Council meeting in the Conference Room at the History Centre starting at 8pm. Tour of building from 7 - 7.45pm followed by refreshments.
The object of the visit is to consider the possibility of moving the Society's offices to the History Centre.
A talk by Dr Simon Thurley
Formerly, Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, and Director of the Museum of London, Dr Simon Thurley is now the Government's principal advisor on the historic environment in England. He is a leading architectural historian, and regular broadcaster on radio and TV, including documentaries and Channel Four's six-part series Lost Buildings of Britain.
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
St Mary's Church, Guildford
All members of the Society are welcome to attend meetings of the Forum, the next being a day devoted to Surrey's medieval churches, with varied contributions on their architecture and place in society.
THE CORPUS OF ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND: SURREY - MONASTERIES, ROYALTY AND SURVIVAL.
Sabrina Harcourt-Smith, who is working on the Surrey material for the online Corpus.
WRITING GUIDEBOOKS TO SURREY CHURCHES - SOURCES AND PROBLEMS
A meeting of the Medieval Forum to be held at Bagshot jointly with the Village Studies Group.
The day will include a presentation on the development of the village with a guided walk to view older buildings including a visit to the important medieval wall painting at 44 High Street
An illustrated talk on Excavations at Neatham, Hampshire, by David Graham. 7.30pm, Dorking Christian Centre
