Lost Centuries at St Osyth (Essex) | S12E09 | Time Team
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Century Viking pirates sailed up a muddy Essex creek. Legend has it they captured a lonely nun who when offered her modesty or her mortality, chose to die. The nun then carried her severed head up the hill to her church where she collapsed. Where she lay a spring bubbled up. The nun was St Osyth, the wife of the Saxon King of Essex, who chose the veil rather than consummating her marriage. The site of her death became a shrine and a busy settlement grew up. In the 12th Century Richard de Belmais, Bishop of London, founded a large Augustinian Priory in the middle of the village. This became a powerful establishment, which by the Dissolution in 1539 was one of the wealthiest Augustinian Monasteries in Europe. A few years ago a local boatbuilder noticed some decayed timbers sticking out of the mud in St Osyth Creek. The tides gradually revealed more of these timbers, which are on a significant bend in the channel. These timbers could be the remains of a medieval wharf which served the town in its early days, but they could also be the key to a much bigger mystery.
The present town seems to date to the 15th century but the famous Priory is much older. There must have been a busy settlement servicing it - so where was the original town of St Osyth? Time Team have three days to redraw the map of this picturesque town on the Essex coast.
Series 12, Episode 09
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I'm American and never been to Great Britain. I am enjoying seeing your extremely beautiful country and learning your fascinating history.
Shared history 👍
@@aidy6000 How can a country made up of peoples from all around the world, have a shared history from just one nation?
@@Demun1649 Genetics
@@orangeedo You have more racial classifications than South Africa ever did. There are only one peoples who are American, and that is the First Nations.
@@Demun1649 I think it's safe to assume someone with a Scotish surname has a shared history with Britain. You're making a a completely different point. So long as you hold the same opinions for Euro people too then you're not wrong.
Tony: "He's written a book on that."
Mick: "Still available as well!"
Hilarious and brilliant. :)
I came for the archeology and history, but stayed for the people on this great show. I love hearing the different British accents, the way the team members clearly enjoy each others company and clearly LOVE what they do, its so joyful and uplifting!
English accents.
@@desertfoxxx98 Mostly, though Brigid Gallagher is from New Zealand.
So sorry to learn of Mick's passing. He seemed like he was the type of person that when you meet for the first time, you feel like you've known for years. RIP Mick. Just found this series last week. I love this show.
Oh this makes me sad. I love his knowledge and his humor. I was thinking as I was listening to this episode, when these guys get to heaven and ask God "how did I do?" I can see God revealing how close or how off they were to their findings and having a good laugh. RIP Mick, I'm gonna miss you sir. :(
Well said.
@@Itsaboutthewaterlife😊
Having met the man, he genuinely was exactly that, entirely willing to discuss any sensible question asked in great detail.
A truly inspiring personable guy.
And IAN the DIGGER DRIVER & VICTOR the ARTIST..RIP..
*Victor Ambrus* - The amazing artist behind every single episode of Time Team.
I always pause and look extra carefully at his drawings. Just beautiful artwork.
I love the artwork too. I'm so impressed with his ability!
I always felt bad when they dug up new evidence which meant he had to start a whole new picture!
@@lucie4185 Well, hopefully they payed him a lot of money for it :) I would love sitting outside, painting pictures for tv while getting free beer :D
I believe he is my favorite part of the team...I do the same thing.
Totally agree, although I don’t pause to study in detail I think his artwork really brings the details of the site to life. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
its not just the archaeology that makes this show great, its the obvious connection the regulars on the show have. makes you wish you were one of them.
Tony is such an asset as a moderator and narrator. That's why I just LOVE the old Time Team. The new hasn't been able to live up to this communication of essential information, despite all the modern gadgets they use.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
... nah I love old and new ... both are great ... the new has more details which I love! maybe the old can be a little too quick because of the shorter time. ... but love all TT old and new.
Really have no interest in the new.
@Nicole Josan - There are a number of viewers who watch "Time Team" in spite of Robinson, not because of him. I like the new iteration and do not miss Robinson at all.
(He is, however, much better in his solo projects many of which you can find here on TH-cam.)
It also helps that he's a highly accomplished actor with Boss Level skills.
This is wonderful. Their sense of humour the way they tease each other. The way they involve the local children. I don't watch television, but thank TH-cam for making this available.
I'm completely with you on this 🙂
Began watching this here in the States when the history Channel was actually a channel that showed history programs back in the late 90's/early 00's. Thank goodness this incredible program is finally getting the refresh it dereves and these shows are being preserved and are being viewed by another generation. Favorite part of this one? The "Beware of Dog" sign on the gate which opens up to the most harmless looking canine. Funny and quite subtle humor.
