Post-medieval
Members' Talks
Illustrated talks by SIHG Members
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
Atkinson's High Efficiency Engines
An illustrated talk by Ed Marshall, Member Newcomen Society
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
Bridges of Britain
An illustrated talk by Peter Cross-Rudkin, ICE Historical Engineering Works Panel
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
Days at the Factory
An illustrated talk by Prof David Perrett, President Newcomen Society
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
POSTPONED from 6 January 2010
(The talk Leather Manufacture at Gomshall is now on 23 March 2010)
Industries of Farnham
An illustrated talk by Chris Shepheard, Director Rural Life Centre
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
The Power & the Glory of Waterwheels
An illustrated talk by Dr Jeff Hawksley, Member SPAB Mills Section
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
Searching for Trevithick's London Railway of 1808
An illustrated talk by John Liffen, Curator of Communications, Science Museum London
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
1400: Rare Visit to Whitechapel Bell Foundry, 34 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1DY
www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/, 0207 247 2599
We had to book six months in advance - all tickets sold;
1400 prompt (No late entries). Entry for the tour by numbered £10 ticket.
Contact: from Bob Bryson, meetings@sihg.org.uk
Villages Study Group meeting: maps, plans and Hearth Tax records
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