occasional nlogs about these people.

I should have come up with some witty heading along the lines of Avebury Additions, or Excavating Extras but alas, I seem to have lost my little pot of inspiration. Maybe you can come up with something suitable? Suggestions in the comments please.

Avebury Visitors: Part One (16 August to 20 August 1938)

Thursday, August 18^th 1938

(1732623-001-016). When DGK first arrived at Avebury he had a letter of introduction with him written by OGS Crawford.

Page 16 of DGK's 'Journal One', accession number 1732623-001. The journal has been opened and photographed at a double page spread, showing Denis Grant King's handwriting. We are transcribing the full text of this image as part of the project. — *Page 16 of DGK’s ‘Journal One’, accession number 1732623-001.*

Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford, CBE, FBA, FSA was a man who worked largely as the Archaeological Officer for the Ordnance Survey, plotting the locations of archaeological sites. He specialised in Prehistoric archaeology and wrote many books on the subject. During World War Two, as part of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, he made maps and took photographs of the German positions on the Front Line. In 1927 he founded “Antiquity: A Quarterly Review of Archaeology”, which remains one of THE pre-eminent archaeological journals. The Avebury archive also contains many letters between Crawford and others, including a satirical letter to the Modern Mystic magazine.

Saturday, August 20^th 1938

(1732623-001-023). At Woodbury DGK saw an excavation taking place on the crest of a hill in sight of Salisbury Cathedral (these excavations would later be called “Woodbury I and II”). Here he was introduced to Charles William Phillips who was the Hon Secretary of the Prehistoric Society, and a tutor or professor at Oxford, who was in Salisbury on vacation.

Page 23 of DGK's 'Journal One', accession number 1732623-001. The journal has been opened and photographed at a double page spread, showing Denis Grant King's handwriting. We are transcribing the full text of this image as part of the project. — *Page 23 of DGK’s ‘Journal One’, accession number 1732623-001.*

DGK describes Phillips as “a fine tall Saxon type, with the muscles of a navvy, aged perhaps 45, with small — almost immature — moustache, and brown to fairish hair”. CWP was also an archaeologist who led the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo, and in 1946 replaced OGS Crawford as the Archaeology Officer for the Ordnance Survey.

*A black and white photographic portrait captioned ‘CWP’. Photo Album F compiled by Alexander Keiller, undated, possibly Knap Hill c. 1937-1939. Accession number 78510305, at page 48.*

(1732623-001-023). While at the above-mentioned Woodbury excavations, DGK was also introduced to Dr Gerhard Bersu of Frankfurt and his wife Maria (although DGK never mentioned Maria by name). They were a German couple who had left Germany on account of Gerhard’s Jewish heritage (on the maternal side). DGK describes him as presenting a very comical figure, short and dumpy, round moon-like face, very genial, somewhat discoloured teeth, blue eyes and brownish hair; dressed in loose sail-cloth trousers to the middle caff, a coat of weaving not generally seen in seen in England, and an old greenish Homberg with feathers and heather stuck in the band at the back.

DGK notes that Gehard “spoke in peculiar broken English”, and gives the example of what Gehard was calling “rocking seats” were actually “working seats”. What DGK seemed to be unaware of was Dr Bersu’s ingenious ability to interpret archaeological features. Far from being a ‘dumpy man in strange clothes and an old hat’, the revolutionary excavation techniques employed at this excavation by Gerhard that changed the way Iron Age Britain was interpreted. Before Dr Bersu’s arrival, it was common belief that Iron Age people lived in pits (as DGK mentions in his journal entries). However, by proving that these pits were not dwellings but had been dug for food storage, Dr Bersu was able to prove that Iron Age people lived in Round Houses.

While Dr Bersu was conducting DGK over the site, their group was approached by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Douglas Drew, the curator of Dorset County Museum (DGK mistakenly refers to this as “Dorchester Museum”) and the Secretary to the Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society. When he died in 1956 The Drew Trust was set up in his name. Even today, this Trust gives outstanding A-Level History students prize money if they attend university.

Page 26 of DGK's 'Journal One', accession number 1732623-001. The journal has been opened and photographed at a double page spread, showing Denis Grant King's handwriting. We are transcribing the full text of this image as part of the project. — *Page 26 of DGK’s ‘Journal One’, accession number 1732623-001.*

(1732623-001-026). This entry, a continuation of the 20th August, doesn’t include anyone famous, but it shines a little light onto William Young’s life, and his family’s political interests. William is in charge of the excavations at Avebury and DGK is finishing the day by visiting Mr Young’s family home where he meets Mr Young, senior. On the sideboard he sees two newspapers: The Daily Herald and “Action”. You’re probably wondering why this is worth noting? In those days, The Daily Herald was seen as a newspaper that supported the Labour Party and was aimed at the “working man”. However, Action was a newspaper published by Oswald Mosely’s British Union of Fascists. We don’t know yet what Young senior’s political leanings were, but it raises interesting questions about the circulation of ideas across the country at the time.

Denis was a busy guy on 20^th August 1938. I wonder how often he looked back over his diaries and remembered the people he met?

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How to build Avebury: with Denis Grant King

Post author By Kiri Liu
Post date February 29, 2024
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'Methods employed for transporting and the erection of megaliths' drawing by Denis Grant King, Alexander Keiller Museum accession number 20000577-008. — A detail of the drawing 'Methods employed for transporting and the erection of megaliths', by Denis Grant King, Alexander Keiller Museum accession number 20000577-008.

I’m volunteer Kiri, studying for a Masters in Cultural Heritage in Southampton. My job for now is to check the photos and catalogues that have been captured so far. The first step is to check that the photos are clear, complete and standardised. Then make sure the description of the photo and other information in the catalogue matches the photo. I have also been creating catalogue information from scratch when needed. This work is a nice experience for me because it is usually very difficult for people to have access to and view all the archives in a museum’s collection. And the Avebury archives often have some interesting pictures.

This hand-drawn picture is from archaeologist Dennis Grant King, and caught my eye while I was checking the catalogue. The title is ‘Methods employed for transporting and the erection of megaliths’, and unfortunately it is undated, but possibly produced between 1940-1950. In fact this piece caught my attention because it is so exquisitely composed, simple but not simplistic. And I’m sure many people who come across Avebury have similar questions about how the ancient people moved and erected these huge and heavy stones during the Neolithic period. This drawing by King gives a reasonable speculation.

Here is an image of a watercolour drawing by Denis Grant King. It is on cream paper, in red, blue, green, and black inks, showing neolithic people erecting a stone at Avebury. — *‘Methods employed for transporting and the erection of megaliths’ drawing by Denis Grant King, Alexander Keiller Museum accession number 20000577-008.*

King suggests that Avebury’s megaliths were moved by wooden rollers. People put wooden rollers on the ground and used the rolling of the wooden rollers to keep the megaliths moving. The use of ropes can also make it less difficult to manoeuvre giant stones. When lifting heavy objects, the use of ropes allows the lifting force of multiple people to be combined, reducing the amount of weight each person needs to carry.

The erection of the boulder depicted in the picture was carried out by means of ramp and lever. Inclined planes reduce the force required to move heavy objects, and wood placed on a slope lessens the friction between the object and the ground. Due to the force of gravity, the megalith could slide down the ramp into the stone hole. Plus the use of long wood for leverage saves the force needed to erect the megalith. The friction stakes standing at the other side of the Stone hole helped to keep the megalith balanced without falling over towards the far side of the stone-hole, whilst also preventing the stone from damaging the edge of the stone-hole as it slid into it.

