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Notices 2
Obituary
Article
Reviews
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Books and Publications 15
Conferences and Courses 16
Lectures and Events 16
Exhibitions 18
Affiliated Society Meetings 19
NOTICES
New LAMAS Newsletter Editor
I am pleased to report that LAMAS member Richard Gilpin has kindly
agreed to take over as Honorary Editor of the Newsletter. Richard is an
active volunteer at the Museum of London and with the Central London
Young Archaeologists Club. He is a member of the LAMAS Local
History Committee and has a background in publishing. Richard’s first
issue will be the September Newsletter (contact details below). I would
like to thank Meriel Jeater and Eileen Bowlt for their work since Verity
Anthony stood down as editor.
Laura Schaaf
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Newsletter: Copy Date
The copy deadline for the next Newsletter is 31 July 2014 (for the
September 2014 issue). Please send items for inclusion to: LAMAS
Newsletter, c/o Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN or
email Richard at [email protected]. It will be appreciated if you
could ensure that items are sent to Richard and not to the previous editors.
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LAMAS Local History Conference 2014
The date of the next conference is Saturday 22 November 2014 and the
theme will be Law and Order. The conference will be held at the Museum
of London and details will be available once the speakers and programme
has been finalised. Tickets will go on sale at the beginning of September.
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LAMAS Lecture Programme
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Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place in the Clore Learning Centre
at the Museum of London on Tuesday evenings at 6.30pm – refreshments
from 6pm. Meetings are open to all; members may bring guests and non-
members are welcome and are asked to donate £2 towards expenses.
13 May 2014
686 Roman Hairpins from London, Glynn Davis, Archaeology
Collections Manager (Volunteers), London Archaeological Archive and
Research Centre, Museum of London
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LAMAS Walk Around Pinner, Middlesex
Saturday 28 June 2014 starting at 10:30 am
This will be a walk in two parts. The morning will focus on the centre of
Pinner which has a 14th
-century church and a High Street containing
buildings from the 15th century to the present day. In addition we should
be able to go inside a timber-framed house about half a mile away. The
afternoon will take in another part of Pinner where we will be able to visit
a second timber-framed house and an ‘arts and crafts’ house.
The walk will begin at 10:30 am at Pinner Station on the Metropolitan
Line. (On the day of the walk the only non-running stretch of the line is
scheduled to be from Moor Park to Amersham.) There is a full range of
eating places in Pinner including sandwich bars, restaurants and open-air
spaces. Free of charge but the number of participants will be limited to
24; members wishing to attend should contact Pat Clarke, 22 Malpas
Drive, Pinner, Middx, HA5 1DQ or email: [email protected]
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LAMAS Special Papers Editor
John Schofield is standing down as editor of the revived LAMAS Special
Papers after the production of 16, South Mimms, and paper 17, in honour
of a noted London archaeological figure (in preparation). LAMAS
Council is very grateful to Dr Schofield for his work on the series and
will be seeking an Honorary Editor at an appropriate time.
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Grants from the City of London Archaeological Trust
CoLAT draws attention to its annual grants in support of all kinds of
archaeological work (except where the costs should be met by others)
where the project has a connection with the City of London, from the
Roman period onwards, or the prehistory of the region. This year’s
deadline for applications is 26 September 2014 and the meeting to decide
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the grants will be in December. The grants are available for one year only
from 1 April 2015. In addition, CoLAT is preparing to launch a Large
Grants Scheme, after receiving a bequest from Miss Rosemary Green.
This will be a grant of up to £80,000 to a major project of up to 3 year’s
duration. The arrangements for this will be published shortly on the
Trust’s website; the first grant may be made in 2015. The Large Grant is
separate from normal grants. Please visit the Trust’s website for details:
www.colat.org.uk.
OBITUARY
Martin Urquhart Lewis Williams 1944-2014
I am very sad tell you of the recent death of Martin Williams, our
Treasurer. LAMAS members will know that Martin served as Honorary
Treasurer for nine years and made a huge contribution to the Society.
