Publications of Isobel Thompson, MA (Edinburgh), PhD (London)
1. Published papers and reports
Thompson, Isobel (1978): The `Belgic' cemetery at Allington, Archaeologia Cantiana 94, 127-138.
Thompson, Isobel (1979): Wheathampstead revisited, Bull.Inst. of Archaeology (Univ. London) 16, 159-185.
Thompson, Isobel (1982): Grog-tempered `Belgic' pottery of South-eastern England, BAR British Series 108 (Monograph in three parts, 976pp).
Thompson, Isobel (1982) The Belgic pottery: synopsis of forms and comment, in Saunders, C., Havercroft, A.B., Excavations on the Line of the Wheathampstead By-Pass 1974 and 1977, Hertfordshire Archaeology 8, 11-xx, 1982.
Thompson, Isobel (1983): The carinated cup, in Farley, M., A Mirror Burial at Dorton, Buckinghamshire, Proc. Prehistoric Soc., 49, 269-302.
Thompson, Isobel (1987): The Study-Collections of the Institute of Archaeology, Bull.Inst. of Archaeology (Univ. London), 24, 213-223.
Macpherson-Grant, Nigel and Thompson, Isobel (1987): Channel Tunnel Excavations: Late Iron Age Pottery, in Canterbury's Archaeology, (Canterbury Archaeological Trust), 45-46.
Thompson, Isobel (1992): The rediscovery of James Forbes' octagonal temple at Great Stanmore, Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society Newsletter.
Thompson, Isobel (1994): The Stanmore Magna Poor Rate Book, 1800-1812, Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society Newsletter.
Thompson, Isobel (1994): The Stanmore Names Index and the Manorial Rolls: An Introduction, Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society Newsletter.
Thompson, I. (1995): The `Belgic' pottery of Canterbury, in K. Blockley et al., The Archaeology of Canterbury, V. Excavations in the Marlowe Car Park and Surrounding Areas, 625-629.
Thompson, I., Green, M.J. (1995): The pottery from Hut B3, Marlowe Theatre, Ibid., 629-632.
Thompson, Isobel (1995): `Belgic' [pottery], in Wymer, J.J., Brown, N.R., Excavations at North Shoebury: settlement and economy in south-east Essex 1500BC-AD1500, East Anglian Archaeology Report 75, 88-92.
Thompson, Isobel (1996): The St Albans Urban Archaeological Strategy Project, in Denford, G.T., ed., Museums in the Landscape: Bridging the Gap, The Museum Archaeologist 23, 20-21, (Society of Museum Archaeologists).
Thompson, Isobel (1996): Andrew Drummond and Stanmore Park: Where was Hodgkins?, in The Salubrious Air: People and Places of Stanmore and Harrow, 34-45, (Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society).
Thompson, Isobel (1999): The late pre-Roman Iron Age grog-tempered pottery, in Niblett, R., The excavation of a ceremonial site at Folly Lane, Verulamium, Britannia Monograph 14 (The Roman Society, London), pp. 124-133.
Thompson, Isobel (2000): Harrow in the Roman Period, in Two Thousand Years: The Long Journey, (Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society), 6-20.
Thompson, Isobel (2000): Harrow AD 400 - AD 1066, Ibid., 21-23.
Thompson, Isobel (2001): The late pre-Roman Iron Age pottery, in Niblett, R., A Neolithic dugout from a multi-period site near St Albans, Herts, England, The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 30, pp. 155-195.
Niblett, R., Thompson, I. (2005) Alban's buried towns. An assessment of St Albans archaeology up to AD 1600, (Oxbow Books for English Heritage). pp413.
2. Site and pottery reports submitted 1992-2004 [page numbers do not include extra pot drawings done]
Recent activities in the field, Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society Newsletter, 1992.
A watching brief at Headstone Manor, Harrow, December 1991 - January 1992, report submitted to Harrow Museum and English Heritage, 1992.
HM WB 93: Watching brief on postholes dug for information panels at Headstone Manor, 16 September 1993, report submitted to Harrow Museum and English Heritage, 1993.
HM FT 94: Finds made beneath a fallen tree at Headstone Manor, 1994, report submitted to Harrow Museum and English Heritage, 1994.
HM FB 94: Watching brief on new flower bed behind the Tithe Barn, Headstone Manor, report submitted to Harrow Museum and English Heritage, 1994.
HM SB 94: The restoration of the Small Barn, Headstone Manor: Archaeological Aspects, report submitted to Harrow Museum and English Heritage, 1994.
Investigations in St John's churchyard, Great Stanmore, 1993-4.
