Contents of volume 135 (2014)

Mabel St Clair Stobart 1862-1954: The Lady of the Black Horse, Peter Down, 1-19

'Primitive Betrothal': The Portland Custom and Thomas Hardy's The Well-Beloved, Jacqueline Dillion, 20-32

Sir Claude Scott and the development of Lytchett Minster in the nineteenth century, June Palmer, 33-45

How the Newburghs of Lulworth came to own Sutton Poyntz, William Egerton, 46-55

The Poets' Christmas Eve: mythology into verse, Alan Chedzoy, 56-61

An account of Mary Anning (1799-1847), fossil collector of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, published by Henry Rowland Brown (1837-1921) in the second edition (1859) of Beauties of Lyme Regis, Michael A. Taylor and Hugh S. Torrens, 62-70

An anonymous account of Mary Anning (1799-1847), fossil collector of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, published in All the year round in 1865, and its attribution to Henry Stuart Fagan (1827-1890), schoolmaster, parson and author, Michael A. Taylor and Hugh S. Torrens, 71-85

Mumming Plays in Hardy's Wessex, Jerry Bird, 86-148

The Cyril Diver Project, John Newbould and David Brown, 149-159

The Steve Etches collection of Kimmeridge Clay fossils: a Jurassic jewel on the Jurassic Coast, David M. Martill, 160-164

Severe drought and exceptional summer flooding: consequences for the South Winterborne macroinvertebrates, J. A. B. Bass, Patrick D. Armitage and J. L. Pretty, 165-166

Coastal landslide mapping of the Black Ven Spittles complex, Charmouth, Chloe Morris and Servel Miller, 167-180

New insect fossils from the Lower Lias (Lower Jurassic) of West Dorset, Robert A. Coram, 181-188

The gastropod and ammonite fauna of two anomalous facies in the Inferior Oolite of Burton Cliff, South Dorset, John Whicher, David Sole and Robert Chandler, 189-197

Dorset Archaeology in 2013, 198-204

Hengistbury Head, Bournemouth, Mike Trevarthen, 198

Wood Hill, Charlton Down, Charminster, Richard Tabor and Cheryl Green, 198

2 Wick Lane, Christchurch, Mike Trevarthen, 198

HMP Dorchester, Dorchester, Tom Weavill, 198

Max Gate, Dorchester, Mike Trevarthen, 198-199

Wall behind Wadham House, 50 High West Street, Dorchester, Richard Tabor and Cheryl Green, 199

New sea wall, Kimmeridge Bay, Kimmeridge, Mike Trevarthen, 199

Keates Quarry, Home Field, Acton, Langton Matravers, Mike Trevarthen, 199

Lewis Quarry, Home Field, Acton, Langton Matravers, Peter Bellamy, 199

Bottle Knap Cottage, Long Bredy, Mike Trevarthen, 199

Geophysical survey of the South Lawn, Kingston Lacy Park, Pamphill, Martin Papworth, 199-200

Limekilns at Inmosthay Industrial Estate, Inmosthay, Portland, Richard Tabor and Cheryl Green, 200

Land to the west of Reap Lane, Southwell, Portland, Richard Tabor and Cheryl Green, 200-201

Sherborne House, Newland, Sherborne, Richard Tabor and Cheryl Green, 201

Belle Vue Farm, Herston, Swanage, Lilian Ladle, 201

Geophysical survey of Long Mound, Beacon Knap, Swyre, Martin Papworth, 201-202

Chapelhay Gardens, Weymouth, Peter Bellamy, 202

Land to the south of Chickerell Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Richard Tabor and Cheryl Green, 202

South Dorset Ridgeway: Purlands Farm (Winterborne St Martin) to north of Tatton House (Portesham), Richard Tabor and Cheryl Green, 202-203

Cross Farm, Church Street, Yetminster, Richard Tabor and Cheryl Green, 203

Dewlish Roman villa: post-excavation report 2013, Iain Hewitt, 203-204

The Langton Herring mirror and grave goods, Jon Murden, 205-208

The Roman villa at Druce Farm, near Puddletown, Lilian Ladle, 209-211

Ower Quay, Keith Jarvis, 212-216

The Durotriges Project, phase one: an interim statement, Miles Russell, Paul Cheetham, Damian Evans, Ellen Hambleton, Iain Hewitt, Harry Manley and Martin Smith, 217-221

Roman Purbeck Limestone mortars, John Palmer, 222-234

Portable Antiquities Scheme 2013, Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen, 235-236

Excavation of c. eighteenth-century wall footings at Hive Beach, Burton Bradstock, Martin Papworth, 237-240

(An additional figure to the above is at vol.136 p.185)

Roman remains found at Hyde Farm, Shapwick, Kingston Lacy Estate, Martin Papworth, 241

The Romano-Celtic temple at Badbury Rings, Dorset, Martin Papworth, 242-271

Investigations on the south shore of Brownsea Island by the Dorset Alum and Copperas Industries Project, Peter S. Bellamy, Gill Broadbent, Mark Corney and Clare Wilson, 272-283

Investigations at Kimmeridge Bay by the Dorset Alum and Copperas Industries Project, Peter S. Bellamy, Gill Broadbent, Mark Corney, Alan Hawkins, Mike Trevarthen and Clare Wilson, 284-296

Investigations on the Studland Circles by the Dorset Alum and Copperas Industries Project, Peter S. Bellamy, Gill Broadbent, Mark Corney and Clare Wilson, 297-310

County Boundary Survey

Hampreston: A parish in the counties of Dorset and Hampshire, J. W. Hart, 311-315

Boundaries of Dorset, J. W. Hart, 316-319

The Dorset County Boundary Survey 2013, Katherine Barker, 320-324

The Dorset county boundary at Biddlesgate, between the parishes of Cranborne (Dorset) and Damerham (Hampshire from 1885; formerly Wiltshire), Katherine Barker, 325-333

Reviews

A. Eccles, Vagrancy in law and practice under the Old Poor Law, Martin Ayres, 334-335

Michael Millgate and Keith Wilson (eds), The collected letters of Thomas Hardy, volume VIII: further letters, Will Abberley, 335-336

Michael Hill, East Dorset country houses, Helen Brown, 336-337

Obituary

Liz-Anne Bawden MBE (1931-2012), Max Hebditch, 338-339

Natural history reports 2013

General weather survey, John Oliver, 340-341

Dorset rainfall, John Oliver, 341-345

Butterfly survey, Bill Shreeves, 345-349

Frome Valley winter bird survey, John Newbould and John Campbell, 350-351

Some Dorset plant gall record highlights, John Newbould, 351-352

Field meeting reports, John Newbould, 352-355

County Boundary Survey visits, Katherine Barker and John Newbould, 355-357

Local auction report 2013, Gwen Yarker, 358-359

Report of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 2013, 360-372

Index, 373-376

Notes for contributors, 377-378