A year in the life: 1893

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Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

 

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

 

March

3

Pitt-Rivers appointed Honorary Colonel, South Lancashire Regiment (see below)

Gray, 1905: x; Bowden, 1991: 21-2

 

March

12

William, Pitt-Rivers' son, becomes engaged

Manchester Guardian 12 March 1893

 

April

11

Announced Pitt-Rivers to be Colonel of Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) with effect from 3 March 1893

London Gazette (26391: 2168), The Times 12 April 1893

 

April

12, 14 or 15

Pitt-Rivers' 66th birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate

 

April

27 and on

Pitt-Rivers excavating South Lodge Camp

Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 126

First P-R excavations that were recorded using photographs according to Bowden

May

29

Pitt-Rivers attends levée at St James's Palace

The Times 30 May 1893; Morning Post 30 May 1893 p. 5

 

May

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating South Lodge Camp

Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 126

 

June

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating South Lodge Camp

Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 126

 

June

7

Pitt-Rivers attends Royal Society's Ladies Night

The Times 8 June 1893

 

June

30

Pitt-Rivers excavating trench through Barrow Pleck

Bowden, 1991: 128

 

July

1-4

Pitt-Rivers excavating South Lodge Camp

Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 126

 

July

5

Pitt-Rivers attends garden party at Marlborough House in London

Morning Post 6 July 1893 p. 6

 

July

14

Pitt-Rivers attends state concert at Buckingham Palace

Morning Post 15 July 1893 p. 5

 

July

unknown

Pitt-Rivers serves on committee to advise Glastonbury Antiquary Society on excavation of prehistoric marsh village

Quarterly Notes on Archaeological Progress and Development., Reliquary, 7 (1893:July) p.182-3

 

August

10-24

Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Hill

Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 126

 

August - September

 

Pitt-Rivers excavating Barrows 23 and 24

Bowden, 1991: 130

 

September

11 and on

Pitt-Rivers excavating Wor Barrow Ditch

Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 131

 

October

1-25

Pitt-Rivers excavating Wor Barrow Ditch

Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 131

 

October

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

November

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

December

 

 

 

 

No month

No days

Excavating Barrows 23, 24, on estate

OW website

 

No month

No day

Pitt-Rivers publishes 'Excavations in the South Lodge Camp, Rushmore Park' Wiltshsire Archaeological Magazine 27 (1893) 206-22

See relevant journals

 

No month

No day

Pitt-Rivers elected President of Wiltshire Archaeological Society

Gray, 1905: xxxiv

 

No month

No day

Herbert Toms starts work as Pitt-Rivers' assistant on Cranborne Chase excavations

Bowden, 1991: 106

 

 

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