Fane Road Archaeology Group - Monthly Talk
'Peterborough Cathedral - Back from the Flames' by Nicholas Drewett
Monday 2nd September 2019 at 7pm
The Parkway Sports & Social Club, Maskew Avenue, Peterborough, PE1 2AS
The talk is about Peterborough Cathedral’s recovery from the 2001 fire and the job of cleaning and restoration. Nick Drewett was Head Verger of Peterborough Cathedral for 24 years before retiring 4 years ago.
All welcome (Members: Free; Non-members: £5).
https://peterborougharchaeology.org/event/peterborough-cathedral-back-from-the-flames/
Monday 2nd September 2019 at 7pm
The Parkway Sports & Social Club, Maskew Avenue, Peterborough, PE1 2AS
The talk is about Peterborough Cathedral’s recovery from the 2001 fire and the job of cleaning and restoration. Nick Drewett was Head Verger of Peterborough Cathedral for 24 years before retiring 4 years ago.
All welcome (Members: Free; Non-members: £5).
https://peterborougharchaeology.org/event/peterborough-cathedral-back-from-the-flames/
Warboys Local History Society - Monthly Talk
'All that Glisters: Anglo Saxons, Beds and Gold' by Alison Dickens
Monday 2nd September 2019 at 7:30pm
Methodist Church, 35 High St, Warboys, Huntingdon, PE28 2TA
'All that Glisters: Anglo Saxons, Beds and Gold' by Alison Dickens
Monday 2nd September 2019 at 7:30pm
Methodist Church, 35 High St, Warboys, Huntingdon, PE28 2TA
Looking at the phenomenon of bed burials in early Saxon England focussing on the recent discovery at Trumpington Meadows in Cambridgeshire.
All welcome (Members: Free; Non-members: £3)
All welcome (Members: Free; Non-members: £3)
'Searching for the Anglo-Norman criminal: how the Conquest affected capital punishment and deviant burial practices’ by Alyx Mattison
Thursday 5th September 2019 at 7:15pm
Tony Cooper Suite, Cottenham Village College, High St, Cottenham, Cambridge CB24 8UA
In this talk Alyx will present some of the highlights of her research on the archaeological and historical evidence for changes in judicial punishment and the funerary treatment of criminals evident around the time of the Conquest and explore the possible motivating factors. Alyx Mattison is interested in the funerary archaeology and judicial history of early medieval England, in particular the Norman Conquest. She recently completed her PhD on this topic at the University of Sheffield, using evidence from both historical documentation and previously excavated cemeteries from the late Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman periods.
All welcome. Admission: Members £2; Non-members pay £3.
https://feagblog.wordpress.com/events-for-2019/
St Neots Local History Society - Monthly talk
'The Great North Road and Eaton Socon' by Sue Jarrett
Friday 6th September 2019 at 7:30pm
Eynesbury Junior School, Montagu St, Eynesbury, Saint Neots PE19 2TD
'The Great North Road and Eaton Socon' by Sue Jarrett
Friday 6th September 2019 at 7:30pm
Eynesbury Junior School, Montagu St, Eynesbury, Saint Neots PE19 2TD
Discover how the Great North Road brought wealth to the village and parish of Eaton Socon, and how it brought opportunities to the residents in exploring the rest of Britain and the world. Find out how the coaching inns suffered when the railways arrived and the effect that the 20th century A1 bypass had on the once self-sufficient settlement.
All welcome (Members: Free; Non-members: £3.00)
All welcome (Members: Free; Non-members: £3.00)
Histon and Impington Archaeology Group - Monthly Talk
'Windows into the Distant Past: Iron Age coins and what they tell us about the Celtic peoples' by Rodney Scarle
Monday 9th September 2019 at 7:30pm
Histon Baptist Church, 2 Poplar Rd, Histon, Cambridge CB24 9LN
'Windows into the Distant Past: Iron Age coins and what they tell us about the Celtic peoples' by Rodney Scarle
Monday 9th September 2019 at 7:30pm
Histon Baptist Church, 2 Poplar Rd, Histon, Cambridge CB24 9LN
What was it like to live in Celtic Iron Age Britain before the Romans came? Rodney Scarle has had a particular long term interest in Iron Age Coins. He volunteers at the Norris Museum, St Ives. Through his interest, he will help to shed light on the shadowy world of tribal life in the Late Iron Age, covering coin evolution, production, design, legends, imagery and use. There will be a bonus of a coin display on the night.
Open to all. Members free and visitors £3, accompanied children free. Refreshments available.
