Medieval/Early Modern
Medieval Farming and the Agricultural Economy
"Medieval Communication Routes"
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.
More Medieval Towns in Surrey
Following last year’s very successful meeting on Surrey’s Medieval Towns, the next meeting of the Forum will focus again on the factors that influenced the development of medieval towns in the County featuring Croydon, Kingston, Lingfield and Haslemere.
Local History Symposium - Early Buildings and Domestic Life in Surrey 1100-1700
10.00 Exhibits and stalls ready for viewing. Coffee is served
10.25 Morning Session. Chair: Janet Balchin (Chairman, Surrey Local History Committee)
Woking Palace excavation
Royal Castles and Palaces in Surrey - Lecture Series
A series of 5 lectures to be held at the Letherhead Institute Leatherhead on Monday evenings 20 April - 1 June 2009 (excl. bank holidays).
Did you know that there were more than 20 royal residences in the counties of Surrey and Middlesex? This lecture
series will cover five of the most important and interesting sites: Villages Study Group meeting: maps, plans and Hearth Tax records
1000 Tea and coffee available
1030 Welcome and introduction
1035 The development of maps and estate plans Carole Garrard, Local Studies Librarian, Surrey History Centre
Villages Study Group Workshop on Manorial Records
10.30am Tea and Coffee available
10.50am Welcome & Introduction
11.00am Isabel Sullivan: ‘An Introduction to Manorial Documents'. Isabel is an archivist with an interest in Latin working at the History Centre
Matthew Piggott: ‘Manorial Documents: their survival and how to locate them.' Matthew is also an archivist at the Centre and will demonstrate the use of the online Manorial Document Register
Surrey's Medieval Towns
By popular request, the autumn meeting of the Forum this year will be devoted to Surrey's medieval towns, beginning to carry forward the thinking in Martin O'Connell's 'Historic Towns in Surrey' in 1977 (SyAS Research Volume 5), Dennis Turner's contribution on towns in the 1984 'Archaeology of Surrey to 1540' and the contributions by Phil Andrews and John Schofield in the 2004 'Aspects' volume.
Programme
10.15am Tea and coffee available





