Due to unforseen circumstances Martyn Allen, who was originally booked to talk to us on Roman rural settlement in Surrey, is unable to join us. We hope Martyn will be able to join us early in  the next winter series of talks to kick-start the theme of rural settlement, which we hope to follow up with a seminar/workshop. 

Meanwhile David Bird, RSG Chairman, has kindly agreed to talk on the Roman-Saxon transition; his recent thoughts on this subject have been the inspiration for the forthcoming regional conference:  

Site Director, Emma Corke  will be talking about the results of the 2017 excavations that took place on the hill adjacent to the scheduled villa site. A magnetometry survey carried out by RSG uncovered a number of features which have been explored over the last few seasons. Excavations have revealed a human presence on the hill  from prehistory, with evidence for Neolithic and Bronze Age activity, Iron Age enclosure ditches and grain storage pits,  superceded by Roman boundary ditches and agricultural activity.

This session will highlight some of the fieldwork that  has taken place over the last year. It will also be a chance for members to enjoy Christmas refreshments.

Rose Hooker, of the Prehistoric Group will give an update on fieldwork that has taken place at a Late Iron Age/ Romano-British site at  Charlwood. 

Emma Corke and David Williams  will be reporting on a Romano-British site near St. Martha's Church, Chilworth.

The directors of the Culver Archaeological Project, Rob Wallace and David Millum will be giving a presentation on Bridge Farm – revealing a Romano-British ‘defended’ settlement. The Culver Archaeological Project began in 2005  with the aim of  identifying further archaeological sites within the landscape around Barcombe Villa.  Recent seasons have seen the focus of activity at Bridge Farm, east of the River Ouse, where a large unrecorded Romano-British riverside settlement has been discovered.

The Roman Studies Annual General Meeting will be followed by a talk from David Rudling - Roman period settlement and land use in the Ouse Valley. David is well known to RSG. Until 2004 David worked for the UCL Field Archaeology Unit, being its Director from October 1991 to December 2003. In 2004 David joined the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sussex as a Lecturer in Archaeology.

Reading Roman Inscriptions - afternoon of 2 September 2017 

*David Bird will lead a workshop on “Reading Roman Inscriptions” which will include a general introduction to Roman Inscriptions. This will be followed by a look at standard abbreviations, changes through time and examples of different types of inscription. There will be ample time for participants to try their hand at translation.

Charge: £7.50 per person

Max. no. 17

Surrey Industrial History Group AGM
and 2017 Conservation Award Presentation
to the Rural Life Centre
for the removal and reconstruction of 
Deek’s Cycle Workshop, which came from Frimley Green.
Norman Emblow, the volunteer leader of the project, will give us a talk on the venture.
We shall then visit the Cycle Workshop.

31 October 2017
Talk by Peter Skinner, Archivist, Historic Croydon Airport Trust
42nd Series of Industrial Archaeology Lectures in Guildford (Map).
Single lectures £5, payable on the night.
Enquiries to Bob Bryson, meetings@sihg.org.uk.

Talk by Peter Finch, Chairman RTS

A lecture by Dr Catherine Ferguson and a chance to visit the newly restored Chapel attached to St Nicolas’ Church, Guildford 

Tuesday 23 May 2017, 7:30pm, St Nicolas’ Church Community Centre, Bury Street, Guildford.

Suggested donation £5

www.saintnics.com