Surrey Archaeological Society

Ptolemy Dean, Bsc(Hons) UCL Dip Arch (Edin) RIBA, architect and artist,  will present the Society's Annual Lecture this year.

Ptolemy Dean specialises in the restoration of historic buildings, as well as designing new buildings in keeping with their surroundings. He has written 'The more people who can read and enjoy historic architecture, the more importance architecture will be given in our society'

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

Carole will talk on the historical development of mapping, illustrated by examples from Surrey; she will also demonstrate the use of the Centre's search facilities for maps and plans

1130  Rectifying and Manipulating Maps of Different Periods 

10.00 a.m.           Coffee. Exhibits ready for viewing

10.25 a.m.           Morning Session. Chair Alan Crocker (Chair SLHC)

10.30 a.m.           Jane Furlong (United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials, Imperial War Museum): How we Remember - Commemoration in the UK and the work of the United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials

11.30 a.m.           Carol Brown (Guildford Museum): Women in Wartime

The Historic Buildings Committee has organised a visit to the Brooking Home Study Collection of Architectural Detail at Cranleigh.

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

An illustrated talk by Pablo Haworth, Surrey & Hants Canal Society

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

An illustrated talk by Dr John Russell, Vice President of the Newcomen Society

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

An illustrated talk by David Thompson, Curator of Horology at the British Museum

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

An illustrated talk by Chris Shw, Consultant

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

An illustrated talk by Prof Alan Crocker, President of Surrey Industrial History Group

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door