In Smith’s edited volume ‘Windmill hill and avebury: excavations by Alexander Keiller, 1925-1939’, reference is made to evidence of construction techniques found by archaeologists at Avebury in the 1960s. The archaeologist Richard Atkinson suggested that the most efficient way of transporting monoliths was sleds and rollers, although these two methods may not necessarily have been used. And the process of erecting the stone vertically probably used levers and ropes.

Smith explains some of the evidence found in the holes at the base of the megaliths. Sometimes varying numbers of stakes have been inserted against the back side of the base of the stone hole to reduce the friction between the megaliths and the edge of the stone hole. In addition, some smaller stones have been found at the bottom of the stone hole, perhaps acting as another anti-friction device and also providing support for the megaliths. After the megalith was erected, the space around the megalith would have been filled with earth and sarsen packing stones to support the stone and keep it standing.

King’s suggestion of how the megaliths were moved and erected is partly similar to Atkinson’s and Smith’s views, including the use of wooden rollers, levers and ropes. And archaeological evidence proves that when erecting boulders, Neolithic people used ramps and stakes to reduce friction.

Reference

Windmill hill and Avebury: excavations by Alexander Keiller, 1925-1939, ed. by Isobel Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965), pp. 218-222.

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Preparing for War

A cropped image of page 97 of Denis Grant King's 1939 diary, showing the start of the entry for 26 August 1939. Accession number 1732624-003.

While transcribing Denis Grant King’s journals, it has struck me how little mention there is of tensions in Europe caused by Hitler and Germany. Of course, my view comes with the gift of hindsight with full knowledge of the tsunami that is about to crash across Europe in the form of the Second World War.

I am now transcribing pages covering spring and summer 1939, and with the exception of the one or two mentions of problems caused by soldiers out on manoeuvres, and occasional musings on war and politics, relatively little has been mentioned of the looming threat of the UK going to war – that is until 26^th August. In the journal entry for this day there is mention of some of the steps people were suddenly making, obviously dreading (or expecting) a turn for the worse.

In the journal, it is unclear what discussions had happened at Avebury on this particular day, but the impending war had clearly become enough of a cause for concern for two things to happen. The first was that Alexander Keiller, who considered war to be “imminent”, asked his excavating staff to continue working on the Saturday afternoon to complete recording features and records before the government “called up all the men” for military service. The second thing was that two individuals, Commander Rupert Gould and Leslie Grinsell sent valuable manuscripts to Alexander Keiller so they could be kept safely at his Avebury museum. Commander Gould actually visited Avebury to hand his manuscripts over personally as he travelled to Bath to take up duties at The Admiralty.

For those wondering what significant event happened on 26^th August 1939, it was what is referred to as the “Jabłonków Incident” when German agents tried to take over the Jabłonków Pass, a strategic railway tunnel, in order to help Germany’s invasion of Poland. However, the Germans were fought off by Polish soldiers and the planned invasion was postponed.

On September 1st, the German Luftwaffe started bombing Poland including the town of Katowice, where a young reporter for the Telegraph newspaper called Clare Hollingworth was staying. Clare was a remarkable persona and is known as being the first woman to be a war reporter. Witnessing the bombing raids first hand she tried to alert the authorities but Polish leaders and the Second Secretary at the British Embassy in Warsaw refused to believe her urgent phone calls; after all, negotiations were still ongoing. Later, she saw first-hand thousands of German troops and tanks lined up across the border, facing Poland. It was only when she reported it and the Telegraph ran the story that the British public at large realised what was happening.

1053 miles away from Katowice, the lives of the people Avebury would quickly change.

DGK mentions a news report – which is likely the one by Clare Hollingworth – and writes that war will be declared in the next couple of days. The government thinks, upon declaration of war, the Germans will carry out a huge bombing campaign. Children in the cities are soon transported to the country, and a bus load of 70 children from the East End with their teachers arrives in Avebury. DGK arranges for his parents to join him. By 2^nd September, Black Out precautions are put into place.

Avebury, along with the rest of UK, is bracing itself for war.

Page 97 from Denis Grant King’s diary, showing the start of the entry for 26 August 1939. Alexander Keiller Museum Accession Number 1732624-003.

Page 99 from Denis Grant King’s diary, showing the start of the entry for 26 August 1939. Alexander Keiller Museum Accession Number 1732624-003.

The full extract for Saturday 26 August 1939, from Denis Grant King’s diary, Alexander Keiller Museum Accession Number 1732624-003.

“Saturday, August 26th 1939
Beautiful sunny weather that must remind the older folk of August 1914. It is difficult to believe in the reality of the international crisis, or indeed that the human race lacks the intelligence and good will to compose its differences without recourse to war. Still, the forces which lead nations to war gather momentum in fair weather and in foul; and every intelligent person who has lived and observed events during the past twenty

years would be unduly sanguine if he had not expected another holocaust sometime. The question is, when?

No doubt statesmen will try to put it off as long as possible, that is, as far as delay is consistent with imperial interests. Churchill suggested that the zero hour would occur in August.

Anyway, Alexander Keiller believes that war is imminent and has asked us all to continue work on Saturday afternoon to reveal the “Z arrangement” as much as possible, and complete the records, before the Government calls up all the men.

Another reminder of 1914 came in the person of Commander Gould, R.N., who fought at the Battle of Jutland. He was then on his to way to Bath to take up duties under the Admiralty and called in at the caravan, where Alexander Keiller introduced him to me. He is a six foot man, 18 stone, so he says, clean shaven and grey hair; also very friendly and talkative, giving an account of various talks he had broadcast from the B.B.C., mostly, I understood, of an informative character on a variety of topics.

His object in calling was to leave certain manuscripts of value to be deposited in the Museum, which he considered to be a place of comparative safety. L.V. Grinsell also sent us some of his MMS [manuscripts] for safe keeping.

After Commander Gould said good-bye, Alexander Keiller told me a little about him. It appears that after the War was over, his wife left him, and his distress affected him mentally, so much so that he lost his job and sank into very low water. He then spent ten years perfecting the Harrison chronometer and making it work (which apparently it never did before), for which service the government rewarded him with the paltry sum of £100. One should see his work in the Greenwich Naval Museum. A queer story. One would not have thought that such an immense robust fellow could have been so upset by a little bit of fluff; but that is life!”

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Avebury People

Can you help us to identify the people who made the modern Avebury?

The Alexander Keiller Museum archive holds hundreds of photographs of people. The photographs span several archaeological campaigns across the decades, including excavations run by Harold St George Gray in Avebury Henge in the 1900-10s, and the Alexander Keiller-led work at Avebury and West Kennet Avenue in the 1930s.

As we progress through the project, we hope to identify as many people as we can in these photographs. Our volunteers are busy transcribing captions (when they exist), and collecting names from letters and diaries.

Do you recognise any of these excavators? Perhaps older relatives have photographs that show familiar faces?

Workmen during the 1909 excavations led by Harold St George Gray. Alexander Keiller Museum accession number 78510162.

Workers in 1937 at Avebury. Alexander Keiller Museum accession number 20004218-002.

Workers in 1939, erecting stones in Avebury henge. Alexander Keiller Museum accession number 20004243-002.

