Flaxman Charles John Spurrell (6 September 1842 - 25 February 1915), the archaeologist and photographer, was born in Mile End, Stepney, London, the eldest son of Dr. Flaxman Spurrell, M.D., F.R.C.S., and Ann Spurrell (who were also cousins). Shortly after his birth, his father moved to Bexley, Kent, where Flaxman junior first became interested in archaeology. He later lived at The Priory, Picardy Road, Belvedere, now home to the Priory Conservative Club. This article is about the day of the year. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Mile End is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. ... Stepney is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ... // Spreull History The Spreulls were an ancient Celtic family and members of the McFarlane Clan. ... Arms of the former Bexley Borough Council Bexley is a place in south east London in the London Borough of Bexley. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...

In later years he published articles for the Kent Archaeological Society (of which his father was a founding member), the Essex Archaeological Society and Royal Archaeological Society. The Kent Archaeological Society was founded in 1857 to promote the study and publication of archaeology and history, especially that pertaining to the ancient county of Kent in England. ...

He was interested in photography as well, and some of his photographs are currently held by English Heritage. He also photographed discoveries made by his good friend William Matthew Flinders Petrie, the famous egyptologist, which are available in the Archaeological Journal. English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942) was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. ...

Flaxman Spurrell donated some of his discoveries to the British Museum and the Norwich Castle Museum. The main entrance to the British Museum. ... Norwich castle Norwich Castle was built in 1067 when William the Conqueror (c. ...

Long before his death he retired to Bessingham Manor House in Norfolk, one of the seats of the Spurrell family, and was no longer active in the archaeological world. He died at The Den, Bessingham, in 1915, having married his cousin, Katherine Anne Spurrell, on 27 March 1912. Norfolk (pronounced IPA: ) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... // Spreull History The Spreulls were an ancient Celtic family and members of the McFarlane Clan. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Flaxman Spurrell was educated at Epsom College and was a Fellow of Geological Society. Epsom College is a co-educational Public School in Epsom, Surrey, England with around 720 pupils, and a member of the Headmasters Conference. ... The Geological Society of London is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with the aim of investigating the mineral structure of the Earth. It is the oldest geological society in the world. ...

He was the nephew of Rev. Frederick Spurrell and an uncle of the biologist and author Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell. Born on 2 August 1824, Frederick Spurrell was the second son, and seventh of eight children, of Charles Spurrell and Hannah Shears. ...

Publications

The following papers were published by F. C. J. Spurrell in the Royal Archaeological Society's Archaeological Journal:

• Implements and Chips from the floor of a Palaeolithic Workshop, Vol. XXXVII
• Deneholes and Artificial Caves with Vertical Entrances, Vol. XXXVIII
• Shallow Pits in Norfolk and Elsewhere, Vol. XL
• Early Sites and Embankments on the margins of the Thames Estuary, Vol. XLII
• The First Passage of the Thames by Aulus Plautius, Vol. XLVII
• Shoebury Camp, Essex, Vol. XLVII
• Notes on a Boat found at Albert Dock, Woolwich, Vol. XLVII
• Rude Implements from the North Downs, Vol. XLVIII
• Some Flints from Egypt of the IVth Dynasty, Vol. XLIX
• Notes on Early Sickles, Vol. XLIX
• On Remedies in the Sloane Collections, and on Alchemical Symbols, Vol. LI
• Notes on Egyptian Colours, Vol. LII
• On Some Flint Implements from Egypt and Denmark, Vol. LIII

In Archaeologica Cantiana, the journal of the Kent Archaeological Society, he published:

• Palaeolithic Implements found in West Kent, Vol. XV

Flaxman Spurrell also published the following articles in the Essex Naturalist:

• Ensilage, or preserving grain in pits (1887)
• Withambury (1887)
• Danbury Camp, Essex (1890)
• Hæsten's Camps at Shoebury and Benfleet, Essex (1890)

In the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association he published the following works:

• Excursion to Erith and Crayford, Vol. IX
• On the Estuary of the Thames and its Alluvium, Vol. XI
• Excursion to Higham, Vol. XI
• Excursion to Crayford, Vol. XI
• Excursion to Swanscombe, Vol XI
• Excursion to Grays, Thurrock, Essex, Vol. XII
• Excursion to Dartford Heath, Vol. XIII
• See also Visit to see F. C. J. Spurrell's collection of fossils in Excursion to Belvedere, J. Morris, Vol. II

The following was published in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society:

• On the discovery of the place where palaeolithic implements were made at Crayford, Vol. XXXVI

In the Journal of the Anthropological Institute can be found:

• On some Palaeolithic knapping tools and methods of using them, Vol. XIII

The following appeared in the Reports of the West Kent Natural History, Microscopical and Photographic Society:

• A sketch of the history of the rivers and denudation of West Kent (1886)

See also

For a collection of photographs by Flaxman Spurrell held by English Heritage, see www.nmrreview.org/documents/NMR_Six_Month_Review.pdf
F. C. J. Spurrell, Kentish Antiquary and Archaeologist, Nesta D. Caiger, Research Report, Kent Underground Research Group 8, 1992.