Guildford and Lewes: two medieval county towns?
A talk by Peter Balmer
1066-1600
A talk by Peter Balmer
Talk by David Neish.
Also Members’ Talks.
Talk by Douglas Irvine, Structural Engineer.
As part of the spring/summer 2014 programme of talks organised by the Friend of Woking Palace for their HLF funded project "Woking Palace and its Park" Rob Poulton, the director of the excavations, will be giving a talk about excavating the moated site at Woking. This is a ticketed event and tickets, which are free, should be obtained by calling 01483 518722 or e-mailing education.scau@surreycc.gov.uk. Please use the application form on the reverse of the attached flier.
A meeting will be held at The Education Centre, Guildford Cathedral when the keynote speakers will be Prof John Arnold of Birkbeck and Prof Diane Watt of Surrey University. There will also be contributions from four members of the Forum. The cost of the day is £10 per person (£5 for students under 21). Please see the attached programme for details of all the presentations and of time, location etc.
A Medieval Studies Forum Study Day including a visit to the new Mary Rose Museum, a "behind the scenes" talk and a guided walking tour of historic Portsmouth led by Alan King, the former head of Local History at Portsmouth City Library, who has a particular interest in Medieval Portsmouth
A chance to see the results of the sixth season of excavations on this medieval and Tudor site.
* Tours of the trenches where archaeologists will explain the discoveries. * Displays of artefacts from the site. * Archaeology and history stalls to browse.
Please note that the last tour of the trenches leaves at 4pm and the site will close at 5pm.
Reading Manorial Account Rolls
A Practical Introduction
Two day-schools
Tutor: Dr David Stone
Saturday 8 February 2014 (9.30 am to 3.45 pm)
St Catherines Village Hall, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford GU2 4HF
· Introduction and manorial accounts in translation