On Wed 7 Dec, the Society’s fourth talk of the season is by Alex Thompson: ‘Archaeology along the Bulbourne Valley: Roman excavations at Bridgewater School, Northchurch and Cow Roast’. This will be followed by Christmas drinks. Society meetings take place at 8:00pm in the Wellcome Great Hall, Town Hall, Berkhamsted. Visitors are always welcome @ £2.50 at the door.
“Held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month in a central Hertfordshire location, these talks will bring together some of the foremost military historians from throughout the United Kingdom for a series covering a wide range of subjects relating to the Great War. As with all our talks, the Herts at War 2016/17 series will be FREE to attend, although as a non-profit organisation your donations are welcome. All talks will commence at 7.30pm with arrival from 7pm.”
Dates for your diary:
Wed 16 Nov 2016 – Andy Robertshaw – The attack on Beaumont Hamel
Wed 14 Dec 2016 – Jeremy Banning – La Boiselle – Underground War
Wed 18 Jan 2017 – Peter Barton – The Somme – From both sides of the wire
Wed 15 Feb 2017 – Clive Harris – TBC
Wed 15 Mar 2017 – Richard Van Emden – Meeting the Enemy
Wed 19 April 2017 – Peter Hart – Air War over Arras
Wed 17 May 2017 – Mike St Maur Sheil – Fields of Battle – Lands of Peace
Wed 21 Jun 2017 – Professor Gary Sheffield – Gallipoli & Western Front compared
Wed 19 Jul 2017 – Gordon Corrigan – 3rd Battle of Ypres
Wed 16 Aug 2017 – Dan Hill – The Hertfordshire Regiment in 1917
On Wed 9 Nov, our third talk of the season is by Jelena Belvac, Museum of London: ‘Human Osteology; the wonderful world of archaeological bones and skeletons’. Society meetings take place at 8:00pm in the Wellcome Great Hall, Town Hall, Berkhamsted. Visitors are always welcome @ £2.50 at the door. Photo of skeleton with disarticulated skull, found at the old Royal Mail sorting office in St John’s Well Lane during Pre-Construct Archaeology dig in 2012-2013 (Janice Boakes, Chronicle, vol XII, Mar 2015, p.73).
It’s time for our first talk of the season! Louise Gent will tell us about ‘Berkhamsted School for Girls: an Edwardian Snapshot’ on Wed, 14 Sep 2016.
Society meetings take place at 8:00 pm in the Wellcome Great Hall, Town Hall, Berkhamsted. Visitors are always welcome @ £2.50 at the door.
Here’s our packed programme of events for the 8-11 Sep 2016: Heritage Open Days
Be sure to book your place on the tours of Berkhamsted Place, “Garrison Town Berkhamsted” (follow in the footsteps of the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps), Ashlyns School Foundling Hospital, St Peter’s Church and the Court House, Rectory Lane Cemetery, Old Hall and the Chapel at Berkhamsted School, DHT Museum Store, the Town Hall and Berkhamsted Castle.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see something of Berkhamsted’s hidden history!
As well as Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society’s Heritage Open Days next weekend, here is a rare opportunity to visit the medieval, fifteenth century wall paintings, housed in a humble cottage. Believed to have been a stopping point for pilgrims en route between St Albans and Ashridge Monastery.
132 Piccotts End, Hemel Hempstead, HP13AU
Sunday 11th September 2016
Tours available from 10am to 4pm daily (last tour 3pm)
It’s easy to book your tour, simply:
• Book through Eventbrite Piccotts end Medieval Cottage here
• Or phone Karen Murphy on 07830176431
TWO SPECIAL DATES at the Luton Hoo Estate Walled Garden!
HERITAGE OPEN DAY – Friday 9th September, 11am to 3pm
Visit the octagonal Walled Garden designed by Capability Brown for Lord Bute and discover its long forgotten secret!
AUTUMN OPEN DAY – Saturday 8th October, 10.30am to 1pm
Children’s Activities on Saturday October 8th include making a woodland mask, race snails and make a leaf collage!
Visit website for details here
Saturday 10th September, 4.30pm
Interval with drinks and nibbles
St Peter’s Church,
Ayot St Peter,
Herts
AL6 9BG
Free entry with collection for Church Funds
Contact: 01707 323573
Applications are being invited for courses starting in Sep 2016 at Oxford and Cambridge, many of which would be of interest to Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society members.
At Cambridge, there is a new Medieval England course, or history and archaeology are taught part-time and lead to full University of Cambridge qualifications. Teaching takes place at Madingley Hall, a 16th century country house near Cambridge set in 8 acres of landscaped grounds. More details can be found here: Cambridge courses
Oxford short and online courses are open to the public and can lead to credits which can count towards a recognised qualification. Then there are are part-time undergraduate programmes, or you can go for a Master of Science or DPhil degree in English Local History. More details here: Oxford courses