SBCT 95: Watching brief on the cable trench to the Small Barn, Headstone Manor, January 1995, report submitted to Harrow Museum and English Heritage, 1995.
Headstone Manor. Report on Landscaping, 27 July 1995, report to Harrow Museum and English Heritage, 1995.
Preliminary work on Site 13, The Verulam Building Estate, June 1998 (Robert Kiln Trust) 2pp.
Late Iron Age pottery from Pondswick Close, St Albans (site code PWC97) March 1999 (St Albans Museums Service) 6pp.
Late Iron Age pottery from Old Parkbury, Colney Street, Herts (site code F89) May 1999 (St Albans District Council) 6pp.
A First-century pottery assemblage from Annabells Apple Farm, Harpenden, Herts (site code C89) May 1999 (St Albans District Council) 4pp.
First-century pottery from Wick Avenue, Wheathampstead, Herts (site code WHW98) May 1999 (St Albans Museum Service) 13pp.
A First-century pottery assemblage from Stanborough School, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (site codes SS/WGC/97 and SSS/98) July 1999 (Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd.) 10pp.
Late Iron Age pottery from Hawkinge Airfield, Folkestone, Kent (site code HAF98) January 2001 (Archaeology South-East) 26pp.
A Late Iron Age ceramic assemblage from Church Whitfield, near Dover, Kent (site code WEB 95/2) July 2001 (Canterbury Archaeological Trust) 7pp.
Late Iron Age pottery at The Grove, Watford, Hertfordshire (site code GRO 99) May 2002 (AOC Archaeology) 12pp.
Grog-tempered late Iron Age ceramics from Highstead, Kent, September 2004 (Canterbury Archaeological Trust) 16pp.
A small group of Late Iron Age pottery from Bridgewater School, Berkhamsted (site code BBS 04) December 2004 (Archaeological Services and Consultancy) 4pp.
3. Hertfordshire Extensive Urban Survey Reports for Hertfordshire County Council Historic Environment Unit
The following 14 EUS Reports by I. M. Thompson are also available on line at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/projArch/EUS/herts_eus_2005/
Ashwell 2002; Baldock 2002; Braughing 2002; Cheshunt 2003 (with Terry Hunns); Hatfield 2002; Hoddesdon 2002; The Roman Settlement at Cow Roast, Northchurch 2002; Redbourn 2002; Welwyn 2002; Wheathampstead and Harpenden 2002; Potters Bar (Historic Environment Assessment Report) 2002; Berkhamsted (Revised Assessment) 2005 (with Stewart Bryant); Hitchin (Revised Assessment) 2005.
4. Specialist indexes compiled (pages for index shown)
Indexes to The Antiquaries Journal (Society of Antiquaries, London): 66 (1986), 513-541; 67 (1987), 486-519; 68 (1988), 400-423; 69 (1989), 414-438; 70 (1990), 528-557; 71 (1991), 311-325.
Gibson, M., Wright, S.M., Joseph Mayer of Liverpool, 1803-1886, 232-244, (Society of Antiquaries, London), 1988.
Megaw, J.V.S., Megaw, R., The Basse-Yutz Find: Masterpieces of Celtic Art, 97-99, (Society of Antiquaries, London), 1990.
Newby, M., Painter, K., eds., Roman Glass: Two Centuries of Art and Invention, 167-175, (Society of Antiquaries, London), 1991.
Fulford, M., Nichols, E., eds., Developing Landscapes of Lowland Britain. The Archaeology of the British Gravels: A Review, 137-143, (Society of Antiquaries, London), 1992.
Dean, M., Ferrari, B., Oxley, I., Redknap, M., Watson, K., eds., Archaeology Underwater: The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice, 330-336, (Nautical Archaeology Society), 1992.
Woodward, A., Leach, P., The Uley Shrines, 353-360, (English Heritage and British Museum Press, London), 1993.
Niblett, R., The Excavation of a Ceremonial Site at Folly Lane, Verulamium, 449-456, (The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies) Britannia Monograph Series No. 14, 1999.
Rahtz, P., Hirst, S., Wright, S. M., Cannington Cemetery, 511-516, (The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies) Britannia Monograph Series No. 17, 2000.
Wragg, B., ed. Worsley, G., The Life and Works of John Carr of York, 2xx-2yy, (Oblong Creative Ltd., York), 2000.
Niblett, R., Thompson, I., Alban's buried towns. An assessment of St Albans archaeology up to AD 1600, 401-413, (Oxbow Books for English Heritage), 2005.