Samuel Cody: Air Pioneer
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An illustrated talk by Peter Reese, Author
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Lecture open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
Sawmills: a slice through time
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An illustrated talk by Martin Watts, millwright and mill historian
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
Lecture open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
A light to lighten our darkness: the history and development of lighthouse optics
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An illustrated talk by Julia Elton, Past-President of the Newcomen Society
To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford
This lecture is open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door
Summer meeting at Send and Ripley
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Summer meeting at Send and Ripley
hosted by the Send & Ripley History Society
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11.00 Coffee at the Manor House, Send Marsh Green
11.30 Guided tour around Send Marsh Green
12.45 Move to Ripley using own transport for punch in a pub or a picnic (not supplied).
Council Meeting
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Council meeting in the Conference Room at the History Centre starting at 8pm. Tour of building from 7 - 7.45pm followed by refreshments.
The object of the visit is to consider the possibility of moving the Society's offices to the History Centre.
‘Goodbye Surrey? Does anyone care about our heritage?'
A talk by Dr Simon Thurley
Formerly, Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, and Director of the Museum of London, Dr Simon Thurley is now the Government's principal advisor on the historic environment in England. He is a leading architectural historian, and regular broadcaster on radio and TV, including documentaries and Channel Four's six-part series Lost Buildings of Britain.
Surrey's Medieval Towns
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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.
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10.15am Tea and coffee available
Aspects of Surrey's Medieval Churches
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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
Chilworth historic landscape survey (1 - 30 April)
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An historic landscape survey is currently being undertaken (March 2008) around the gunpowder mills at Chilworth. This is part of the Areas of Special Historic Landscape project jointly funded by Surrey Archaeological Society and Surrey County Council. A team of volunteers will be led by Philip Masters, a professional landscape archaeologist and will look at the water management systems associated with the gunpowder mills as well as at other historic features in the vicinity.
Medieval Studies Forum meeting in Bagshot
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A meeting of the Medieval Forum to be held at Bagshot jointly with the Village Studies Group.
The day will include a presentation on the development of the village with a guided walk to view older buildings including a visit to the important medieval wall painting at 44 High Street
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