Enjoy! I think the team went to the US for a couple of digs.
The series have become popular for the humorous, British banter mixed with erudite observations, thus making the series enjoyable yet educational.
It's all very interesting and even after 40 years I still want more, traditional British TV, education, facts all made interesting by these wonderful characters, I always wished I could be sat in the pub with them, having a beer and listening to their back and forths about what they thought, good old Mick and Phil!
Got to have Tony to stir the pot. Its all jolly good fun we all miss.
Trouble is they only keep making programmes like this until the viewing figures fall below a certain level, and one reason figures might stay up is the characters within the show, without them a lot of people give up, sad, but true unfortunately, at least we have the pleasure of watching Time Team again on TH-cam and other platforms. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
Moi aussi. Can't scarcelly find anything interesting in my own mother tongue. Except for Arte but still, no one like Phill...
These shows are ridiculously cool. Thanks guys.
There's nothing like a diminished haunch to get the archeological juices flowing.
i think ive got one of those, ive been walking funny for a week....
I have fond memories of St Osyth, we took our young children there and parked up ready to walk and maybe do some bird spotting. Unfortunately the tide came in and stranded us and our car on. Sandbank! The water came up the side of the car just at the point where it would flow into the car. We stood and watched until luckily the water receded to the point where we could drive away. We were really worried but the kids thought it was great!
There is nothing like Time Team.
7:33 Sign: BEWARE OF THE DOG / ENTER AT OWN RISK
7:35 Friendly looking dog: Oh, hello there. Do come in.
Haha. I thought exactly the same thing.
Mick Aston is a sad loss. Very clever man. Good to see the rest still going strong.
Victor & Ian as well now
I love that they celebrate with fortified drink at the end. And sometimes in the middle.
I enjoy Time Team for many reasons. I especially like the way they so often involved the local school children in their work.
Yes, a fantastic and entertaining way to get children involved and interested in archeology, history, and a whole raft of things that could inspire them to a career outside of the sphere that they wouldn’t otherwise have considered, their descendants could be the ones that dig up our history, not that we might not leave anything of interest for them to find, especially the way we are destroying the planet. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
Just part of the programming.
My interest in archaeology grew ever since I began watching Time Team's old shows last year. It was because of the people, their personalities and their interaction with each other that made Time Team a hit in my book. I'm still watching, though.
How I miss timeteam watched everyone from the start and loved it ..5 pm Sunday a few glasses of red wine and timeteam absolute bliss. …rip mick
Television done right. Great program.
I always love it when a whole community joins the dig, especially children.
I love a win for John 😂 geophys can be risky, but when it delivers it REALLY delivers
I love the great mesh of personalities. They were respectful to each other and worked well together ❤.
And this show wouldn't be half as good without Phil.
But that's my objection to TR - the lack of respect. I do wish another presenter - preferably one with an enquiring personality (rather than a confrontational one) had led the way: he appears to have been scripted to ask the "dumb questions", but the constant "why are we digging here not there like you said yesterday?" is unhelpful. We accept it's all exploratory - these digs can take years - so forget the "we've got to prove it and we've only got 3 days!" Jeopardy and focus on what can be done. He's better in some than others, but for me an historian would have been more in keeping. Or Guy, perhaps?
@@Lemma01 His job is to ask all the questions that the casual observer (you and me) might ask. He's fantastic. As they all are.
@@Lemma01 Tony fuels the banter, he annoys me occasionally but so do my mates :D Wouldn't have it any other way.
@@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 That's very well said. We all do that. ..😊
I'm really surprised that Stewart didn't weigh in more in this episode. He was practically quiet at the pub table discussion where they were disagreeing over where the original town might be. Usually when the others started doubting the location, Stewart has seen the clues that set them on the right ground.
i'm not brittish, but American. But i simply love this show. I have watched every episode multiple times. Simply amazing program. Interesting characters, educational, respectful.
I'm from the US as well. We do not have any history as old for us to look at. So many of the north Native Americans were nomadic and did not often settle into a place building towns and cities.
Yes it is isn't it? I actually live in this village and it is a great community!
I'm American as well! But have done my genealogy and we are from England! Am soaking up every inch I learn about the history there! Ran into a bit of a stumbling block in the 1600s though. Anyone British do free genealogy for Americans? haha Our ancestors' name is all over the history books, gotta be an answer somewhere! :)
@@HawkqOjOp I'm Canadian, and oddly enough, I'm from Europe. But I love watching this show anyways lol. Gave me ideas when we lived on the farm . . . . .
@@lorrainearmstrong7587 Great! What sort of ideas?
