Family History Research Made Easy
Six Workshops with professional genealogists and archivists
10am - 1pm at Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road Woking, Surrey GU21 6ND
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.
A team of volunteers has recently completed a research project on the history of the Guildford Union Workhouse Infirmary, which became St. Luke's Hospital. An exhibition has been created for display in the Education Room of the former hospital building. Once part of the complex, the Spike is available for tours.
For more information contact the co-ordinator, Jane Thompson 07799 0633699; jane@charlotteville.co.uk; or visit www.hospitalproject.co.uk
An information sheets about the hospital project is attached as a pdf.
