Surrey Archaeological Society

In 1846, a patent was awarded to a new type of corn-mill - it triggered a series of court cases which ran for more than 20 years.  This talk tells the story of the invention and how the court cases provide examples of what makes an invention patentable in the UK today.

The work women of the Land Army in World War 2 is well known.  This talk tells the story of the less well-known women who volunteered in the 1940s to keep traffic flowing on Britain’s canals. However they may have referred to themselves, they were far form “idle women”.

Please register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/i03-d4o5RCyNSrPjUvkReA

Make your own way to  the Waggon Yard Car Park  GU9 7PS in time for a 10:30am start to the Farnham walking tour, guided by Richard Shenton, which will take 90-100 minutes. There will then be time for lunch to be taken individually (at your own expense). In the afternoon, you may wish to visit The Maltings or the Museum of Farnham, or further explore the streets, shops, pubs and teashops of Farnham

This spring's Medieval Studies Forum meeting will be themed around Medieval Houses and take place on Saturday 22 March at East Horsley Village Hall.

The programme  will include the following talks:

'West Horsley Place' by Martin Higgins (Surrey Domestic Buildings Research Group)

'High Bank, West Horsley, dating from 1375' by Brigid Fice (Surrey Domestic Buildings Research Group)

'Buildings researched and documentary records' by Jeremy Clarke

'How to make a brick on Effingham Common' by Dr Mark Eller (Mole Valley Geological Society)