Even an _"angry, miserable"_ *Phil* is a joy to watch!
I am reminded of the 19th century poem by Jean Ingelow, High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire 1571.
“The olde sea wall (he cried) is downe,
The rising tide comes on apace,
And boats adrift in yonder towne
Go sailing uppe the marketplace.”
This was the closest I ever got to going on a Time Team dig, I flew over and saw the dig and visited a day or two after they'd finished. It's still one of my biggest regrets in life (despite the massive competition for that title) that I never got to go on a Time Team dig or meet Professor Mick Aston.
Cool! Make it all about YOU!
@@thinkfloyd2594 It was more a comment about how great the programme was and what a marvellous proponent of archaeology Mick Aston was. However, it was my experience of it and my life does rather tend to involve me. Sorry if that in some way matters to you. Really sorry.
@J Joseph Very kind, I'm sure that I'm already over it, though.
@J Joseph I hope so, I've been supporting the return on Patreon. The only other chance I've got is to be buried rather than cremated and hope they dig me up one day.
I love this show. Anytime I’m down or whatever I can watch one of these and it just brightens my day. Plus I love history so that’s a bonus. I hope it comes back and lasts another 20 years even if they have to change some people because of age.
Love listening to you guys bicker about the dig. Phil has the heart of a big teddy bear. Very charming. Wish I could be there digging with you all. xoxoxo
That’s a beautiful church. We have some nice buildings in the USA, but that is an awesome place. Phil is right. Craftsmanship, Tony, craftsmanship.
Phil is such a character. At first I didn't know what to think of him but now I know that I love that guy now!
Buildings older than your country, chum :)
@@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 it’s so very true.
The craftsmanship , wasn’t the church , it was the gatehouse of St Osyth Priory
Hey you got my name 😄 I know the village quite well as I have family there, always loved it's charm
I just love Phil's flower in his hat.
I am American and the history this program uncovers blows me away! I love this program and watch each one multiple times!
I've got to ask, how do you find Phil's accent?
Can you understand the all there accents??
The high spirit. The expertise. What a team!
I get alot of joy watching these guys and these shows just satisfy my day. For some odd reason I feel connected to this part of the world and I've never been there in my lifetime. I really would love to visit these small quaint towns, they're so beautiful.
I feel the same way! All my life, I have been drawn to England. Come to found out, I’m 65% Great Britain and Ireland! No wonder! I’ll get there one day, feel it in my bones!
Our „old“ world has so much to offer, I used to live in Britain and always love to go back, it’s like my second home.
Another great Time Team! Love the format - the structure of the show seems to accommodate without effort both major finds and the occasional disappointment, all thanks to the knowledge and professionalism (but also charisma and banter) of the entire team! Best education wrapped in entertainment to ever grace TV. Best from Portugal!
I don't think I could have said it any better.
Uno, dos, tres chocolate
Yes! such a lovely bunch. hopefully they keep making them. ;)
Well said
The casual way Phil struck that flake off the flint was great.
Kieth,
Just in case you don't know, Phil is a long time napper and knows (and loves) flint.
It is really nice that you let the kids get involved and teaching them as you go along.
Is it not time that Phil Harding got a mbe or obe ??
The guy is a legend and has helped give the nation parts of its history back.
Yes, I agree, but I think we should cheer for him being given a doctorate, despite never being an undergraduate, gives hope for the rest of us too.
Yes, yes, yes please?
@@lesleyhawes6895 University of Southampton gave him an honorary doctorate in 2008. ;) He has received a couple of other awards. The OBE or MBE would be nice, though. ;)
I rather think he might find that embarrasing. He was after all part of a team led by Mick Aston, and comprising Carenza Lewis, John Gater, Stuart..... the landscape archaeologist and my hero. Plus all the younger, many unsung, diggers without whom there would have been no time team as they did all the most boring stuff like most of the dighing, washing finds etc. And lets not forget the wonderful drawings of Victor Ambrose. I watched these from the start way back when I was also young and when some of the later regulars were still students.
Tony was knighted for his entirety of work, not just TT. That said, KNIGHT PHIL NOW!!!!!
My favorite series of all time. I’m thoroughly addicted, enchanted, and ever curious. I’ve rambled across many of England and Scotland’s lonG distance footpaths over the decades and it’s the history and archaeology that keeps me coming back.
I love how the locals get involved to uncover the story of their land 😌
LOVE THE BANTER....SAD TO HEAR MICK HAS DIED..HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED....
So has VICTOR the ARTIST and IAN the DIGGER DRIVER..RIP..
