My name is Susan Laflin and I maintain a number of web-pages,
both for my own use and on behalf of others. Details of these may be
seen on my main webpage.In 1967 I completed an M.Phil in upper-atmosphere Physics at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College, London. The thesis was entitled "Positive Ions in the Topside Ionosphere". Following this, I worked as a lecturer in Computer Science in University departments at Loughborough and Birmingham. I stayed at the University of Birmingham until my retirement in 2000.
My main interests lie in Archaelogy and History. While at Birmingham, I founded the conference on Computer Applications in Archaeology. In family history, I am working on one-name studies of my father's family in Suffolk and of my mother's family in Shropshire and I have also traced my female line back as far as I can (1729). I completed an MA in English Local History (awarded in 2001) and have become interested in Place-Names and other local history. My study of Ford Place-names is still proceeding and its current state may be seen on this website. Both my husband, Philip C. Barker, and I myself have an active interest in wargames and military history - in my case especially in the ancient period. Since retiring, I have spent many hours studying study medieval Latin documents, mainly relating to Shropshire, and I am a member of the Ordericus Vitalis Group.