November meeting – Mystic Beasts – David Wollweber
For our last meeting of 2019 we turn again to our Secretary Dave Wollweber who came across some strange carvings above the Ancient House in... Read More
October meeting – The Basque Children in Suffolk – Dr Edward Packard
On October 12th we welcome back as our guest speaker Dr Edward Packard, ‘the third most famous Edward Packard from Ipswich’ Ed will tell us... Read More
September meeting – Redgrave Park – Tim Holt-Wilson
For the first of our autumn meetings we welcome as our guest speaker Tim Holt-Wilson. Tim was one of the original members of our group... Read More
Fieldwalking 2019
We’re back in Syleham again this year, and our first weekend will be the August Bank Holiday weekend, 24th -26th. There may also be an... Read More
Coming Up in April, May and June
April 13th St John the Baptist, Barnby – Dr Ian Hinton An archaeological analysis of a standing building Our speaker for our April meeting will... Read More
March Meeting – Medieval Pilgrimage Routes in E Anglia – Michael Schmoelz
For our March meeting we welcome Michael Schmoelz from the University of East Anglia who will be talking to us about medieval pilgrimage routes in... Read More
February meeting – Ken Hamilton on the Wreck of the Rooswijk
On February 16th we welcome back Ken Hamilton to talk to us about something we haven’t touched on before, underwater archaeology, and specifically the archaeology of... Read More
January Meeting – David Wollweber on the de Argenteins of Halesworth
We hope you all had a very enjoyable Christmas, and we wish you all the best for 2019. For our first meeting of 2019 we... 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... 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... Read More
September Meeting – Professor Carenza Lewis – Plague Pits
For our September meeting we are very pleased to welcome Professor Carenza Lewis as our guest speaker. Carenza, who comes from the Waveney Valley, is... Read More
14th July Meeting
Dr Lorna Richardson, Armchair Archaeology. 2.00 pm Broome Village Hall Lorna will be guiding us through the maze of information about archaeology available online, from... Read More
And More for June
In addition to Matt Champion’s talk on June 2nd on the Paston Footprints project, we’ve got two other events you might be interested in. Well,... Read More
June meeting – The Paston Footprints 600 project – Matt Champion
On Saturday June 2nd our old friend Matt Champion will be coming to talk to us wearing his new hat as project manager of the... Read More
May-June Update – Medieval Graffiti and More
The last couple of months have been a bit topsy-turvy but we hope everything will settle down now. Here’s the latest news on meetings and... Read More
April meeting – Cancellation
Unfortunately Marcus is unable to make it next Saturday, so we have taken the decision to cancel the meeting. We are currently trying to re-arrange... Read More
St Edmund and St Fremund, a follow up to Rebecca Pinner’s February talk
Following Rebecca’s fascinating talk in February, she has let us have links to some of the sources she referenced. The copy of the Lives of... Read More
April meeting – Photogrammetry with Marcus Abbott – CANCELLED
Our April meeting is going to be a combined theory and practical session on photogrammetry with Marcus Abbott. Marcus last came to see us back... Read More
March meeting – The Paston Footprints 600 Project & The Hidden Commemoration.
We have had to postpone Lorna’s talk. We will reschedule it for a later date. Instead our guest speaker, who many of you will recognise,... Read More
February meeting – Dr Rebecca Pinner – Poetry, Politics & Propaganda in Medieval East Anglia
Following her talk last year on King Edmund, for our February meeting we welcome back Dr Rebecca Pinner from UEA. Her talk this time will... Read More
January Meeting – Dr Dominic Summers – The Seven Sacrament Fonts of East Anglia
For our January meeting we welcome Dr Dominic Summers. Dominic is a researcher of the material culture and architectural history of the Middle Ages in Britain,... Read More
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