Martin was raised in Kent and attended Kings School, Canterbury. His
first career was in engineering but he soon moved on to accountancy
working for Ford Motors and British Gas. He loved London for its wide
range of cultural attractions and its architectural and historical heritage.
His interests included music and exploring London on long walks.
Martin was generous with his time and professional expertise, supporting
such organisations as the London Topographical Society, GLIAS and the
London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard. In recent years he studied
geomatics and worked in a voluntary capacity on studies of the Anglo
Saxon and medieval periods being carried out by the Institute of
Archaeology, University College London. Martin contributed to GIS and
digital mapping for these projects including ‘Beyond the Burghal Hidage’
and ‘Landscapes of Governance’. Further details can be found on the
Institute’s website: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/projects.
As LAMAS Treasurer, Martin prepared clear and authoritative accounts,
managed the Society’s finances and provided excellent advice to Council.
He was keen to support new initiatives such as the Research Grant and
digitization of Transactions and was instrumental in reviewing our
finances and implementing changes which will enable the Society to
continue to deliver its full range of activities including preparing
publications and running conference and lecture programmes. Despite his
failing health, he prepared the 2013 annual accounts but sadly was unable
to present them at the AGM. The accounts, approved by Council, will be
available on the LAMAS website. Martin will be very much missed by all
who were privileged to work with him.
Laura Schaaf
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ARTICLE
A dog called Tray
The well-known memorial to Robert Mossendew (died in 1744) on the
left above the doorway into St Mary’s Church, Harefield, Middlesex,
shows a huntsman/gamekeeper (‘faithful servant’) of William Ashby of
Breakspears. With gun in hand he is accompanied by his dog: ‘Spaniel of
true English. kind’. In typical 18th-
century fashion there is an
accompanying verse ending with, ‘This servant in an honest way, In all
his actions copy’d Tray’. I have always been slightly puzzled by this
apparent dog’s name and wondered whether the name was a bit of poetic
licence to rhyme with ‘way’. I am not sure if Robert Mossendew’s
actions being compared to those of a dog is particularly complimentary,
but we must suppose it was meant well.
Recently I came across a picture of Mary Anning (1799 -1847) who was
famous in her day for collecting fossils at Lyme Regis. The painting
shows her with her dog, Tray. This dog also seems to be a ‘Spaniel of the
true English kind’. Popularity of names has its ups and downs, with some
remaining in vogue for generations, e.g. John and Mary for humans.
Dogs’ names are not so well documented but can be expected to have
their own vagaries. I have been unable to shed any convincing light on
the name Tray from dictionaries and other works of reference. Whatever
its origin it clearly lasted for at least 100 years after Mossendew’s dog.
Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) in a poem entitled ‘The Harper’ wrote,
‘And wherever I went, was my poor dog Tray’.
Heinrich Hoffman (1809-1874) wrote in a poem for his children entitled
‘Cruel Fredric’ the line, ‘The trough was full and faithful Tray, Came out
to drink one sultry day’. And again, ‘At this good Tray grew very red,
And growled and bit him till he bled’.
A later reference is from the American composer Stephen Foster (1826-
1864), still well known for such songs as ‘Jeanie with the light brown
hair’, and ‘Swanee River’. His ‘Old Dog Tray’ is a typical sentimental
lyric-‘The morn of life is past, And ev’ning comes at last. It brings me a
dream of a once happy day, Of merry forms I’ve seen, Upon the village
green, Sporting with my old dog Tray’.
But what of the origin of Tray, the name? I now have found that it was
used by Shakespeare in his play ‘King Lear’ of 1605. Lear, his wits lost,
raves, ‘The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart, see them
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bark at me’. This clearly suggests that as a dog’s name, Tray was already
well known in Elizabethan times. Its use by Robert Mossendew is
interesting, but the origin of its use is a mystery. Can any reader shed any
light on it?
Colin Bowlt
REVIEWS
LAMAS Council has recently decided to publish reviews of publications,
bulletins and journals submitted for its Local History Publication Awards
in the Newsletter instead of Transactions. The reviews from the 2013
awards follow the review of the 2014 Archaeology Conference.
