Lecture Diary
Ashford Archaeological & Historical Society
20th Feb - Members' night
19th Mar - to be arranged
16th April - Smaller Buildings under the Tudors Ken Gravett
Mondays at 7.30 pm. The Pop Inn. St John's Lane, Ashford.
Canterbury Archaeological Society
4th Feb - Trade between Sandwich and Venice in the fifteenth century
J. Wright
25th Feb - Costume and Social Change Miss Joan Nunn
24th March - An Introduction to the Arts Council Exhibition - English Romanesque Art 1066-1200
14th April - Shoreham Valley and the Darent Valley Mrs Joy Saynor
Saturdays at 6pm, Harvey Hall, Kent Postgraduate Medical Centre, Kent & Canterbury Hospital. Admission 50p.
Dr William Urry Memorial Lecture
The first lecture in memory of this much-loved and influential scholar will be given by Sir Richard Southern, F.B.A., formerly President of St. John's College Oxford, on Thursday 23rd February in the Cathedral Library, Canterbury, at 6.30 p.m. His subject will be 'The Monks of Canterbury and the Murder of Archbishop Becket'.
All are invited and admission is free.
Charing and District Local History Society
9th Feb - More Glimpses of Old Charing Study Group
8th Mar - Stuart and Georgian Churches in Kent R.H. Hiscock
12th April - Kent Tokens of the 17th, 18th and 19th Century N. Newbury
Thursdays at 8 pm, Parish Hall, Station Rd, Charing. Visitors welcome 40p, Car park.
Fawkham & Ash Archaeological Group
22nd Feb - The Excavation of a Late Iron Age Site at Thong Lane, Gravesend Miss Deborah French
28th Mar - A study of Romano-British Pottery from Ash Roman Villa Ian Gerrard
Wednesdays at 8.45 pm, Youth Centre, North Square, New Ash Green.
Gravesend Historical Society
13th Feb - Gravesend Architecture: A Personal View R.H. L. Kent
12th Mar - The History & Occupants of Ightham Mote T. H. M. Edwards
30th April - A.G.M. followed by local subject R.H. Hiscock
Mondays at 7.30 pm, Isaac Newton Building, N.W.K. College of Technology, Pelham Road, Gravesend.
Herne Bay Records Society
2nd Feb - The Pilgrim's Way: Part 2
16th Feb - Medieval Fordwich
1st Mar - Art in the Cathedral
15th Mar - Watermills (Documentary film)
29th Mar - Members' Projects
Thursday evenings.
A. E. Thompson
A. Butcher
J. McEnery
G. L. Wright
Orpington & District Archaeological Society
8th Feb - Archaeological Film
8th Mar - Portland Mesolithic Site Susann Palmer
11th April - Medieval Coins as Dating Evidence Canon Archibald
Wednesdays at 8 pm, The Priory, Church Hill, Orpington.
Otford & District Historical Society
Ian Walker 15th Feb - Old Sevenoaks
21st Mar - The Industrial Revolution - a Personal View D. Fowdrey
18th April - From Mud to Museums Mrs K. Webster
Wednesdays at 8 pm, Village Hall, Otford. Visitors 50p.
Tonbridge Historical Society
23rd Feb - The Royal Dockyard at Chatham J. G. Coad
12th April - Some Aspects of the 1st World War Tim Boyle
Thursdays at 7.45 pm, Adult Education Centre, Avebury Avenue, Tonbridge. Visitors welcome 40p.
Dartford Borough Museum
An Exhibition featuring finds from recent excavations undertaken by the Dartford & District Archaeological Group, including some from Horsman's Place.
From Saturday 3rd March to Saturday 31st March 1984. Admission free.
Market Place, Dartford - 12.30 to 5.30 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9.00 to 5.30 Saturday.
Isle of Thanet Historical Society
20th Feb - Costumes through the Ages
Mondays at 7.30 pm. Westgate Library. Visitors 60p.
G. Dorman
Day Meetings and Schools
Sat 3rd March - Anglo-Saxon Kent: Historical and Archaeological Aspects
Sat 31st March - Anglo-Saxon Deeds and Manuscripts both at the University of Kent, Canterbury
Sat 24th March - Romano-British Pottery Workshop 10.30 - 5 pm, at D.D.A.G. Dartford, free tickets from 29, Pencenden, New Ash Green, Dartford DA3 SLR.
Sat 14th April - Tudor & Stuart Houses in Kent, at the University Centre, Tonbridge
Sat 19th May - Morning K.A.S., A.G.M. Afternoon Lecture by Mr. Tim Tatton-Brown on the work of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust in the Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral, both at the Ashford School for Girls, East Hill, Ashford.
Weekend Courses
23rd-25th March - Revolting Kent, at Allington Castle, Maidstone
30th Mar-1st April - The Archaeology of Canterbury. "The course will review some of the more important results of archaeological investigations in Canterbury over the past forty years". Wye College, nr Ashford.
25th-27th May - Deer Parks in Kent, at Bore Place Farm, nr Edenbridge.