The fabulous digitisation volunteer team flag whenever a person is mentioned in letters and diaries. I then compile the names into a list, including details about the person’s role, if known. Later down the line, we hope to be able to match up names with photographs, as we work out who excavated which stone, or who was on site on a given week.

Our working list of ‘Avebury People’ is updated almost daily, but this blog post was last updated 19 February 2024. Check back again as we add new names!

If you recognise any names – especially if you have any photographs – we’d love to hear from you . Leave your comments below to be in touch, or email Fran dot Allfrey at York dot ac dot uk.

Avebury ‘Hands’

During the 1930s excavations at Avebury, the hired workmen were known as ‘hands’ in the diaries and other archive documents. These men lived in the surrounding villages and towns, some travelling quite some way to work. Many of them were agricultural labourers, but some of them returned ‘archaeological worker’ on census records.

Surname	Forename(s)	Role	Further details
Alexander		Hand	Assisting George Bates 7 Oct 1939
Ash	A E	Hand	1939, left for RAF Yatesbury job 27 Nov 1939
Ash	Henry	Hand	Hand – 1934, 1935, 1937. Re-excavation of WH 1937 (WEVY 15, 5 Jan). Made Foreman 20 Jul 1938
Ball	Richard / ‘Turnpike’	Hand	Turnpike’ Ball of Turnpike Cottage. Hand 1937
Ball	Arthur George	Hand	Hand, 1934, 35.
Bird	J	Hand	10 Jan 1939, tree-felling under Phil Withal. WEVY diary 22.
Blake	George	Hand	Mentioned in full 7 Jul 1939, 23 Oct 1939 (with Tommy King).Re-excavation of WH 1937 (WEVY 15, 5 Jan)
Blake	Harold J	Hand	Hand 1935, 1937 Absent without leave 25 Sep 1937. Re-excavation of WH 1937 (WEVY 15, 5 Jan)
Blake	Lionel	Hand	20 Sep 1937 Blake H mentioned 25 Sep 1937. Lionel Blake employed 8 Feb 1937 (WEVY 15) Second carter (haymaking) at WH (WEVY 16 p12)
Blake	W	Hand	1938: one of 13 men engaged at start of season
Bowsher	George	Hand	Hand – 1934, 1935. Filling in ‘ganger’ WEVY 9, Jun 7 1934
Brindle	William Henry Joseph	Hand	Hand – 1935. 1937 Entered as Brindel (H) in the diary. Poultry runs, WEVY 12, 24 Oct 1935. Re-excavation of WH 1937 (WEVY 15, 5 Jan)
Buckingham	George	Hand	Hand 1937, 1938 (mistakenly recorded as ‘Buckland’ by NC?
Buckingham	Norman	Hand	Left 20 Oct 1939 due to call up. Stone Erecting gang member
Bull	Arthur William	Hand	Hand – 1934. Hand 1937, 1938
Bull	Bert	Hand	Hand – 1935 Experienced wire fencer of Wint Monkton (WEVY 12, 31 Oct) Re-excavation of WH 1937 (WEVY 15, 5 Jan). Excavation gang Avebury (WEVY 16 p19) Hand 1937 Absent without leave 25 Sep 1937 “Turnpike’ [allotments]
Bull	Lewis Adolphus	Hand	Hand. 1937 (21 June WEVY16). Carter. Grass cutting . 1939 Register next door to Sam Pratt Wint Monkton. b 29Mar1913
Bull	Walter	Hand
Butcher		Hand	Hand 1937
Cable	Albert / Bert. Initials AH.	Hand	23 Aug 1937 Cable and Cable (L) mentioned on tasks: Two of this surname. B is given in 1939 diary, and at Re-excavation of WH 1937 (WEVY 15, 5 Jan). 10 Jan1939: Bert Cable on tree felling (WEVY 22).
Cable	Leonard	Hand	Hand – 1934. Hand 1937, 1938, 1939. Employed 8 Feb 1937 (WEVY 15). Tree-felling 10 Jan 1939 (WEVY 22)
Chivers	Bert (Herbert)	Hand	Hand 1937. Excavation gang
Dobson	William T	Hand	Hand 1935, 1937 Erecting gang 1935 W Dobson WEVY diary 22 10 Jan 1939, tree-felling under P Withil
Fishlock	Frank	Hand	Hand – 1934. Hand 1937, assistant to Mr Van Asch (WEVY 16 p20), Foreman 1938
Gale	R	Hand	Hand – 1934.
Goddard	J	Hand	Hand – 1934, 1935. Separate to S. Goddard. Erecting gang 1935
Goddard	S: H in WEVY diary 9	Hand	Hand – 1934. Former Windmill Hill hand. WEVY diary 9 has H Goddard, Apr 10
Griffiths	A	Hand	Chief assistant to Griffiths, stone erector, from Caernarvon. WEVY 12 Sep 6 1935
Griffiths	G – given as GD in diary, see bio sketch	Hand	Griffiths – ‘drills’ – so D is not part of name. Office of Works foreman WEVY 10 Jun 14 1934 Previously at Stonehenge. Raising stones.
Griffiths	William	Hand	Griffiths in charge of stone erecting, with two assistants. From Caernarvon (WEVY 12, 25 Oct 1935)
Hambidge	Ernest Henry (Hambridge?)	Hand	Hand – 1934. Former Windmill Hill hand. Photo in WEVY diary!
Hancock	G	Hand	Diary 20 p114Jun1938: one of 13 men engaged at start of season
Harper	John	Hand	Hand – 1934.WEVY 9 p157 : John Harper of West Kennet
Head	W	Hand	Hand mentioned 21 Nov 1938, 19 Jun and13 Jul 1939. ‘Footman’ living at AM 1939 — CHECK THIS – – where is this info from? 1939 Register, Avebury Manor. W Head,WEVY diary 22, 10 Jan 1939, Hand
Hillier/Hillyer		Hand	Mentioned September 1938
Horsall	H	Hand	Apr 9 1934 One of six original ‘Hands’ Same as B Horsell in Keiller diary? ‘Herbert’ otherwise ‘Bert’
Horsell	B	Hand	Hand – 1934.
Jock		Hand	1937 – Hand and in charge of concreting gang.
Jones	JC	Hand	Carpenter 1939
King	Tommy’	Hand	Patrolling site 1 August 1937, working 23 Oct 1939 with George Blake
Lanfear	WF	Hand	Hand – 1934. WEVY 9 has WF Lanfear p157 of Avebury
Ligger		Hand	First mentioned with Strange 11 Oct 1937. May not be a Hand.
Lovesey	S	Hand	Hand – 1934. Hand 1937 WEVY 9 has S Lovesey p157 of Wint Monkton. Re-excavation of WH 1937 (WEVY 15, 5 Jan)
Loxton	M	Hand	Excavating with Bert Bull an W Knight 19 Oct 1937. Diary 20 p1 14Jun1938: one of 13 men engaged at start of season
Lush	John	Hand	Foreman for Gray – 1909. ‘From Dorchester’
Mathews / Matthews	W / Bill	Hand	Spelled 2 ways across diaries
Nash	B	Hand	He did two seasons at WH, then 1939 till 27Nov at Avebury. Of Winterbourne Monkton.
Nash	A	Hand	1939 diary. Is this person related to or same as A Nash, perhaps? Probably refers to the same person, AE (Bert) Nash.
Nash	Stanley	Hand	Hand 1937 Excavation gang
Pearce	O	Hand	Hand – 1934. Former Windmill Hill hand. Excavation foreman at least 1937-9. Older than W? [‘snr’ in diary is scratched out].
Pearce	W	Hand	Hand – 1934. Former Windmill Hill hand. Contracted to Bevan Nov 1935 (WEVY 12)
Pratt	Samuel Harold	Hand	Hand – 1934,1938 Former Windmill Hill hand. Allotment holder 1935
Radbourne	Ernest	Hand	Hand – 1934. Older brother of Francis
Radbourne	Francis	Hand	Hand – 1934. Younger brother of Ernest
Randall	Frank	Hand	First mention18 Oct 1938
Rathband / Rathbone	F	Hand	Hand – 1934. F Rathband in WEVY diary 9 p91, replaced O Pearce while ill
Rogers	Donald	Hand	Hand 1937, 1938. D Rogers at Re-excavation of WH 1937 (WEVY 15, 5 Jan) Avebury (WEVY 16 p 19)
Salisbury	John S	Hand	Hand, brought from Wales by Mr Griffiths WEVY 10, 18 Jun 1934
Sanderson	H / ‘Sandy’	Hand
Strange	A M	Hand	Hand 1937 and Re-excavation of WH 1937 (WEVY 15, 5 Jan)
Tuck	A	Hand	Hand – 1934. Hand 1937(?). Also appears WEVY diart
White		Hand
Williams	W.E.	Hand	WEVY diary: 1937 Diary 15 March 8, Jul 9