Open to all. Members free and visitors £3, accompanied children free. Refreshments available.
Heritage Open Days
Friday 13th - Sunday 22nd September 2019
Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture, bringing together over 2,000 organisations, 5,000 events and 40,000 volunteers. Every year in September, places across the country throw open their doors to celebrate their heritage, community and history. It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – and it’s all FREE.
Sawtry History Society - Heritage Open Days
Friday 13th and Saturday 14th September 2019 (11am - 4pm each day)
Old Lock Up, The Green, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28 5SS
There will be a heritage exhibition at the Old School by Sawtry History Society with refreshments available. Heritage blue plaques will be put up on the Old School Hall, the Old Fire Station and the Old Lock Up by Sawtry Parish Council. Come to the Old Lock Up on the Green and see what it would have been like in Victorian times when it was a jail and see some of Sawtry's archaeological finds.
Landscape Survey Group - Conference
Friday 13th - Saturday 14th September 2019
The Landscape Survey Group’s 5th annual conference will combine a day of presentations and discussion with a fieldtrip to Breckland landscapes. Registration is available for the full programme (£25 members, £30 non-members) or Friday conference only, including lunch (£20 members, £25 non-members). Registration forms and membership forms are available from the group's website or by email from landscapesurveygroup@gmail.com For more information about the conference including the full programme, visit their website: http://landscapesurvey.org/?page_id=795
Heritage, Culture & Community - Stonea Camp Open Day
Sunday 22nd September 2019 10am - 4pm
Stonea Camp, Wimblington, March PE15 0DX
Explore the lowest lying 'hill fort' in the British Isles and its connection to the Roman conquest of the Iceni territories. Acitivies will include Roman and Iron Age re-enactors and guided tours of the site.
Free to all.
Eltisley History Society - Monthly Talk
'A Desktop Tour of London's Blackfriars' by Ken Drake
Wednesday 25th September 2019 at 7:45pm
The Cade Pavilion, The Green, Eltisley, Saint Neots PE19 6TN
'A Desktop Tour of London's Blackfriars' by Ken Drake
Wednesday 25th September 2019 at 7:45pm
The Cade Pavilion, The Green, Eltisley, Saint Neots PE19 6TN
All welcome (Members: Free; Non-members: £3)
CBA East - Conference
Archaeology in the East: Celebrating the CBA's 75th Anniversary
Saturday 28th September 2019 10am - 5pm
Ipswich IP-City Centre, 1 Bath Street, Ipswich, IP2 8SD
Join CBA East to hear about some of the most significant Archaeological Discoveries and Research from across the Eastern Region. Programme and booking details in the attached PDF. For further information please contact cbaeast@archaeologyuk.org
Advance booking required. Lunch included in ticket price (£20 for CBA East members/£25 for non-members). If you would like to have a stall or display at the conference to showcase or promote your activities please contact Alice Lyons alice.lyons1@ntlworld.com
Peterborough Museum - Exhibition
Hoards: A hidden history of ancient Britain
12th October - 15th December 2019 (10am - 4pm daily)
Peterborough Museum, Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1LF
People have been placing metalwork and valuable objects in the ground and in water since the Bronze Age (c. 2200–800 BC). The exhibition looks at the varied and changing explanations for the burial and non-recovery of hoards. Whether accidentally lost or stolen, discarded as worthless, saved for recycling, hidden for safekeeping, or offered as gifts for the gods, their stories continue to fascinate. It will showcase recent discoveries of hoards reported through the Portable Antiquities Scheme and Treasure Act and brings together objects from the British Museum and Salisbury Museum, including the spectacular Ipswich Iron Age gold torcs and other Bronze Age finds from places such as Must Farm and Ely.
A British Museum and Salisbury Museum Partnership Exhibition, supported by the Dorset Foundation. Following on from the success of the Hoards display at the British Museum in 2016, this partnership exhibition has visited museums across the UK as part of the British Museum's National Programmes to display and highlight prehistoric, Roman, early medieval and later hoards. Peterborough is the last venue to show this amazing collection of finds, so please take the opportunity to visit whilst they are still available to enjoy!
To coincide with this exhibition, Peterborough Museum are running a series of exciting talks at the Museum. Tickets are £6 per talk and are available to purchase from Peterborough Museum reception by calling 01733 864663 or online: https://vivacity.org/heritage-booking
To coincide with this exhibition, Peterborough Museum are running a series of exciting talks at the Museum. Tickets are £6 per talk and are available to purchase from Peterborough Museum reception by calling 01733 864663 or online: https://vivacity.org/heritage-booking
FREE (except for special event days)