1066-1600
A series of 5 lectures to be held at the Letherhead Institute Leatherhead on Monday evenings 20 April - 1 June 2009 (excl. bank holidays).
Did you know that there were more than 20 royal residences in the counties of Surrey and Middlesex? This lecture 
series will cover five of the most important and interesting sites:
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
10.30am 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
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
The archaeology, buildings and historic landscape of South East England (East Sussex, Kent, Surrey and West Sussex) comprise an outstanding inheritance that helps to give the region its distinctive character and sense of identity.
This historic environment is also a rich resource for education, research and leisure, but what do we actually know about the region's past, and what are the questions we want and need to answer?
The South East Research Framework for the historic environment is an opportunity for all those who care about the region's heritage to take stock and plan how limited resources should be used.
The Surrey Local History Committee of Surrey Archaeological Society exists to foster an interest in the History of Surrey, both directly and in co-operation with other bodies. It aims to discover the past and to maintain the heritage of Surrey, in history, in architecture and in landscape. It fulfils these objects by encouraging local history societies and individuals within the County, by the organisation of meetings and by publication.
| The Medieval Studies Forum is a group of people interested in the medieval period. The Forum offers in-person and online talks with workshops and visits, where topics can be approached from different angles. If you are interested in any aspect of the medieval period, in Surrey or beyond, then the Surrey Medieval Studies Forum is the group for you.
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Providing the foundations for future archaeological and historical work in Surrey
The Surrey Research Framework (SRF) aims to:
identify the main gaps in our current understanding about Surrey's past