Staff, Visitors, Correspondents, and more!

The names below have been collected from diaries and letters in the collection. Their roles are varied: some only visited Avebury once, some might have only sent one letter, while others are vital Avebury figures. Each of them occupies a place in the Avebury network, showing how activities here related to archaeological and social goings on further afield. Our volunteers are busy sifting through each name to work out their particular relationship to Avebury.

Surname	Forename(s)	Role	Further details
Acland Hood		Visitor	Visited 14 Aug 1939 with Gertrude Caton Thompson
Allen		Visitor	visitors 14 Jul 1937
Anderson	P	Visitor	Listed on ‘Experts visiting site’, 1936, visited 8 Sep 1937
Anderson		Avebury local	WEVY diary 10, Jul 21 1934. Leased Trusloe Manor to Keiller for 1934 season. With boxing party WEVY 15, 6 Mar 1937. Local person.
Armstrong	John	Visitor	Visitors 25 June 1938, stayed two nights
Ashby Rowe	Mr and Mrs	Visitor	Visitor 27 August 1935
Awdry	Hasvice[?]	Visitor	Visited with Colonel Awdrey 28 Sep 1937
Awdry		Visitor	visitor 29 Jun, 31 Jul, 28 Sep, 20 Oct 1937; 5 Sep 1938; 11, 28 Sep, 11 Nov 1939
Awdry		Visitor	Visited with husband, Colonel Awdry and friend 11 Nov 1939
Bates	George	Supplier/ Contractor	Foreman 1937, 1938, 1939 (stone repair specialist)
Bath		Visitor	Visitor 20 Oct 1937 with Col Awdry
Bell	Mrs	Visitor	Visit July 1935
Bells	Mr	Visitor	Visit July 1935, with members of the Southampton Archaeological Society. Also appears WEVY diary.
Benson	Guy	Visitor	WEVY diary 9: May 5 1934, second husband of Lady Violet Benson “of Avebury Manor”
Benson	Violet	Visitor	Several visits to site with family, 1934.
Betjeman	Penelope	Visitor	Travel writer. Wife of poet John Betjeman. Lived at Uffington from 1934. Visitor on site September 1934, stayed at Lawes’s hotel.
Bevan		Supplier/ Contractor	1 Nov 1935. Contracted to lower road banks, with O Pearce, W Pearce, W Dobson recommended to assist. WEVY diary 12.
Beveridge	William	Visitor	Visit July 1935
Blach	Herbert	Visitor
Boyd Dawkins		Visitor	Visit July 1935
Bradley	Edward	Supplier/ Contractor	1937. Edwin H Bradley and Son, Swindon – photograph of machinery in Album 78510319-020
Bradley	Edwin	Supplier/ Contractor	1937. Discusses plinths with AK 16 Aug 1939
Bradley		Supplier/ Contractor	arranged mechanical excavator 23 Jun 1937
Brailsford	JW (Mr)	Visitor	List of experts, 1935
Brander “of Kent”		Visitor	Visitor, April 1934
Brentnall	HC	Visitor	Archaeologist. Visits 1934 and 19 Dec1939, and with wife in 1935 and July 1937(with wife and then Marlborough College boys. Features in 300 album photograph.
Bright	John	Visitor	21 Oct 1935 vicar of Ebbesborne, with (driver?) Mr Oborn
Brooke-Pophams		Visitor	Visitor, August 13 1935
Brown	Bella	Visitor	Visitor May 14th – May 15th
Bush		Visitor	17 Jun 1937 Archaeologist from Holland, staying with Piggotts
Bushe-Fox	JP	Visitor	Visitor May 3rd, 6th, Jul 12, 1934, 7 Aug 1935. Chief inspector of Ancient Monuments according to 78510467 1934 Diary, name ‘Bushe-Fox’ correct in WEVY Diary no 9 for same dates.
Butler	G	Visitor
Butler	Peter	Visitor	Visitor, 1935
Came		Visitor	Visitor 13 June 1938, of the News Chronicle
Campkin	Percival	Consulted Expert	6 Mar 1937. In party watching Boxing in Devizes. Stayed at Manor to examine teeth and jaws from Lanhill and WKA. From London. (Percival Sidney Campkin 1877-1965)
Carter	EH	Visitor	Visitor, April 1934
Carter		Visitor	Visited 15 Oct 1938
Caton Thompson	Gertrude	Visitor	Archaeologist, suffragette, Egyptologist, pioneering scientific approach. Visited 14 Aug 1939 with Mrs Acland Hood
Challeston		Visitor	Diary notes he is ‘Press’, visits May 1934
Chapman / Keiller / Chalmers	Doris Emerson	Staff	Visitor April 12th – April 19th. Subsequently transferred to staff. Illustrator (1934-5) and part of excavation team (1937-9)
Chief Split and Mrs Chief Split [?!]		Visitor	Visitors 2 Aug 1939
Childe	Vere Gordon	Visitor	Visitor 15 Aug 1938, 30 Aug 1937 with his sister (WEVY 17)
Chitty	Miss Lily Francis “Lal”	Consulted Expert	Petrologist — 20000593_059, appears in this series
Chivers		Supplier/ Contractor	Messrs Chivers of Devizes Supplier of a steam roller for drive through Barn Close
Civil		Keiller family/friend	Jun 17 1934. Friend/contact of WEVY. From Gosport
Clark	Grahame	Visitor	visitors 30 Jul 1937. Archaeologist (1907-1995) Sir John Grahame Douglas Clarke, FSA, CBE, FBA. Marlborough Coll, Peterhouse Cambridge
Clark	Kenneth	Visitor	visitor 9 Aug 1937 THE Kenneth Clark of ‘Civilisation’ fame. With Sir Phillip Sassoon, by air
Clements	F	Consulted Expert	WEVY diary 16, 10, visited by AK et al 25 Jun 1937. Finder of a pot sherd on Overton Ridge. Grandson of Robert Clements, foreman at Silbury and at WH for Dean Merewether, archaeologist, (1779-1850)
Clifton College Archaeological Society		Visitor	Visitors16 June 1938
Coe		Visitor	28 Feb-1 Mar 1939. Two night stay. Dinner, then Boxing event Swindon Baths, Site visit 1 Mar. MIAR financial discussions 2 Mar.
Collingwood		Visitor	Visitors 23 Aug 1937 Archaeologist (Roman specialist)
Colonel Awdrey / Awdry		Visitor	Visitor 28 August 1935, frequent correspondent
Congreve	M	Visitor	18 May 1937 Visited WH re-excavation with AK. Stayed at Manor. Visitor 3 Aug 1937
Conway Film Company representatives		Visitor	Visitors 5 Jul 1939, permission to photograph 6 -16 Jul 1939. 22 Jul
