The Society is sorry to record the death of John Ashdown-Hill, the historian who will be remembered for his role in the discovery of the body of Richard III in a car park in Leicester. He was a speaker at a Morant Lunch in recent times, talking about Greyfriars, Colchester. More on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-44225404
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Thursday, 24 May 2018
Monday, 14 May 2018
Additional Event. Relocation of Thomas Stapel brass to Rochford Church. Saturday 14 July 2018
Saturday 14th July 2pm. Visit to Rochford.
A free talk, organised by Monumental Brass Society, in conjunction with Rochford Hundred Historical Society, Rochford Town Team and Essex Society for Archaeology and History. There will be 3 speakers and the event is to celebrate the relocation of the Brass to Thomas Stapel 1371. Why not join a tour of Rochford in the morning, tours start at 10am and 12 noon. The tours are free, but donations to the guides are accepted. To book your ticket go to Bookings for Thomas Stapel and enter the password ‘stapel’. More information will be found in a flyer in the next ESAH newsletter.
Venue: St Andrews Church Hall Road Rochford SS4 1NW. Free, donations welcome.
Sunday, 13 May 2018
Essex Society for Archaeology and History: New Online Bookshop Open
To buy copies of our Transactions from Third Series Volume 31 visit our new Online Bookshop.
New Book Stock: 'Essex full of profitable thinges'...
ESAH160: New Book Stock: 'Essex full of profitable thinges'...: Condition: New. £2 each + P&P. Final opportunity to buy Kenneth Neale's book.
Surplus Book Sale #7. Essex Review
ESAH160: Surplus Book Sale #7. Essex Review: Essex Review (1892-1957) back issues. 30p each + P&P (see below). Final opportunity to buy back numbers extended to 31 May 2018.
Saturday, 12 May 2018
What is happening after our AGM at Hill Farm, Gestingthorpe?
Further details are announced regarding the Essex Society for Archaeology and History' Annual General Meeting on Saturday 9 June 2018.
After the formal business,
Ashley Cooper, the farm owner, will offer a tour of the Hill Farm Museum, with its exhibits from
geological times to the Second World War. These also includes a medieval
Guildhall, an eighteenth century corn barn, rural bygones and artefacts from
the Roman Villa. There will also be an opportunity visit the site of the Villa
and the current archaeological excavations, where a Romano-British ritual site
may have existed.
Morant Lunch: Change of Venue
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have
had to change the venue of this years Morant Lunch. The new venue is Intimo
fresco 116 High Street Maldon. The date, time and speakers remain the same.
Our Programme of Meetings has been updated.
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Historical Association talk: Saturday 12 May 2018
Please find below details of the last talk in the 2017/18 season
for the Essex Branch of the Historical Association:
'Was
there a "Golden Age" for Women in Medieval London?'
A talk by Professor
Caroline Barron
Professor Emerita, History Dept.
Royal Holloway College, University of London
on
Saturday 12th May
2018 at 2.30pm in the Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, CM1
2XB
It is usually assumed that women were almost invisible in the
medieval period: very much the subordinate partners in marriage and unable to
achieve economic or social independence. While it is true that for much of the
medieval period (and later!), women were underpaid and undervalued, yet in the
150 or so years following the Black Death of 1348-49, women in London enjoyed a
public profile and were able to take advantage of considerable economic
opportunities. The situation changed again in the sixteenth century and the
reasons for this will be explored in this talk.
Visitors and prospective members
warmly welcome.
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Colchester Archaeological Trust extend Peter Froste Exhibition until 30 June
Good news at the Colchester Roman circus visitor centre: due to its success and to the positive response from visitors, we have extended our archaeological art exhibition until the 30th June!
Read more on the Trust web-site at https://www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk/?p=41574 . Some great visitor comments about the exhibition, written in our visitors' book: ‘Amazing exhibition’ - ‘Fantastic display’ - ‘We loved it. Very talented artist’ - ‘Fascinating stuff. Congratulations to you all and thank you’. We are glad that people are enjoying the exhibition - we think it's great!
Open 11.00 am-4.00 pm, Tuesday-Saturday; admission to the visitor centre is free, but we ask £1 per person for admission to the exhibition (price includes an exhibition catalogue).
We look forward to seeing you!
Read more on the Trust web-site at https://www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk/?p=41574 . Some great visitor comments about the exhibition, written in our visitors' book: ‘Amazing exhibition’ - ‘Fantastic display’ - ‘We loved it. Very talented artist’ - ‘Fascinating stuff. Congratulations to you all and thank you’. We are glad that people are enjoying the exhibition - we think it's great!
Open 11.00 am-4.00 pm, Tuesday-Saturday; admission to the visitor centre is free, but we ask £1 per person for admission to the exhibition (price includes an exhibition catalogue).
We look forward to seeing you!
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