A Field Guide to Larking

Cover
Copyright
Dedication
Title
Contents
Larking
	Are You a Larker?
	Responsible Larking
	The Art of Larking
	Get Your Eye In
Beachlarking
	Beachlarking Kit
	The First Beachlarks
	Reading Tides
	The Strandline
	Britain’s Best Beachlarking Beaches
	The Best Time to Beachlark
	Types of Beach
	Arenophilia
	Pebble Collecting
	Hag Stones
	Derek Jarman
	Make a Giant’s Necklace
	Semi-precious Stones
	Jet
	Amber
	Where to Go Fossil Hunting
	Fossil Hunting
	Mary Anning
	Common British Fossils
	Fossil Folklore
	Common British Shells
	Groatie Buckies
	Other Common Beachlarking Finds
	Ambergris
	Beach Bones
	Flotsam and Jetsam
	Driftwood
	Sea Beans
	Star Gazing
	Seaweed
	Seaweed Pressing
	Message in a Bottle
	The Plastic Age
	Nurdles
	Lego Lost at Sea
	Mermaid’s Tears
	Search for Sea Glass
	Sea Glass Rarity
	Glass Stoppers
Mudlarking
	Mudlarking Kit
	Research Your River
	Safety First
	River Wading
	How to Make a Look Bucket
	River Dipping
	Mud Walking
	Don’t Touch!
	Thames Mudlarking
	Where to Look in London
	The Tidal Thames
	The First Mudlarks
	Ivor Noël Hume
	Thames Mudlark’s Code
	Stairs, Ladders and Slipways
	Leave it Behind
	British Rivers
	Eddies and Currents
	Common Thames Finds
	Oysters
	Alien Creatures
	Bones
	Bricks
	Tiles
	Clay Pipes
	How Old is Your Pipe?
	Wig Curlers
	Thameside Pubs
	Dice
	Toshers and the Queen Rat
	Roman Pottery
	Green Glaze
	Tudor and Stuart Pottery
	The Bearded Man
	Georgian and Victorian Pottery
	How Big Was Your Pot?
	A Moment in Time
	Metal Attracts Metal
	Nails
	Pins
	Aglets
	Emergency Paper Pocket
	William Smith and Charles Eaton
	Lost Rivers
	Buttons
	Cufflinks
	Beads
	Buckles
	Cloth Seals
	Coins
	Jettons
	Tokens
	Sacred River
	Modern Off erings
	Doves Type
Fieldlarking
	Fieldlarking Kit
	The Good Fieldlarking Code
	Getting Permission
	Research Your Field
	What’s in a Name?
	The Right Time to Fieldlark
	Field Ghosts
	Walk Your Field
	Hedgerows
	The Edible Hedgerow
	Horseshoes
	Crotal Bells
	Prehistoric Worked Flints
	Gun Flints
	Musket Balls
	Roman Villas
	GPS
	Plague Villages
	Spindle Whorls
	Victorian Night Soil
	Other Country Larks
	Victorian Dumps
	Common Bottles
	Vulcanite Bottle Stoppers
Homelarking
	Research Your House
	Walls
	Marks from the Past
	Witch Marks
	Floors
	Make a Time Capsule
	Frozen Charlotte
	Skirting Boards
	Hidden Charms
	Spell Bottles
	House Hoards
	Borrowers
	Garden Larks
	The Willow Pattern Plate
	Marbles
	Ink Bottles
Afterlarking
	Cleaning, Storing and Recording Kit
	Timeline
	Cleaning
	Ceramics and Pipes
	Kintsugi
	Glass
	Bottles
	Metal
	Iron
	Wood and Leather
	Bone, Ivory, Horn and Antler
	Keeping Records
	Search for the Details
	A Shared History
	Treasure
	Online
	Museums
	Books
A Note from the Artist
A Note on the Author
A Note on the Illustrator
Acknowledgements