So sorry to hear of Mack's passing. The show won't be the same without the banter between Mick and Phil! Love Time Team the original. Your original team is the best! ❤️
Oops I know it is Mick
And VICTOR the ARTIST and IAN the DIGGER DRIVER RIP..
Time team it's not lost on me that it never grows Old 2 episodes in and I'm hooked .(it's fantastic that there's no big great fantastic cliffhanger of a reveal going through the spine of the program....
Yeah like that stupidoak island
I live in Essex. I've visited St Osyth's a few times and didn't know it was as historically colourful as this. Time Team does it once more and sheds light on the hidden history beneath our feet. A.m.a.z.i.n.g! I love our country's archaeological history , market towns and countryside. Almost feel like I'm there, and feel I am living that time, but I'm only watching! The knowledge of all guests and Time Team members over the years is mind blowing! Fantastic. I wonder what history the estuary of Maldon in Essex holds, just down the road from me. Has Time Team been there?
Man!!, I wish I could have seen shows like this on broadcast TV!
Seeing Phil heave a spade-full of mucky goo onto his tailing repository reminded me of a scene in a Monty Python movie when a pair of Serf's are foraging on their hands and knees near a path and one says "oo look, oi found some lovely muck here oi 'ave".
Phil is such a charming, mischievous character and I generally enjoy his shenanigans.
In the very early days of Time Team they used to end Day 3 with the Team presenting their findings to the local community whose gardens they had been digging up and Mick would talk them through the history of their town or village based on the evidence that had been found. Surely this was a great opportunity for that kind of ending, given the guy who brought them in the examine the quayside wood and the vicar with his finds in the churchyard.
Yes it would have been nice if they left it to Mick but Tony seem to be the mouthpiece always chatting on trying to make out he did all the work.
@@Blackholeforyou oh get a grip, he's the presenter of the program. It's his job and he doesn't choose who does what, that's the producer and the director. Anyway the episodes stopped ending with a presentation and turned into a piss up and feast, which I'm sure the team preferred.
Ahh yeah you've just triggered a memory and i remember that now.
I discovered Time Team early on during the pandemic. Not sure I would of without being homebound and I'm very glad I did. What an amazing show with an equally amazing cast.
Just been in love with Raksha Dave for years ...she's got the best smile !
Get to the back of the queue mate.
I find Helen Geake to be a bit of a sort myself
and she swings a mean shovel! gotta respect her keeping up with Phil too with a patient smile as well
Sorry. She married Matt. What a couple! Best wishes to both!
i love that show thanks Phil from Québec Canada
It's amazing just how much history is in England still buried and only barely touched.
Scratch the surface anywhere in Great Britain and you will find history ready to jump out and surprise you, my favourite episode is the on done on the golf course on the Isle of Mann, brilliant finds and stories from a lot further back than they expected. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
Not just Britain, all of Europe, all of the Old World in fact. It's true that old maps, particular the Ordnance Survey in Britain, and the Michelin maps in France show lots of examples of old buildings, earthworks and roads worth looking at.
Very good episode - love the music! It’s become the theme of quarantine!
It's what's getting me through
@@MsRedwiz Same here!
What a lovely and knowledgeable great on individuals who formed a team that is full of support, kindness and good fun! What a show.
You're all amazing 🤩 thank you for being here.
I've been watching shows like this for years and it's still amazing how much history has already happened and we are still learning from it.
To all those moaning about the ads, these provide revenue for this TH-cam channel and as this channel is ran by some of the people who were responsible for making time team I’m happy they are here as they are trying to raise cash to make new episodes
The drawings and paintings are really cool, great visualizations, aesthetic, and entertaining; I hope they're being enjoyed somewhere.
I adore this show, the passion is so clear and genuine ❤
Tony: Haven't you got a trench to go to?
Phil: *admiring wall* Oh I'm not gonna walk past this.
I miss these guys!!!!! RIP Mick!!!!!!
My squad has returned!
Always learn something new.
I live in st osyth and metal detect here ..I've found some amazing finds ...lovely village ..
@Paul Richter - Jealousy abounds towards people who can live in such beautiful, historical places.
Same .. I've been detecting all over the UK and found some amazing items over the past 25 years.And I've got boxes and boxes of stuff in the attic and i really should get them looked at by an expert.And I keep saying that and never end up doing it because I've got so much of it though..
@@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 please do get it looked at - you might have something really important.
@@belindaeaglestone9127 The items I find the most is MUSKET BALLS,,CLOTHES CLASPS ,BROACHES & COINS..
I've been metal detecting all over the BRITISH ISLES for 35 years and yeah I've got bags and bags of stuff in the loft and i really should get them looked at by a specialist really..
now that's dedication. squelching in the mud.
