News and events

May 2012

County
Regency Weekend Brighton
Book now!
Sussex
Piltdown Centenary Conference
Organised by the Sussex Archaeological Society
Sussex
Lords and Peasants in the Medieval Countryside - a National Trust Study Day
The theme of the study day is medieval rural society with a particular focus on Sussex. Four experts on the theme. Fee £40 including lunch. Phone Bodiam Castle to book 01580 830196.
Lewes before Lewes
Professor John Blair, The Queen's College, Oxford. Lewes before the foundation of King Alfred's burgh
Sussex
Hove - from countryside to resort
Usng a variety of sources, we will explore the development of Hove from the 1700s to 1940 when much of the development we see to day had been completed.
Sussex
Russell Grant's most prized possession
VCH Middlesex has an outspoken fan
Black people in English localities since 1600. Locality and Region Seminar, 15 May
David Killingray - Black people in English localities since 1600: sources and significance. Senate House Rm 103
KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
On-line access to Kent history
Royal Visit to Somerset
The County Editor meets the Queen
Somerset
Salisbury Diamond Jubilee Event
VCH Wiltshire were in attendance on 1 May when the Queen visited Salisbury as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Together with colleagues from the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, the VCH Wiltshire team put on a series of short historical talks for the public which proved very popular. The highlight of the day for the project, however, was the presentation of a special copy of Wiltshire XVIII to the Queen by Virginia and Prof Miles Taylor of the IHR.
Wiltshire

October 2011

County
Clacton VCH Group celebrates 10th Anniversary
Clacton VCH Group celebrates 10th Anniversary - come and join us
Essex

May 2011

County
London Open Garden Squares weekend 11-12 June
Find out which historic gardens are open in Greater London.
Middlesex & London

March 2012

County
Call for papers
University of Northampton / English Heritage conference
Historical Association Lecture - Travel in the Middle Ages
Historical Association Lecture - 14th April 2012
Making a start in South Gloucestershire
Editor appointed to work on Yate
Gloucestershire
Locality & Region Seminar
Join us for the next Locality and Region seminar, with Dr Nat Alcock (Vernacular Architecture Group) leading a discussion on The Medieval Peasant House in the Midlands

April 2012

County
The Sunderland cottage
Article published in R&R Magazine
Durham
Diamond Jubilee Appeal - please help us raise £50,000
The VCH Essex Trust has launched a Diamond Jubilee Appeal to raise £50,000 towards the costs of completion of Volume XII
Essex
New Somerset Routes
More days out in Somerset
Somerset

November 2011

County
Westminster History Club - join us again tomorrow
Dressing the altars: patrons & plate 1600 - 1800. Speaker Dr Philippa Glanville. 27 March 2012
Middlesex & London