PUBLICATIONS

 

 

James, K. (2021) Stapenhill, Bells Mill and Oldeforde: Historical context of two potential development sites near Wollaston, Stourbridge. PDF document downloadable from: http://sgb.kjdocs.co.uk/Stapenhill,%20Bells%20Mill%20and%20Oldeforde%20-%20Historical%20context%20of%20two%20potential%20development%20sites.pdf. 8pp.

James, K. (2021) Hedgerows Regulations: An overview of their applicability in 'Call for Sites' areas near Stourbridge. PDF document available by request from author: dr.kjames@yahoo.com. 26pp.

James, K. (2021) Comments on the 2019 Black Country Historic Landscape Characterisation Study. PDF document downloadable from: http://sgb.kjdocs.co.uk/Comments%20on%20Black%20Country%20HLC%20Study%202019.pdf. 6pp.

James, K. (2021) The Historical Landscape of Stourbridge’s Green Belt - Addendum 1 . PDF document downloadable from: http://www.sgb.kjdocs.co.uk/Historical%20Landscape%20of%20Stourbridges%20Green%20Belt%20-%20Addendum%201%2001a.pdf. 7pp.

James, K. (2020) 'Windsor, windofer and Iverley: illustrating the place-name element *ofer in the Anglo-Saxon road network', Journal of the English Place-Name Society 51, 37–64. PDF off-print available at http://www.local.kjwebs.co.uk/James%20JEPNS%2051%20offp.pdf

James, K. (2020) Pepper Hill, Yearnebarrowe and Catherwell: Clues to an ancient burial near Hanbury Hill, Stourbridge?, PDF document downloadable from: http://www.local.kjwebs.co.uk/Pepper%20Hill.pdf. 14pp.

James, K. (2020) Halfcot, ‘Halford’ and Oldeforde juxta Stapenhull: Implications for the chronology of Bells Mill and an early Wordsley-to-Kinver route, PDF document downloadable from: http://www.local.kjwebs.co.uk/Oldeforde.pdf. 4pp.

James, K. (2020) Stourbridge’s Ancient Heathland. PDF document downloadable from: http://www.sgb.kjdocs.co.uk/Stourbridges%20Ancient%20Heathland%2001b.pdf. 10pp.

James, K. (2020) Beating the Bounds: A walk through Stourbridge's Green Belt. PDF leaflet downloadable from: http://www.sgb.kjdocs.co.uk/Beating%20the%20Bounds%20Rev%202020-04-09.pdf. 6pp (trifold).

James, K. (2019) The Historical Landscape of Stourbridge’s Green Belt. PDF document downloadable from: http://www.sgb.kjdocs.co.uk/Historical%20Landscape%20of%20Stourbridges%20Green%20Belt%2001c.pdf. 28pp.

James, K. (2019) Kingswinford Ridge: An ancient boundary between Kingswinford and Ashwood. PDF document downloadable from: http://www.sgb.kjdocs.co.uk/Kingswinford%20Ridge%2001a.pdf. 3pp.

James, K. (2019) The Three Fields: Historical Landscape. PDF document downloadable from: http://www.sgb.kjdocs.co.uk/Three%20Fields%2002.pdf. 6pp.

James, K (2019) 'The History in our Green Belt: are we about to lose it?',The Blackcountryman 52 (No. 4), 49–55. The Black Country Society, Kingswinford, U.K.

James K. (2018) The Worcestershire windofers: Landmarks on a track between Wychbury Hill and Ismere, two of Worcestershire's most important ancient sites. PDF document downloadable from:  http://www.worcestershire-windofers.kjdocs.co.uk/. 28pp.

James K. (2017) 'Black Country Parish Boundaries: Echoes of Ancient Territory - Part 2', The Blackcountryman 50 (No. 4). The Black Country Society, Kingswinford, U.K.

James K. (2017) 'Black Country Parish Boundaries: Echoes of Ancient Territory - Part 1', The Blackcountryman 50 (No. 3), 29-38. The Black Country Society, Kingswinford, U.K.

James K. (2017) 'The Place Names of Stourbridge, the Black Country and their Environs: Origins, meaning and interpretation'. PDF document downloadable from: http://www.sbcplacenames.kjdocs.co.uk/. 43pp.

James K. (2016) 'Interpreting Place Names (with examples around Stourbridge and the Black Country) - Part 3', The Blackcountryman 50 (No. 1), 6-13. The Black Country Society, Kingswinford, U.K.

James K. (2016) 'Interpreting Place Names (with examples around Stourbridge and the Black Country) - Part 2', The Blackcountryman 49 (No. 4), 6-12. The Black Country Society, Kingswinford, U.K.

James K. (2016) 'Interpreting Place Names (with examples around Stourbridge and the Black Country) - Part 1', The Blackcountryman 49 (No. 3), 6-14. The Black Country Society, Kingswinford, U.K.

James K. (2016) The Kowback: Stourbridge's misplaced brook. PDF document downloadable from: http://www.thekowback.kjdocs.co.uk/. 7pp.

