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« February 21, 2010 - June 21, 2010 »
 
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Start: 19:30
End: 21:30

An illustrated talk by Prof David Perrett, President Newcomen Society
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
POSTPONED from 6 January 2010
(The talk Leather Manufacture at Gomshall is now on 23 March 2010)

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Start: 09:30
End: 17:00

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Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
The annual round-up of Group fieldwork will focus on the results of Magnetometry surveys and excavations at Flexford, Abinger, Chiddingfold and Lascombe and Ashtead.
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Start: 14:00
End: 17:30
Surrey Local History Committee Spring Meeting

Saturday 6th March ‘Evacuation’ at Sayers Croft Ewhurst 2.00pm - 5.30pm

The Surrey Local History Committee has arranged a half day meeting at Sayers Croft Ewhurst on the subject of Evacuation during the Second World War. Sayers Croft is now a residential Field Centre owned by Westminster city council, but it was originally built as a result of the Camps Act of 1939 and was used to house evacuees during the war.
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Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
There is ample parking behind the church and disabled parking in front

An illustrated talk by Dr Catherine Ferguson, exploring the role of the More family, as revealed through the Loseley Manuscripts, as agents in Surrey of the Tudor revolution in government, and the part they played in transforming England from a medieval Catholic country into a modern Protestant state
03 / 9
Start: 19:30
End: 21:30

An illustrated talk by Peter Cross-Rudkin, ICE Historical Engineering Works Panel
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

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Start: 19:30
End: 21:30

The Story of UK VSTOL (Vertical/Short Take Off & Landing - past, present & future)
An illustrated talk by Chris Roberts, BAe pilot who has flown Harriers & Hunters,
 & Hawks as part of the Red Arrows aerobatic team
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
NEW MEETING

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Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
There is ample parking behind the church and disabled parking in front

An illustrated talk by Peter Youngs on a Group project follows the Group's AGM
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04 / 24
Start: 09:30
End: 17:00

The South East Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference (SERIAC) is an annual one-day conference.
There will be six lectures and also displays by participating society and publishers' stands.
This year the event is being hosted by the Surrey Industrial History Group.
Click here for further details.

Start: 10:00
End: 17:00
On Saturday 24 April, Brian Philp has kindly invited members on a tour of Crofton Roman Villa which is apparently the only one in Greater London, being quite substantial with twenty rooms and opus signium and tesselated floors plus remaining walls up to two feet high. It was occupied from circa AD140 to 400. This will be combined with a visit to Keston Roman tombs, some three miles away plus one to a nearby Iron Age hill fort situated on private land over which Brian has negotiated access for small groups.

More details to follow.
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Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
The Roman Studies Group will meet to discuss their approach to the study of rural settlement and how they can advance their knowledge of this crucial subject.

Dorking Christian Centre, St. Martins Churchyard, Dorking
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Start: 09:30
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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(all day)
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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(all day)
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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(all day)
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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(all day)
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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(all day)
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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(all day)
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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(all day)
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
There is ample parking behind the church and disabled parking in front

An illustrated talk by Becky Lambert of the Surrey County Archaeological Unit
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(all day)
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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(all day)
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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End: 16:30
Start: 1 May 2010 - 09:30
End: 13 May 2010 - 16:30

Trial trenching on Surrey's largest Roman building, just east of Chiddingfold, is planned for 1-6 and 9 13 May inclusive. Anyone wishing to take part should contact David Graham k.graham@virgin.net

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Start: 10:00
End: 17:00
Chedworth Roman villa, occupied from circa AD 140 to the 4th.C, is one of the most important rural Roman houses in the country with over thirty rooms, a mile of walls, two bath houses, hypocausts, water shrine and latrines. It is owned by the National Trust who have agreed to provide a knowledgeable guide for a maximum number of thirty. They will charge £50 for the tour plus the usual entry fee for non-NT members. The proposed date is Saturday 22 May. The Cirencester museum is close by and there is a possibility that we may have a conducted tour there in the afternoon.
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Start: 18:45
End: 21:30

Dr.Jonathan Foyle, Architect and Archaeologist, will present the Society’s Annual Lecture on
England’s Lost Renaissance: Italian Influences on Court Architecture. c 1500-1530

Friday 4th June 2010. The Menuhin Hall.
Reception 6.45pm. Lecture commences 7.45pm

Tickets £12.00.

Doors open at 6.30pm, the reception commences from 6.45pm and the lecture begins at 7.45pm.
Further details and booking are available from The Box Office, The Menuhin Hall, The Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey KT11 3QQ. Tel: 08700 842020 or

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Start: 10:00
End: 16:15

A day conference on topics related to the development of medieval communication routes within the County of Surrey, focusing on roads, bridges, causeways etc.

The day will start with a general introduction by Prof John Blair, illustrated by his ongoing research along the valley of the Upper Thames. This will be followed by shorter presentations on specific examples within Surrey. The afternoon will conclude with an informal open session where indivdual research can be presented and discussed.

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06 / 14
Start: 18:50
End: 20:15
An evening visit guided by Andrew Norris
Meet at the Percy Arms, Chilworth, at 6.50pm. The landlord has kindly allowed us to park on condition we buy a drink or coffee.
Andrew will give a short introduction before we leave for the tour at 7.10-7.15pm. The tour will take approx 1 hour, after which we intend to return to the Percy Arms for a social drink and/or meal.
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