LAMAS 51th
Conference of London Archaeologists, Museum of
London 22 March 2014
Reviewed by Bruce Watson
The 2014 Ralph Merrifield Award
The award was presented jointly to English Heritage and Museum of
London Archaeology to mark the successful conclusion of the English
Heritage-sponsored Museum of London Greater London backlog
publication project. Jane Sidell (EH) and David Bowsher (MOLA)
accepted the award on behalf of the two organisations.
Mardyke Estate, Archaeological investigations at Rainham, Havering
Peter Boyer (Pre-Construct Archaeology Group - PCA)
The earliest settlement was a series of Bronze Age pits, postholes and
linear ditches. Early Roman activity consisted of more linear ditches, plus
pits and postholes. There were several instances of what appears to be the
ritual deposition of early Roman ceramics. Late Roman activity included
the construction of three pottery kilns.
Crossrail Roundup
Nick Elsden (MOLA)
Work outside Liverpool Street Station has revealed Roman ground
consolidation prior to road construction consisting of alternate layers of
clay and brushwood. The gravel road metalling above these deposits
contained 11 hippo-sandals. At Charterhouse Square, part of the West
Smithfield Black Death cemetery (est. 1348-49) has been excavated.
Scientific study of the teeth of some of the skeletons has revealed DNA
of Yersinia pestis, the plague bacterium (see Channel 4 documentary
‘Return of the Black Death: Secret History’ broadcast 6/4/14).
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Recent Excavations at London Bridge Station (Thameslink)
Amelia Fairman (Oxford Archaeology and PCA Group)
London Bridge railway station is being rebuilt on a piecemeal basis. In
advance of this work a series of archaeological and geoarchaeological
investigations are being carried out. Topographically, the station is
situated over a marshy area between two gravel islands and therefore it
was marginal land during the early Roman period but around the edge of
the higher ground was evidence of waterfronts which were sealed during
the late 2nd
or 3rd
century AD by fluvial deposits. The area was not
utilised again until the 11th century, when land reclamation began; this
entailed the construction of revetted channels. The fills of these channels
from the 15th century onwards contained evidence of local industries
including bone working, butchery, leather working and smithing.
The Minories Eagle
Angela Wardle (MOLA)
The excavation of an early Roman roadside ditch at St Clare Street in
Tower Hamlets unexpectedly revealed an Oolitic limestone sculpture of
an eagle, of late 1st or early 2nd-
century AD date. In its beak the eagle is
clasping a serpent which is entwined around its body. The sculpture is
unweathered and in very good condition, while its rear portion is
unfinished implying that it was displayed in a niche where only its front
would be seen and it was protected from weathering. As the roadside
ditch where the sculpture was found adjoined part of the east London
extra-mural cemetery a funerary context for this sculpture seems
probable. In Roman funerary art the eagle was almost certainly intended
to represent Jupiter. The snake in this context was perhaps intended to
represent a link between this life and the after-life or a sign of rebirth.
Recent Excavations at 10 Trinity Square
Louise Davis (MOLA)
Excavation at the former Port of London Authority Headquarters at
Trinity Square, Tower Hill (1912-22), has taken place within the central
courtyard and inside its Seething Lane gardens. Work has revealed a T-
shaped arrangement of gravel metalled Roman roads and buildings with
pile foundations. Excavations inside the central courtyard of the Port of
London Authority building revealed elements of the foundations of an
East India Company warehouse constructed during the 1780s.
Afternoon session: Arenas of Entertainment in Tudor and Jacobean
London
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It is worth reflecting that until the dramatic discovery of the remains of
the Rose and the Globe in 1989, that archaeology played no part in the
study of our Tudor and Jacobean theatres.