Gotta love Phil! What a guy. Phil to John: “stick to geo-physics” haha, tell him Phil;)
Of all the things to misidentify to Phil...
You gotta love Phil, he would fit right in to any past era
66k subs? Cant be completely right, surely millions of people likes this show. Or maybe many do not know about the possible revival of the show and this YT channel due to the "long" break. Spread the word about this channel and work that is in progress to start making new episodes of Time Team, the show we all love :) Oh, and go become a patron.
Any idea if this channel is licensing old Time Team episodes, or are they pirating content?
The archaeologists obviously aren't getting a cut of the money going to Patreon, so I'm not inclined to throw money at someone who just posts episodes at no cost to themselves.
@Brisdad53
Good to know.
That gives me something to work with.
As soon as I can personally confirm that, I'll make sure to compensate him for putting his show on a platform I have access to.
Cable TV got so ridiculous that I haven't owned one in about 15 years.
Not to say that TH-cam isn't close to that, but there are alternative methods to watch the videos uploaded here.
@@kaisersose5549 , Tim did a video here on TH-cam about it. th-cam.com/video/Zj2bjBLSqcE/w-d-xo.html Talks about this channel too, which is officially put up by his production company. You can get confirmation from the man himself.
@@RobBoudreau
It checks out, thanks.
You saved me what potentially could have been hours of research.
Hopefully, if they do decide to make new episodes they use the old format and not the new format that killed the show and drove Mick into retirement.
I live here lol it's a beautiful village 😊
I'm envious! I'm very very far from you but I still feel a connection to this side of the world and this small village seems to warm my heart.
@Neil Deep .... yep. And they’re really nosey. And snobby. Ha.village life in general.
What’s the cost of living there?
after a year of covid watching this doing there transitions in a pub god i loved this show
Thanks so much for these episodes Time team!!
Oh wow, a complete old episode from start to end. Wouldn't mind loads more of those!
One of the most interesting what-if's of history is what-if the Pope had just given Henry VIII he divorce. So much would have been different in England.
33:31 - a gnome. I watched this episode yesterday and am still perplexed by him.
Love the team shows
Thats a lot of great scenery--and mud!
It's so interesting to see kids getting involved. A curious mind will be a healthy mind.
love to see that they bring the community into it
You folks are awesome...you have a big fan up in Canada.
I love time team...
That mud is not easy.
Brilliant. Love it.
I am with @A Bleese when they say they regret never getting to go to one of the digs. 20 years and I never made it. I guess I just thought it would go on forever.
I was lucky. My wife was one of the archaeologists on Time Team. She now does quite a bit with Helen Geake at the British Museum.
I’m baffled by the lack of subscribers on this page!! Hopefully it’s a relatively new one? Because I know TH-cam is huge with us history nerds
Can't wait.
For what??
American here but my DNA says I'm 75% a UK mixed mutt.🐕I've loved archeology and history since a class in middle school. Absolutely love this show!!💚💚⛏️⛰️ And I thought our local 1777 cemetery was old!😂 BTW I'm a granddaughter of a few American Revolutionary Soldiers. Happy we kissed and made up!!😘☮️🇬🇧🇺🇸
Mixed muttt😂😂
75%..that'll do me!... Hello, from an English brother! 😊
Love them all. Tony Robinson & Phil Harding are so special.💕💟❣💯💫👏
Yeah sorry to hear about Mick passing away, I'm from all the way down under from Mount Gambier in the State Of South Australian and my 17th times Great Grandfather was Richard Plantagenet Duke of York.
🥇🇦🇺🦘⚜️👑⚜️
Damn that's some heraldry you should claim back your title..😁✌️
Thousands and thousands of BRITS are related to the royal family
Imagine living in a town whose history is so old no one knows when it began!
I live here 🙋🏽♀️
26:32 - Just love that.
35:03 - Followed up by this.
Slurping oysters & beer down by the river sounds good to me!
Oysters we're eaten by pheasants back in there day and there's normally big mounds of them in a big trash mound..
Oysters 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮
Poor Phil, down in the muck.
I live in St. Osyth, and have never seen this before 😲
Send fore Stewart, he is needed!
I used to go to school in St Osyth many many moons ago...many a fun afternoon messing in the mud....lol
Lol - Tony is such a troll... "diminished haunch mmmmm" 😂😂😂
Thanks again.
More, More...!!! 👏
I love this sort of Time Team, I love them all to be fair, but this one really was good as it brought so much investigation from different areas in to it to piece it together.... hearing them say that dock was wiped out somewhere between 1650 and 1700, and then to find in 1673 a massive tidal surge went through the area, really brought the history alive somewhat. Brilliant stuff.