Cook	David	Visitor	Visitor June 1th – June 17th. ‘To see BL’, staying at Perry’s hotel.
Cook	Norman	Staff	Archaeologist, supervisor(?) 1938. Address given 1935 diary as “Maidstone Museum, Kent”
Cook		Visitor	Visitor 20 Aug 1938
Cook		Avebury local	10 Oct 1935 Allotment holder
Cook	W	TBC
Cookson		Visitor	Visitor 21 July 1938
Costin	Fred	Staff	Member of Keiller’s permanent staff
Cotswold Field Club		Visitor	Visited 17 Aug 1939
Crawford	Osbert Guy Stanhope	Visitor	Visited 11 Jul 1934 WEVY diary 10, 23 Jul 1935 WEVY 12.
Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological Society		Visitor	Visitors 7 Jun 1939, 11am to 5pm. Talks and tours.
Cunnington	Ben	Key character – not Keiller staff etc	Visitor 22 Jul,13 Sep 1935
Cunnington	Maud	Key character – not Keiller staff etc	Visitor 22 Jul,13 Sep 1935 WEVY 12, 8 Sep 1937 WEVY 17
Cunnington	Robert Anthony	Visitor	Visitor, 20 Aug 1937, with father RH Cunnington
Cunnington	Robert Henry	Visitor	WEVY diary 9, Jun 6 1934. Wilts Arch Soc with Cunningtons etc. WEVY diary 17 visitor, 20 Aug 1937 with his son, (Robert A Cunnington), 1 Sep 1937, 8 Sep 1937. Archaeologist. Cousin of Maud Pegge Cunnington and nephew of Ben Cunnington.
Dalgliesh	W	Avebury local	10 Feb 1937 winning boxer, Manton Downs Stable lad
Darling	Fred	Avebury local	10 Feb 1937. Racehorse trainer, Beckhampton Stables. Wikipedia
Darling	H	Visitor	Engineer (constructional). Office of Works, visits 29Jun1934. Wonder if same visitor as Darling (constructional). Also visits 23 Jul 1935 and with wife.
Date	Mr and Dinah	Visitor	Visit July 1935, Mr Date stayed 28 Sep-2 Oct, 21-24, 29-31 Oct 1938. AK visited him in London several times Sep-Oct 1938
Davidson	James	Visitor	Visitor 29 July 1938
Davidson	Mr and Mrs	Visitor	Visitor 20 August 1935
Dayrell Reed	Trelawney	Visitor	Intermittent correspondent. Artist, author, friend of Augustus John and George Pitt-Rivers, curator of Pitt-Rivers Museum in Farnham Dorest. Visitor May 8 1934 (WEVY 9) with Col Drew and Mr Passmore
de la F[?]	Miss	Visitor	Visitor in 1935
Denman	HT	Visitor	Visitor 23, 31 July, 5 Sep 1935, 25 Aug 1937 (WEVY 17)
Dewar		WEVY family/friend	12 Aug 1937. With nephew and niece. Friends of WEVY
Dibble	DL	Supplier/ Contractor	29 Apr 1937. Painter at Manor, died at Savernake hospital after ulcers operation on 28th Apr.
Ditters		Visitor	Visits in 1935, ‘Ordnance Survey’.
Dobson		Visitor	Visitor 16 June 1938
Donovan		Visitor	Visitor 22 Aug 1939 with Father Horne
Drew (and Dorset Field Club)		Visitor	With TDR 8 May 1834 (WEVY 9) and Dorset Field Club, 22 Jun 1939, lunched with AK
Druid		Other – describe in column N	18 Jun 1937. Carthorse owned by AK
Duignan		Visitor	Met AK at Charles St. 23 May 1939, Prehistoric Society.Visited Avebury 26 May 1939 and stayed overnight
Dunbar	George	Visitor	visitor 28 Jun to 6 Jul 1937 (WEVY 16) and WH re-excavation 19 May 1937 (WEVY 15) Author of ‘Other Men’s Lives’ a study of primitive peoples (1938)
Duncan	Kay	Staff	Windmill Hill supervisor; also appears in letters archive as subject
Dunning	GC	Visitor	visitor 22 Jul 1937 (an archaeologist/med pottery expert). WEVY Diary 19, 18 Jan medieval pottery forwarded for dating. WEVY diary 16, p24 dating medieval pottery
Dunning		Consulted Expert	1937 dating medieval pottery
Earle	Lionel	Visitor	Visitor 19 May 1939 from Hilmarton
Earle		Visitor	Visitors 19 May 1939 from Hilmarton
Elcho		Visitor	May 5 1934 (Francis David Charteris 1912-2008) Son of Lady Violet Benson. Visited with Duke of Rutland (her brother, his uncle) and Bensons
Elloway	John R	Visitor	Jun 17 1934. Friend/contact of WEVY. Co-founder of Basingstoke museum (opened 1931, now rehoused as The Willis Museum) with George Willis. Address 1930: 54 Queens Road, Basingstoke (WEVY diary 1 P20).
Ernest Gordon (Mr and Mrs)		Visitor	Visitor 28 August 1935
Ethelbert Horne	Dom	Visitor	Visitor August 15 1935, 10/11 May 1939
Evans	E Estyn	Visitor	Visitor 21 Jul 1939 with Mrs Jones. Stayed in Ebbesbourne about 1927 (WEVY 15, 17 Mar 1937)
Eyres-Monsell	Joan	Visitor	Visitor August 12 1935
Fanshawe		Visitor	Queen’s Boys[?], to apologise for WKA and SE sector damage from troop movements
Fawkes (Fowkes?)	Roger	Visitor	22 April 1939. WEVY friends from 18 years ago.
Fenson	W	Visitor	Visitor August 12 1935
Foster Forbes	John	Visitor	Broadcast 10 Sep 1937 ‘The Stone Age’
Fox	Cyril	Visitor	WEVY diary 12, 4 & 21 Sep 1935 Archaeologist (1882-1967) Dir, Nat Museum Wales, close friend of Mortimer Wheeler
Fox	Honey	Avebury local
Foyle	Enos	WEVY family/friend	21 Apr 1939. Visit to celebrate WEVY’s parents’ Golden Wedding. Full site visit with AK, DGK and NC
Foyle	Lily	WEVY family/friend	21 Apr 1939. Visit to celebrate WEVY’s parents’ Golden Wedding. Full site visit with AK, DGK and NC
Franks (?)	V	Visitor
G?Y?	Not given	Visitor	Visitor July 19th – July 20th and August 25th – August 29th.
Garrons Williams	SC	Visitor	Visitor 12 Sep 1939
George	Reuben	Visitor	Visitor, 1935
Gilbert	Cyril	Staff	Mar 19 1938 “Lad” age 14ish. Working in stores, office & cleaning. 29 Mar, digging flower border in village.
Goddard	EH	Visitor	WEVY diary 9 Visited with Wilts Arch Soc Jun 6 1934, Cunningtons etc
Goddard		Visitor	Unclear if different to other Goddards? Visitor in 1935, August 10.THIS IS CANON EH GODDARD OF WANHS
Goddard		Visitor	Mrs Goddard visits with friends, 1935, August 10. Link to other Goddards?
Graeme		Visitor	visitor 23 Aug 1937
