Table of Contents

The morphology and evolution of Denge Beach and Denge Marsh, Andrew Plater, and Antony Long; a palaeoenvironmental investigation of the "Midley Sand" and associated deposits at the Midley church bank, Antony Long and Jim Innes; the proposed northern course of the Rother - a sedimentological and microfaunal investigation, Martin Wass; the medieval houses of the marsh, Sarah Pearson; Hope All Saints - a survey of the ruins and earthworks, Maureen Bennell; agricultural policy on the manors of the principal lords of the Romney Marshes and the marshland fringe, c.1250-1320, Anthony Gross and Andrew Butcher; medieval salt-making and the inning of tidal marshes at Belgar, Lydd, Eleanor Vollans; medieval farming and flooding in the Brede Valley, Mark Gardiner; the impact of marshland drainage on Rye harbour, 1550-1650, Stephen Hipkin; attempts to clear the Rother Channel, 1613-1624, Jill Eddison; drainage of Romney Marsh and maintenance of the Dymchurch Wall in the early 17th century, Dorothy Beck.