The Rose discovered – and the „Rose Revealed‟
Harvey Sheldon (Rose Theatre Trust)
Excavations in 1988-89 on the site of the Rose theatre revealed 60% of its
polygonal foundations which were then reburied under a new office block
basement. Since 1998 the Rose Theatre Trust has opened this basement to
the public on an intermittent basis. The long term goal has always been to
reveal the unexcavated eastern part of the playhouse and to improve
access to the remains. In 2012, the ‘Rose Revealed Project’ obtained
Heritage Lottery Funding to develop a project to realise these aims.
The Archaeology of the Shoreditch Playhouses
Chris Thomas (MOLA)
Until recently nothing was known archaeologically of the two
Elizabethan playhouses in Shoreditch: The Theatre (c.1576-97) and The
Curtain (1577-1622) both of which have now been partly explored. The
2010 fieldwork at The Theatre, London’s first purpose-built playhouse,
was described in a lecture at the 2011 Conference. Elements of The
Curtain’s brick-built foundations have been located confirming it
possessed a square ground plan modelled on that of the inn courtyards
which served as the earliest theatrical venues.
The Relationship between Bull and Bear Baiting Arenas and
Playhouses
Julian Bowsher (MOLA)
John Stow writing in c. 1600 in his description of Bankside, Southwark
stated: ‘there be two bear gardens … wherein be kept bears, bulls and
other beasts to be baited.’ In 1613 after The Globe was accidently
destroyed by fire, the animal-baiting arena at Bear Gardens was quickly
replaced by a dual-purpose polygonal, galleried playhouse and animal-
baiting arena, known as The Hope, which has been partly excavated. The
Hope was demolished in 1656, but in 1662 a new animal-baiting arena
was built next door. Partial excavation has revealed that the new venue
was another multi-sided arena.
Theatres of the Period and their Role
Andrew Gurr
In Elizabethan London there were three different types of play venue.
First, there were inn courtyards where performances could be staged
before up to c. 500 people. Secondly, there were the indoor halls or
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playhouses which were mainly used during the winter months. These
halls were relatively small and expensive with capacities of up to c. 500
people. Thirdly, there were the purpose-built, galleried, polygonal,
outdoor playhouses with capacities of up to c. 3,000 people.
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The LAMAS Journal Prize announced at the Local History
Conference in 2013 went to the Hornsey Historical Society, for Albert
Pinching (ed), Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin 53, 2012, £6.50 pb.
There was such variety in this publication that even a non-Hornsey
dweller could find much to enjoy. There were articles on Muswell Hill’s
movie history, insurance and Olympic connections and a lively account
of Wilson’s department store which resonated with one who remembers
such old fashioned features of our high streets. The print was clear and
the photos were unusual and well captioned. I particularly liked the photo
of the baby department in Wilson’s, evocative of another age before
prams became redundant. I found the article on Hornsey’s adopted town
in France, Guillemont, moving as well as of historical interest,
particularly when we are so interested in the Great War. Guillemont was a
town on the Somme, whose residents were suffering so badly that an
appeal to Hornsey for help resulted in links that continued after the war in
the form of school exchanges. The bulletin also contained reviews of
books, again with local connection but of appeal to a general reader like
the review of Dickens’s Hornsey which explored Dickens’s connections
with Hornsey through his sister. So, it is of general as well as local
interest and a publication worthy of the 2013 award.
Eleanor Stainer
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The following journals were submitted for the prize; the first four
were shortlisted.
Camden History Review, 2012, 40 pages, £5.95 pb, ISBN 978 0 904491
85 2
This edition of the Camden History Review is produced in the style of the
previous years. It contains seven well researched articles, on subjects
ranging from 17th-century Hampstead from the Court Rolls to that of the
20th-century Olympian Charlie Ruffell. It is well illustrated with good
quality images, although the type face is small and the pages, laid out in
four coloumns appear crowded and slightly difficult to read. This low
standard of readability lets down the high standard of research.
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Carolyn Hammond (ed), Brentford & Chiswick Local History Journal,
21, 2012, 28 pages, no price given pb
This journal is in memoriam to Gillan Clegg and has a range of content
covering her obituary, news from the society, seven research articles, and
two book reviews. The two column page layout is clear and readable
allowing illustrations to flow with the text. The general nature of the
references to sources is not particularly helpful should anyone want to
follow up any aspects of the articles.
