Tony King & Christina Grande

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Tony King

Tony on Bardsey Island 2000

What I do:
I am a Professor of Archaeology and my job is Head of Department of Archaeology, King Alfred's College, Winchester, Hants SO22 4NR, GB.

My main interests are in Roman archaeology, particularly the western provinces of Gaul and Britain, Romano-Celtic religion and also faunal remains and diet.

Work web address
King Alfred's College

Christina Grande

Christina at the Men-an-Tol in Cornwall 1999

Research

These are some of Tony's archaeological research projects and interests. Please click on the list for further information on any you are interested in.

Hayling Island Temple This is the text of a recent article, published in Hampshire Studies 1998.
Meonstoke Villa The text of an article about the collapsed facade of this Roman villa, and its reconstruction.
Roman Faunal Remains Texts of articles on faunal remains.
Pompeii Bones An interim report on a large group of animal bones excavated in the forum of Pompeii.
Roman Gaul
Hampshire Field Club

Personal Interests

Family History

Tony: my mother's family name is Dayrell-Stenning, and my great-grandfather, Edmund Marmaduke Dayrell (1835-1909), was the last of the Dayrells to live in the manor house at Lillingstone Dayrell, Buckinghamshire. The family had been there since the 12th century, which is why the village is named after them. The church is a veritable Dayrell museum, with many tombs and other interesting memorials.

My other family links are with the Stennings of East Grinstead, Sussex, the Kings of Merstham, Surrey, and the Busbys of Amersham, Buckinghamshire. According to the census of 1891, some of the Busbys are recorded as living in a house called 'The Hovel' on the outskirts of Amersham! Needless to say, I could not find the house when I tried to look for it.

For those of you with a genealogical interest, my eight great-grandparents are:

James King (1840-1929), police inspector in Reigate, Surrey. He married -
Susan Merritt (1842-1923), originally from Alresford, Hampshire.
James Busby (1849-1918), carpenter in Amersham, Bucks, and Rickmansworth, Herts.
Emma Wicks (1850-1911), of Amersham was his wife.
Frederick Stoveld Stenning (1845-1909), solicitor in East Grinstead, Sussex. His first wife was -
Sarah Haycock, about whom I know very little.
Edmund Marmaduke Dayrell (1835-1909), captain RN, of Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks, and later St Saviour, Jersey. His first wife was -
Isabella Ann Holloway (1843-1882), originally from Dublin.

Concerts & Opera

We both go to classical music concerts and operas whenever we can. We are pretty catholic in our tastes, and currently contemporary classical music catches our fancy, especially compositions by James MacMillan, Michael Berkeley, Diana Burrell and John Tavener. If there are new works by these composers put on in London or region, we do our best to get to them.

Mathi

Mathi is our Border Collie, now just over three years old. The photo shows her at three months. We could have shown you lots of photos of her ripping up plants in the garden, but we decided on an innocent, cute one instead.