The Battle of Waterloo
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The Battle of Waterloo the day that decided Europe’s Fate
24 October 2pm to 3.30pm
Medieval Majesty
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We take a close look at the lives of the great medieval kings and their times and try and discover if they were good, bad or just plain sad!
Cost £5 per child. Contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1UF. Tel 020 8394 1734.
Items Acquired by the Library in August 2017
New Items Acquired by the Library
August 2017
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Books
Recent advances in laser ablation ICP-MS for archaeology, edited by Laure Dussubieux et al, Natural Science in Archaeology, Springer Nature, 2016 E5
Cremation and the archaeology of death, edited by Jessica I. Cerezo-Román et al, Oxford University Press, 2017 E8
The Worst Jobs in Tudor Times
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A Gentleman Usher from Henry VIII’s Palace of Nonsuch pays a visit to the village looking for workers. He needs a gong (shit) farmer, a food taster, a spit boy, a groom of the stool, and a wool dyer. If you really want to get ahead, become an executioner! Come along and see if you fancy a change of job and a short life!
Cost £5 per child. Contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1UF. Tel 020 8394 1734.
Charlwood
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Rowhurst and Teazle Wood, Leatherhead
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Roman Southwark
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For the last of our Winter series of talks Harvey Sheldon will be presenting the second part of his presentation on Roman Southwark.
Harvey is an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London and has had extensive experience of excavations in London since the 1960s. Harvey Sheldon has been engaged in archaeological projects in Southwark and other parts of London since the 1960s. Together with Jon Cotton, Harvey directed the Hatch Furlong excavations in Ewell, 2006-9. He is currently Chairman of the Rose Theatre Trust.
Discussion on the Roman - Saxon transition
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Due to unforseen circumstances Martyn Allen, who was originally booked to talk to us on Roman rural settlement in Surrey, is unable to join us. We hope Martyn will be able to join us early in the next winter series of talks to kick-start the theme of rural settlement, which we hope to follow up with a seminar/workshop.
Meanwhile David Bird, RSG Chairman, has kindly agreed to talk on the Roman-Saxon transition; his recent thoughts on this subject have been the inspiration for the forthcoming regional conference:
Excavations at Abinger 2017
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Site Director, Emma Corke will be talking about the results of the 2017 excavations that took place on the hill adjacent to the scheduled villa site. A magnetometry survey carried out by RSG uncovered a number of features which have been explored over the last few seasons. Excavations have revealed a human presence on the hill from prehistory, with evidence for Neolithic and Bronze Age activity, Iron Age enclosure ditches and grain storage pits, superceded by Roman boundary ditches and agricultural activity.
Report-back on recent fieldwork
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This session will highlight some of the fieldwork that has taken place over the last year. It will also be a chance for members to enjoy Christmas refreshments.
Rose Hooker, of the Prehistoric Group will give an update on fieldwork that has taken place at a Late Iron Age/ Romano-British site at Charlwood.
Emma Corke and David Williams will be reporting on a Romano-British site near St. Martha's Church, Chilworth.
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