James K. (2015) Stourbridge's Western Boundary: A cornerstone of the historical landscape. PDF document downloadable from: http://www.stourbridgewesternboundary.kjdocs.co.uk/. 14pp.

James K. (2014) 'The Swinford charter (S 579): A more complex origin for Oldswinford?', Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, Third Series 24, 121-140.

James K. (2013) 'Swinford: from Hwiccan borderland to English manor - Part II', The Blackcountryman 47 (No. 1), 6-11. The Black Country Society, Kingswinford, U.K.

James K. (2013) 'Swinford: from Hwiccan borderland to English manor - Part I', The Blackcountryman 46 (No. 4), 32-39. The Black Country Society, Kingswinford, U.K.

James K. (2013) The Swinford Charter (S 579) of AD 951-9: A new interpretation of the boundary clause and thoughts on the origin of Oldswinford and Pedmore parishes. PDF document downloadable from: http://www.swinfordcharter.kjdocs.co.uk/. 63pp.

James K. (2013) Before Stourbridge: Landscape, settlement and territory. PDF document downloadable from: http://www.beforestourbridge.kjdocs.co.uk/. 91pp.

Wilson J.S., Kester W., Ball S., de Silva G.M.S., Ibrahim D., James K., Williams T., Laughton M., Warne D., Nadovich C., Porter A., Ramsden E., Fischer-Cripps T., Scheiber S. (2008) Test and Measurement: Know It All. Newnes Know It All series. Elsevier, Burlington, Massachusetts. 912pp.

James K. (2000) PC Interfacing and Data Acquisition: Techniques for Measurement, Instrumentation and Control. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford. 484pp.

James K. (1996) 'Calibration and software linearisation of continuous and discontinuous sensor response curves', J. Dig. Automation, 32, 207-228.

James K. (1993) 'Digital rejection of the Hilbert alias in Moire-fringe angular-position encoders', J. Dig. Automation 27, 151-167.

James K. (1989) 'High precision rotational position encoding with non-linear Moire masks', in Digital sensing, McAlpine, J.R. and Homer, P. (eds.), 308-342. Marshall Press, London.

Durrani S.A. and James K. (1988) 'The effects of irradiation temperature on the registration properties of nuclear tracks in crystals', Proc. 14th International Conference on SSNTDs. Lahore, Pakistan, 2nd-6th April 1988.

Al-Khalifa I.J.M., James K., Durrani S.A. and Khalifa M.S. (1988) 'Radiation damage studies of mineral apatite, using fission tracks and thermoluminescence techniques', Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 14, 12-14.

James K. and Durrani S.A. (1988) 'The registration temperature dependence of heavy-ion track etch rates and annealing sensitivity in crystals: implications for cosmic ray identification and fission track dating of meteorites', Earth and Planetary Science Letters 87, 229-236.

James K. and Durrani S.A. (1987) 'The temperature dependence of heavy-ion track registration in crystals', Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 13, 143-145.

Matiullah, Aslam A.A., James K. and Durrani S.A. (1987) 'A computer program for the development of a fast-neutron spectrometer based on electrochemically etched CR-39 detectors with radiators and degraders', Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 13, 131-137.

James K., Matiullah and Durrani S.A. (1987) 'An energy and direction independent fast-neutron dosemeter based on electrochemically etched CR-39 track detectors: Theoretical studies', Radiation Protection Dosimetry 19, 5-14.

James K. and Durrani S.A. (1987) 'The temperature dependence of Br-81 track registration in crystals', Daresbury Laboratory 1987 Annual Report. SERC Daresbury Laboratory, U.K.

James K., Matiullah and Durrani S.A. (1987) 'A computer program for calculation of the dose-equivalent response of fast-neutron dosemeters based on electrochemically etched CR-39 detectors', Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 13, 3-24 and 157-158.

Durrani S.A and James K. (1987) 'The registration temperature dependence of heavy ion track etch rates in crystals', Proc. 50th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., 18th-24th July 1987.

Matiullah, James K. and Durrani S.A. (1987) 'A flat dose-equivalent dosemeter for fast neutrons using a CR-39 polymeric track detector with front radiators', Radiation Protection Dosimetry 17, 149-152.

James K. and Durrani S.A. (1986) 'Fission-track closure temperatures', Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 12, 921-925.

James K. and Durrani S.A. (1986) 'The effect of crystal composition on fission-track annealing and closure temperatures in geological minerals: implications for the cooling rates of terrestrial and extraterrestrial rocks', Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 11, 277-282.

Alfrey G.F. and James K. (1986) 'The gamma-ray radiography of decorative plasterwork', Studies in Conservation 31, 70-76.

Postgraduate Theses

James K. (1987) The effects of temperature during and after registration on the etching properties of nuclear tracks in crystals. PhD thesis, University of Birmingham, U.K.

James K. (1984) Investigations into the feasibility of gamma-ray radiography of decorative plasterwork. MSc thesis, University of Birmingham, U.K.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     
 

 

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