Coronavirus Update
We have decided we have to cancel our meetings scheduled for June 13th with Jo Porter and July 18th with Sarah Spooner. We hope to be able to reschedule all... Read More
We are a community archaeology group for the wider Waveney Valley, from Diss to Lowestoft and beyond.
No experience necessary, just curiosity. Come and join us!
NEWS
Coronavirus – Meetings Cancelled
We have reluctantly taken the decision to cancel our next two meetings on April 18th and May 16th. We will be reviewing the situation as time passes and updates on... Read More
POSTPONED – March meeting
Because of the rapid increase in the number of reported and confirmed cases of coronavirus over the last 48 hours we have reluctantly taken the decision to postpone this Saturday’s... Read More
STOP PRESS
Coronavirus Update
We have decided we have to cancel our meetings scheduled for June 13th with Jo Porter and July 18th with Sarah Spooner. We hope to be able to reschedule all the meetings we have had to cancel to later this year or next year. Thank you for your patience and... Read More
Coronavirus – Meetings Cancelled
We have reluctantly taken the decision to cancel our next two meetings on April 18th and May 16th. We will be reviewing the situation as time passes and updates on future events will be posted here.
POSTPONED – March meeting
Because of the rapid increase in the number of reported and confirmed cases of coronavirus over the last 48 hours we have reluctantly taken the decision to postpone this Saturday’s meeting until later in the year. We apologise for the short notice and we hope you will understand our reasons... Read More
2020 Programme
18th January – Sarah Cassell – Angel roofs in East Anglian churches. Needham Village Hall 15th February – Rowena Burgess – the Swing Riots in East Anglia. Needham Village Hall 14th March – Rob Liddiard – Coming to a Stop; new research on the defences of the Waveney Valley in... Read More
Happy Christmas
A very happy Christmas and New Year to all our members and subscribers, and thank you for supporting us and coming along to our meetings and events, which we hope you enjoyed. Coming up in 2020 we have talks on angel roofs in churches, the Swing riots in East Anglia,... Read More
2019 Programme
19th January – David Wollweber on the de Argenteins of Halesworth, and many other places besides. Needham Village Hall 16th February – Ken Hamilton on the archaeology of the Roooswijk shipwreck. Needham Village Hall 16th March – Michael Schmoelz – Pilgrimage in Medieval East Anglia. Needham Village Hall 13th April... Read More
November Meeting – The Hidden Commemoration & Our 2019 Programme.
After our last two excellent talks from Carenza Lewis on the Black Death and Lucy Wrapson on medieval rood screens, we’ll be jumping forward a few hundred years for an update on our Great War Hidden Commemoration project on (almost) the hundredth anniversary of Armistice Day. We’ll also be bringing... Read More
October Meeting – Dr Lucy Wrapson – Late Medieval Rood Screens in the Waveney Valley
We’ll be staying in the middle ages for our October meeting, when we’re pleased to announce our guest speaker will be Dr Lucy Wrapson. Lucy is a senior paintings conservator at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge. Lucy gained her PhD in History of Art in 2014 from the... Read More
EVENTS
Coronavirus – Meetings Cancelled
We have reluctantly taken the decision to cancel our next two meetings on April 18th... Read More
POSTPONED – March meeting
Because of the rapid increase in the number of reported and confirmed cases of coronavirus... Read More
March meeting – Coming to a Stop – Rob Liddiard
This month we are very pleased to welcome back Rob Liddiard. Based on new research... Read More
February meeting – The Swing Riots in Norfolk – Rowena Burgess
England in the first half of the nineteenth century was not a particularly tranquil land.... Read More
January meeting – Angel Roof Churches in East Anglia – Sarah Cassell
For our first meeting of 2020 we welcome Dr Sarah Cassell, an Associate Tutor at... Read More