Grant King	Denis	Staff	See also ‘Denis Grant Price’, attached to staff 19 Aug 1938?
Grau (spelling?)	Not given	Visitor	Visitor May 14th – May 15th. Entered as Fraûline G.
Gray	Florence	Key character – not Keiller staff etc
Gray	Harold St George	Key character – not Keiller staff etc
Grayson	Mrs	Visitor
Greader	W	Avebury local	20 May 1937 Landowner selling part of Plough Barrow to AK
Greenwood		Visitor	Visited 16 Aug 1939. 9th Lancers, involved in Army exercises, with Lewin [?]
Greig		Keiller family/friend	5 Apr 1937. AK’s Uncle. Visited WH re-excavation with AK
Greig		Keiller family/friend	5 Apr 1937. AK’s Aunt. Visited WH re-excavation with AK
Greig		Keiller family/friend	5 Apr 1937. AK’s cousin? Visited WH re-excavation with AK
Gwynne	Mrs	Visitor	Visitor August 1934, stayed at Red Lion, stayed Trusloe Manor
Halden	J	Supplier/ Contractor	Feb 22 1938 arrows and pickets sent for enamelling and repair 73B Victoria St, London SW1, returned Mar 22, more sent Mar29
Hale		Other – describe in column N	16 Apr 1937.Boxer. Welterweight champ 4th Hussars.
Hart	J	Other – describe in column N	10 Feb 1937 losing boxer, Beckhampton Stable lad
Hatherel		Avebury local	8 Oct 1935 Allotment holder
Hawkes	Christopher	Visitor	12 Apr 1937. Archaeologist. Visited WH re-excavation with AK. WEVY 22 p70 24 Apr 1939 overnight stay
Hawkes	Jacquetta	Visitor	12 Apr 1937. Archaeologist. Visited WH re-excavation with AK. 24 Apr 1939 overnight stay
Hawley	William	Visitor	May 14 1934. (Wm Hawley 1851-1941) Archaeologist, Stonehenge 1890s, Pokesdown 1926
Heasman		Visitor	Listed on ‘Experts visiting site’, 1934 Office of Works WEVY 9, Jun 3 1934, WEVY 17, 22 Aug 1937
Heath		Avebury local	1937 local landowner and farmer. Owner of ‘Crawford’s Circle”
Heathicote[?]		Visitor	visitor 9 Aug 1937, staying for a week
Hebdon		Staff	6 Mar 1937. In Devizes Boxing trip. WH with AK etc (WEVY 16 p13)
Hemp	WJ and Mrs	Visitor	Visitor, August 13 1935, 23 Aug 1937
Henderson	Winifred	Keiller family/friend	Visitor, 1935. Friend of Keiller, introduced him to Antonia White (Linda Murray, Zest for Life)
Henman [?]		Visitor	visitor 21 Aug 1937, stayed for lunch
Hobden / Hebden	Not given	Visitor	Visitor July 16th – July 17th. Entered as Miss Hobden.
Hogg	AHA	Visitor	Visitor 20 August 1935
Holloway	Teddy	Staff	24 Apr 1937 Avebury schoolboy assisting WEVY in MAIR
Holmes	Miss	Visitor
Holmes		Visitor	Holmeses hoe-ed by DGK 5 May 1939
Horne	Ethelbert	Visitor	Visitor 15 Aug 1935, 22 Aug 1939 with Father Donovan, 26 Sep 1935 with Fr Moody. Downside Abbey. Archaeologist and RC Prior Downside Abbey, Somerset
HTD [?]		Visitor	Visits with friends, 1935. WEVY 17 p28 Mr J Hunt letter 18.1.28 on C16th key.
Hunt	John	Visitor	Visitor 6 July 1938.
Hunt	John	Visitor	Visitors 21 Sep and 29 Oct 1938, 18 Nov 1939
Huth[?]		Visitor	visitor 29 Jun 1937
Jackson	J Wilfred	Consulted Expert	Jan 15 1938 animal bones forward to him for exam and report
Jackson	John Wilfred	Consulted Expert	Osteoarchaeologist (1880-1978), Manchester based Bones identified as young fox
James	Marjorie	Staff	Excavation team 1934-5
Jarman	H	Staff	Mar 5 1938 new garage assistant to Phil Withil. WEVY diary 22, p40, p42 Feb 1939. AK’s driver, of the Marshall (car)
Jenner	Leo	Visitor
Jennings		Visitor	Visited with Mr Date 15 Oct – 17 Oct 1938
Johnson		Visitor	Visits with a friend, April 1934
Johnston	Isobel	Staff	Staff in 1935 – wonder if this is the same person who visits in 1934 (although note differently spelled name). Address in 1935 diary given Balgillo Crescent, Broughty Ferry, Dundee
Jones		Visitor	Visitor 21 Jul 1939 from Kilmundie[?] with Evans
Keiller	Alexander	Staff
Kennard	AS	Consulted Expert
Knight	Thomas
Knight	W	Visitor	1939
Laidler	Barbara	Staff	Excavation team 1934-5
Laurence		Visitor	visitor 12 Jul 1937 with his architect
Lawes	Henry	Avebury local	Field owner (1939)
Lawson	Joseph ‘Joe’	Avebury local	10 Feb 1937. Racehorse trainer, Manton Downs. Wikipedia
Leask		Visitor	visitor 23 Aug 1937
Lewin [?]		Visitor	Visited 16 Aug 1939 after ‘Army scandal’ [exercises on WKA] with Greenwood
Liddell	Dorothy	Visitor	Visitor April 30th – May 2nd. Windmill Hill supervisor who carried out pioneering work on the decoration of prehistoric pottery. IS THIS SAME AS DML?
Liddell	Veronica	Staff	Windmill Hill supervisor. Married Keiller
Ligh [?]		Visitor	Visitors 3 June 1939
Littlecott		Avebury local	Mar 8 1938 previous occupants of (uninhabitable) Old Forge cottage, High St, Avebury, now owned and demolished by AK. Once lodged in by WEVY
Lord	Wilfred	Visitor	visitor 12 Jul 1937
Lowther	AWG	Visitor	visitor 26 Aug, 8 Sep 1937, 13 Jul 1939
Maby		Consulted Expert	Jan 17 1938 soil and charcoal samples forwarded
Magor	Gillian Ione Maud	Staff	14 Jan 1939. With fiance Thurstan Shaw – WEVY’s friends
Mahr		Visitor	Met AK at Charles St. 17and 23 May 1939, Prehistoric Society Council Meeting
Maidment	Ellen	Visitor	WEVY’a aunt. Visitor, 22 Aug 1937, with daughters Barbara and Connie, WEVY’s cousins
Mair		Visitor	Visit July 1935
Martin	Eric	Visitor	Visitor 1934 and 1935
Massingham	Mr and Mrs (and hound)	Visitor	Visitors 25 Jul 1935. Author of ‘Downland Man’ WEVY 12
Matheson		Visitor	visits: 29 June 1937 Mr Matheson of National Trust. With wife 21 Aug 1937
Mattison		Visitor	visitor 29 Jun 1937
McPhail		Visitor	Visitors 14 Aug 1938
Megalith Society		Visitor	Nine members visited afternoon of Sunday 13 Nov 1938
Monteith		Visitor	Visitors 18 June 1938, stayed overnight at Avebury Manor
