CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF THE KAS Kent's Past - 50 Years of Advances in Knowledge Saturday 21 April
University of Kent Medway Campus, 9:30am - 5:30pm
The theme of this conference is the advances made during the last 50 years in knowledge of the history and archaeology of Kent. Each paper will take approximately 35 minutes. Speakers:
The Romans in Dover - Brian Philp
The Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries of Kent - Sonia Chadwick Hawkes
The Medieval Buildings of Kent - Tim Tatton-Brown
Post-Medieval Kent - Elizabeth Edwards
Recent Archaeological Investigations in Kent - Paul Bennett
Cost is £10 per person. A booking form for this conference is included in the Newsletter. Caterers will be serving lunch with tickets at a set cost, but the price does not include lunch.
In an English Country Garden
KAS Garden Party Sunday 20 May, 3:30 - 6:30 pm
Dig out your boaters and striped blazers, your fringed dresses and your parasols, for we are partying 1920s style! The Society will be holding a garden party in the grounds of the Elizabethan Allington Castle, a privately-owned home not open to the public. Jazz band New Orleans Echo, will play whilst afternoon tea is served. If the day is wet, we will be in the Great Hall of the Castle. Tea will consist of a variety of sandwiches, salads, scones with cream and home-made cakes, and strawberries and cream, along with tea, coffee, and other drinks. Pimms will be also available. Costume of the period is optional, but the organisers will most certainly be getting into the spirit of things and donning the dress of the Jazz age! Cost is £30 per person. A reservation form for this party is included in the Newsletter.
KAS VISIT TO YALDHAM MANOR, WROTHAM Thursday 8 February 10:30 - 12 noon. Coffee and biscuits.
Yaldham Manor, deed to 1412, with its handsome medieval great hall, is on the market and passing into new ownership. This may therefore be the last chance to see this architectural gem. Edward Isted, our KAS member, was born in the house and is very kindly willing to undertake a conducted tour for thirty members. As the house (one of the oldest because these are the only hours available in his busy housemoving schedule). But shoes are advisable for outside tours.
Yaldham Manor
Yaldham House is of architectural importance and is noted in "Kent Pevsner" Edward Isted, a KAS member, was born in the house and will conduct tours. Cost is £5 per person. Booking form is included in the Newsletter.
OTHER EVENTS AROUND KENT
CONFERENCES
Council for Kentish Archaeology The Lost Valley: 1000 years in the Upper Darent Valley Saturday 14 April, 2 - 5:30 pm
Sevenoaks Community Centre, Otford Road, Sevenoaks. On a lecture examining the major discoveries, historical and oral traditions, landscapes and buildings of the Upper Darent Valley. Speakers:
Victor Osborne
John Warren
Phil Andrews
Andrew Mayfield
Tickets: £8.00. Please reserve your tickets by sending SAE with cheque payable to CKA to Ruth Plummer.
TALKS
Joint Meeting with the Society of Antiquaries THE BIG DIG Thursday 19 April
Canterbury Christ Church University. Our Society will be holding a joint meeting with the Society of Antiquaries of London at Canterbury on Thursday, 19 April. The subject of the lecture will be the Canterbury Archaeological Trust's major excavation at Whitefriars in Canterbury, the Big Dig, which produced some exciting discoveries. The meeting will follow the format of the Society of Antiquaries' meetings by starting with tea and coffee at 4:15, followed by the lecture and then a President's reception with wine. Admission will be by ticket obtained in advance. Numbers are limited so early booking is advisable: Tickets cost £10 per head. Please reserve your ticket by sending SAE with cheque payable to Kent Archaeological Society. Tickets should be payable to Kent Archaeological Society and sent with the tickets. For more information contact Andrew Margetts.
