Steve Parry BA MA MIFA FSA - Principal Archaeologist

Email : sparry@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Steve gained his BA in Archaeology and Medieval History and his MA in Archaeological Method. In 1982 he supervised at the excavation of the Saxon Palaces in Northampton for the Northampton Development Corporation, and he joined Northamptonshire County Council to supervise at Ashton Roman town, Oundle. From 1985-1993 he was Project Officer for the Raunds Area Survey, a major archaeological landscape survey now in press as a monograph. He conducted the archaeological excavation of the Privy Garden at Hampton Court and was a member of the Research and Design Team which guided the subsequent restoration of the garden. Steve joined the NA management team and became the Principal Archaeologist in 1998. Steve provides the technical direction to the staff and sets the working standards for the organisation. He leads on consulting work, providing archaeological expertise and planning advice to a range of clients, including preparation of relevant parts of Environment Impact Statements. Steve holds a certificate in Occupational Health and Safety issued by the National Examination Board for Occupational Health and Safety, and acts as a Safety Advisor for Sustainability.

Andy Chapman BSc, MIFA, FSA - Senior Archaeologist (Publication)

Email : achapman@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Andy gained his BSc in Physics, Mathematics and Philosophy. He was a supervisor for the Chesterfield Archaeological Research Committee in the mid 1970s, and also worked throughout England as well as in Northern Ireland and central France. He joined the Northampton Development Corporation in 1976 to supervise at the Briar Hill Neolithic causewayed enclosure. In 1978 he joined Northamptonshire County Council to supervise at the late Saxon/early medieval church and cemetery at Furnells, Raunds and in the late 1980s was senior supervisor at West Cotton, Raunds for the excavation of prehistoric monuments and the late Saxon and medieval village. He has written the monograph report on the village excavation. In the 1990s he directed open area excavations on Iron Age and Roman sites in Basingstoke, Northamptonshire and Rugby, and at a Bronze Age barrow cemetery at Gayhurst Quarry, Buckinghamshire. Urban excavations include the first recovery of the 10th to 17th century town defences at Northampton and the excavation of the cemetery of St James’ Abbey, Northampton. More recently he carried out a landscape survey of part of the Ashridge estate, including the Grim’s Ditch earthworks, for the National Trust. Andy also specialises in iron working slag, prehistoric flint analysis, Iron Age pottery and medieval stylised chess pieces. As Senior Archaeologist he is working on the backlog and current publication programme. He is on the committees of CBA South Midlands and the Northamptonshire Archaeological Society, and is editor of the county journal Northamptonshire Archaeology.