Montieth	Cynthia	Visitor	Visitor 1-2 Jul 1939, with R Montieth
Montieth	Ronald	Visitor	Visitor 30 Jun – 2 Jul 1939
Moody		Visitor	26 Sep 1935 with Very Rev Prior Horne
Moore	JSH	Visitor
Morris	May	Visitor
Morris		Visitor	2 Jun 1937, WH. With WEVY’s friend Canon O’Farrell
Mr and Mrs Bennet	Mr and Mrs	Visitor	Visitor August 15 1935
Mr Keiller’s cousins		Visitor	May 15 1934 CHECK with Keiller diary
Nash	Paul	Visitor	Visitor 28 June 1938. Important war artist WW2. Well documented
Neilson		Visitor	Visitor 28 June 1938 same day as Paul Nash
Newall	Robert Sterling	Visitor	Visits with Uncle, July 1935. Archaeologist and collector (1884-1974)
Newbigin / Newbiggin	“Nancy”	Visitor	Archaeologist, particularly noted for worked on rock art and Celtic sites in Ireland. Full name Agnes Jane Waugh Newbigin
Newbury Field Club		Visitor	Visitors 20 July 1938
Nicholls		Visitor	1939 – which source?
Nicol / Nichol		Visitor	WEVY Diary Aug 30 1934 page 119
Norman	Grace	Visitor	Visitor in 1935 – 2 July
Norman	Miss E	Visitor	Visitor in 1935 – 4 July Archaeologist, assisted Dorothy Liddell at Hembury Fort (and so knew WEVY)
Norrington	AP	Visitor	Visitor 1 Jul 1939
O’Farrell		Visitor	Jun 1937, WH. From Aldershot. Friend of WEVY with Fr Morris
O’Neil	B.H.StJ.	Visitor	Visitor September 5th – September 6th, stayed at Perry’s
Oborn		Visitor	2 Oct 1935 some time motor bus driver from Ebbesbourne, with Rev and Mrs Bright. (WEVY 12 20 Nov 1935)
Ormsby Gore		Visitor	The ‘First Commissioner of Works’, Office of Works, visits in 1934, 14 Aug 1935
Ottley [?]	FHB	Visitor	Visitor August 12 1935
Paradise	Douglas	Avebury local	Villager. Blacksmith, owner of “Goatacre” 1 Sep 1938. Paradise’s Cottage demolished in 1938 by MIAR
Parrish	Colonel and Mrs	Visitor	Visit in 1935
Parsons	Louis	Consulted Expert	Listed on ‘Experts visiting site’, Visitor June 28th – June 29th, 1934, stayed at Perry’s hotel. Plaster casts of stone fractures to be repaired.
Passmore		Visitor	May 8 1934, with Col Drew and TDR
Peak-Garland	?	Avebury local	Manor Farm, landowner
Peak-Garland		Avebury local
Peake	Harold	Visitor	Visits with two friends, April 1934. Well known – has ADS record?
Perry	CD	Avebury local	Feb 15 1938 Owner, Avebury Private Hotel (“Perry’s”)
Perry		Avebury local	Jun 17 1934. Proprietor of Perry’s Private Hotel, Avebury
Peto		Visitor	Visited and lunched with AK 17 Aug 1939. 9th Lancers, with Thornton re army scandal
Philips	CW	Visitor	Visitor 5 Sep1935, 31 Oct 1939, stayed with Piggots 22 Jun 1937 (WEVY 16 p21)
Piggott	Peggy	Visitor	Visitor 25 June to 5 Jul 1937
Piggott	Stuart	Staff	Archaeologist
Plante/Plant	G	Visitor	Expert plasterer employed by Messrs Turner, Lord and Co., London.Discussion to take plaster casts 21 Sep 1937. Plastering 28 Sep 1937 and casts September 1938, 22 Jul1939
Price		Visitor	Visits May 1934
Pricter		Avebury local	12,14 Oct 1935 Allotment holder
Pritchard		Visitor	Visitors 3 June 1939
Pugh		Visitor	Jun 6 1934. Wilts Arch Soc with Cunningtons etc
Pugsley	Joseph	Supplier/ Contractor	Heavy machinery hire – photograph 78510319-019
Raby	FJE	Visitor	Office of Works. Visitor 26 Aug 1935, 16 Aug 1937 – stayed at Manor (WEVY 17). Frequent correspondent of AK.
Radcliffe	R	Avebury local	Tenant. Inside repairs to her cottage on Swindon Road 30 Nov 1939 by GB
Radford	Ralegh CA	Visitor	22 Aug 1935 Archaeologist (1900-1998)FSA with van Giffen
Rafferty		Visitor	Met AK at Charles St. 23 May 1939, Prehistoric Society. Visited Avebury 26 May 1939 and stayed overnight
Rawlins	Frank	Avebury local	Villager- Garage owner. Drove WEVY to Guildford (WEVY 15, 22 Feb 1937) Worked in Manor garage till 26 Feb 1937
Reed		Other – describe in column N	Mar 12 1938 AK presented bravery award to 13 year old Reed at Netheravon boys boxing contests
Reginald Williamson	Mrs	Visitor	Visit July 1935
Rickards	Margery	Staff	WEVY diary 16 one of two garage assistants MIAR, wages clerk from 26 June 1937
Roberts		Visitor	visitor 14 Jul 1937
Rumbold	Anthony	Visitor	Visitor, August 13 1935
Rutland		Visitor	May 5 1934 (JHM Manners 1888-1940) Brother of Lady Violet Benson. Visited with Lord Elcho (his nephew) and Bensons.
S [?]	Robert	Visitor	Visitors 10 Sep 1938
Sassoon	Philip	Visitor	visitor 9 Aug 1937 with Kenneth Clark, arrived by air. First Commissioner of Works in 1937. Under Secretary of State for Air, managing RAF
Sewell		Visitor	4 May 1937. Visited WH re-excavation. Friend of DC???
Shaw	Charles Thurstan	Consulted Expert	Visitor 30 April 1934, (WEVY 9), August 19 1935 to 23 Aug 1935 excavating (WEVY 12). Visited: NW Sector 12 Jul 1937(WEVY 16), SW sector with WEVY (diary 22) 14 Jan 1939 with fiancee Ione Magor.
Simking [?]	Lance	Visitor	Visitor 18 Sep 1939
Simpson	FJ	Other – describe in column N	16 Apr 1937. Boxer. Amateur lightweight champion GB 1936
Sirl		Visitor	WEVY diary 10, Jul 19 1934. Of Ebbesbourne Wake, lodger at WEVY’s parental home (WEVY diary 13 p16), visited with Mr Street,
Smith	Alan	Visitor	Visited site with Date and Miss Jennings 16 Oct, and 17 Oct , 22-24,29 Oct 1938. Stayed overnight 7 Jun 1939
Smith	Isobel	Key character – not Keiller staff etc	Pioneering prehistorian. Excavated at Avebury and published a synthesis of the Keiller excavations in 1965
Smith	Janet	Visitor	Visitor May 14th – May 15th
Smith	KC	Visitor	List of visitors to Avebury, April 1934, staying at Perry’s Hotel
Smith	Not given – separate to Janet	Visitor	Visitor May 14th – May 15th. Entered as ‘Miss Smith’, separate to Janet Smith.
Smith		Visitor	Visitor to Manor 28 Aug 1938
Smith		Visitor	Aug 4 1935. Family friends of WEVY
Soul	Mr Soul (of Amesbury)	Visitor	Visitor 20 August 1935
Spain	P	Visitor	Jul 7 1935. Sidney Sussex College, Camb pal with Thurstan Shaw
Spence	Hegmat	Keiller family/friend	1939 diary. Ski-ing friend of AK since 1920s, mentioned alongside Guy Nixon, Chris Mackintosh and Colin Wyatt
Stephenson		Visitor	Visitor 20 Oct 1937 with Col Awdry
Stone	JFS	Visitor	Archaeologist. Corresponded with Young, see folder, 20000593 WEVY diary 9. Visitor Jun 6 1934 with Wilts Arch Soc and Cunningtons. see Wikipedia
Strapps	Annie Albertina	WEVY family/friend	WEVY’s aunt. Visitor 19 Aug 1937. With WEVY’s parents. Chauffeur driven by Vickers, at AK’s invitation
Street		Visitor	Jul 19 1934. Of Ebbesbourne Wake WEVY’s friend, with Miss Sirl
Sturdey	Bernard	Staff	Staff 1934, visits 23 Jul 1935
Symington	J	Visitor	Visitor with Date and A Smith 22-24, 29 Oct 1938. Scottish Geologist?
T		Visitor	Visitor 25 June 1937
Taylor		Avebury local	Hosted listening of recording of J Foster-Forbes’s broadcast 17/22 Sep 1937
Taylor / Taylour	Sorel	Staff	10 Sep 1939 Section-Leader ATS [Auxilliary Territorial Service] (1939 diary)
Teischler	Hans	Visitor	visitor 30 Jul 1937.
Thorneycroft	Mr and Mrs	Visitor	Visit 9 July 1935
Thornton		Visitor	Visited and lunched with AK 17 Aug 1939 with Peto re army scandal
Thurloe Leeds	E	Visitor	Visitor August 15 1935
Tibble		Avebury local	Jun 18 1934. Nursed R Gale (Hand) who died that morning
Titcombe	George	Avebury local	Appears WEVY diary 10. Also WEVY diary 12, 24 Oct 1935, measuring for a fence up to the Toll House
Tom of the Grab’	Tom DAMON?	Supplier/ Contractor	Grab operative 26 Sep 1938. WEVY 20 see queries.
Van Asch [?]		Visitor	From New Zealand (WEVY 16 p 20)Blasting tree stumps July 1937, finished 19 July. Visited 13 Oct 1939 with wife
van Giffen	Albert Egges	Visitor	22 Aug 1935 Dutch Archaeologist (1884-1973) with Radford
Vatcher	Faith	Other – describe in column N	Curator of the Alexander Keiller Museum. Excavated Avebury in 1969 and 1976
Vatcher	Lance	Other – describe in column N
Vawlett		Visitor
Vickers	W	Avebury local	1 Mar 1937. A Mechanic? Replaced F Rawlins in Manor garage.
Vickers	Walter	Staff	WEVY 16, 3 Aug 1937 assistant chauffeur at Manor. WEVY 19, Mar 5 1938 now ‘ex’ garage assistant to Phil Withil
Vigor		Visitor	Mr (Captain) and Mrs Vigor visit twice April 1934, Mrs Vigor and Miss Vigor also visit. Visit again in 1935. East Kennett Manor
Violet Pakenham		Visitor	Spelling uncertain. Visitor, August 13 1935
Viveash	Rose	Visitor	Miss Vyvash in diary. Visitor, 1934
W G S		Visitor	Wiltshire Geological Society visit (220 members)
Wagstaffe (perhaps a misspelling? Think this is Barbara Wagstaff		Visitor	Appears as visitor in 1935 – visits on same date as Miss Piggott. Note that Wagstaff later takes photographs at Sutton Hoo (1939), at which the Piggots excavate. Very significant if she also is at Avebury.
Wallis		Visitor	visitor 20 Aug 1937
Wallis		Visitor	Jun 29 1934, landowner, of Cherhill, colleague of Mr Wright, WEVY’s friend
Walters		Visitor	A descendent of Dr William Stukeley, visits 28 August 1935
Watson	WS	Visitor	visitor 3 Jul 1937, staying at the Manor [Avebury]
Wheeler	Mortimer	Consulted Expert
White	F	Avebury local	Tenant. Inside repairs to her cottage on Swindon Road 30 Nov 1939 by GB
Wilde	Jimmy	Other – describe in column N	Referee, 9 Feb 1937. Famous and controversial Welsh boxer (active 1911-23) Wikipedia. Local training stables competition boxing referee with AK in Marlborough.
Wilder	Phyllis	Staff
Williams	Lettice	Visitor	Visitor 4 Aug 1938
Williams	P	Visitor	Visitor 4 Aug 1938
Williams		Other – describe in column N	Appears in undated photographs from Denis Grant King
Williams-Freeman		Visitor	Jun 6 1934. Wilts Arch Soc with Cunningtons etc, 20 Oct 1937
Willis	George W	Visitor	Jun 17 1934. Friend/contact of WEVY. Co-founder of original Basingstoke museum (opened 1931, now rehoused as The Willis Museum) with John R Elloway. Clockmaker and jeweller at 2 Wote Street, Basingstoke. (WEVY 1, P19). Mayor of Basingstoke 1923-4
Wilson		Visitor	Visitor and ‘Medicine Office of Health’, 1934
Withil	Phil	Staff	Member of Keiller’s permanent staff. Chauffeur. PHOTO WEVY 19 p44
Woolley	Leonard	Visitor	visitor 22 Aug 1937, 14Aug1938 Famous archaeologist, Ur, Mesopotam
Woolley		Visitor	visitor 22 Aug 1937 with husband, above
Wright		Visitor	Jun 29 1934 School Inspector, friend of WEVY. With Mr Wallis
Young	Amy	Visitor	WEVY’s sister-in-law. 19 Sep 1937 with husband Bert and WEVY’s mother
Young	Bertram	Visitor	WEVY’s brother. 19 Sep 1937 with wife Amy and WEVY”s mother
Young	Edward Tom	WEVY family/friend	21 Apr 1939. Visit to celebrate WEVY’s parents’ Golden Wedding. Full site visit with AK, DGK and NC. WEVY 17 day visit 19 Aug 1937, chauffeur driven by Vickers, at AK’s invitation
Young	Fanny	WEVY family/friend	21 Apr 1939. Visit to celebrate WEVY’s parents’ Golden Wedding. Full site visit with AK, DGK and NC. WEVY 17 day visit 19 Aug 1937, chauffeur driven by Vickers, at AK’s invitation. Visit 19 Sep 1937 with Bert and Amy.
Young	William	Staff	Site Foreman. Many sources!
Zennor / Zenner	F	Consulted Expert	Jan 17 1938 soil and charcoal samples forwarded

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