Brian Grisdale (ed), Ruislip, Northwood & Eastcote Local History
Society Journal, 2012, 54 pages, no price given, pb.
This contains a rich mix of news and details of the society’s activities and
publications. It also has an obituary to a local conservationist Margaret
Ward-Dyer. The eight articles range from some ‘Light on Ruislip in
1701’ to the 20th-century postcards of Eastcote. The use of colour
illustrations is particularly good for the postcards. The two column page
layout is attractively varied by a mix of illustrations, some of which break
across the whole page making the journal very readable.
Barbra Lanning (ed), Pinner Local History Society, News Views
Research, newsletters 117, Spring 2012, 26 pages; 118, Summer 2012,
28 pages; 119, Autumn 2012, 20 pages, no price given, pb.
Three newsletters produced as a journal by the Pinner Local History
Society contains a wealth of local information much of which must have
been based on local research. The newsletter is a lively mix of local news,
information about the society’s forthcoming activities and an editorial. It
also contains a page of LAMAS news.
Neil Robson (ed), Wandsworth Historian, 93, Spring 2012, 24 pages, £3
pb
The Wandsworth Historian has three articles of local interest, together
with a Miscellany of newsy items, and two book reviews. It is a relatively
cheap production based on a two column page layout, with a paper cover
using a colour illustration.
John Hinshelwood
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The winner of the Book Prize announced at the Local History
Conference in 2013 was The Friern Hospital story: the history of a
Victorian lunatic asylum, by David Berguer (2012), Charville Press, 179
pages, £14.99 pb, ISBN 978 0 956934 44 4
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This story of the history of the Middlesex County Pauper Lunatic Asylum
at Colney Hatch from its inception until it closed in 1993 will be
reviewed in Transactions.
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The following reviews are of the books submitted for the prize; the
first four of which were shortlisted.
Cat’s Meat Square: housing and public health in south St Pancras
1810–1910, by Stephen W Job (2012), 80 pages, Camden History
Society, £6.50, ISBN 978 0 904491 85 2
Stephen Job describes the struggle for social housing reform during the
19th century in part of South Hampstead in north London, originally part
of the Harrison Estate, just south of King’s Cross. This area of the
Harrison Estate built up in 1810 as rare back-to-back housing in London
developed to become a notoriously overcrowded rookery. Cat’s Meat
Square was the local name for Wellington Square from about the 1860s,
possibly referring to the Cat Meat sellers who must have plied their trade
amongst the poor. Through diligent research using newspapers and
archive resources Job recounts the story of the Medical Officers of Health
who tried for years to persuade the St Pancras Vestry of the need to
relieve the overcrowding and mitigate the unhealthy conditions. Not until
the formation of the London County Council and the abolition of the
Vestry was the area regenerated. Many histories of working class housing
in London have concentrated on east London and Southwark but Job set
out to paint a picture of the evolution of workers housing and social
policy in north London, a task he has achieved.
Willow Lane and Beddington Corner, by E N Montague (2012), 143
pages, Merton Historical Society, Mitcham Histories 13, 2012, ISBN 978
1 903899 64 9, price not given.
Eric Montague has researched and written many books on the history of
Mitcham. Willow Lane, on the edge of Mitcham Common, is now an
industrial estate on the banks of the River Wandle and nearby, at
Beddington, is the Thames Water Company’s sewage treatment works.
The present day industrial works conceal a long history; Romano-British
pottery was found in Willow Lane in 1928 and at Beddington, Celtic huts
were replaced with a Roman villa. The Wandle provided a source of
power and clean water for 16th-century industries such as textile
bleaching and dyeing, leather working and flour milling that developed
along the river between Willow Lane and Beddington Corner. In
Victorian times market gardening and watercress farming flourished.
Montague traces a fascinating history identifying the medieval
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landowners and the various industrial processes that have come and gone
since the arrival of Dutch bleachers in the 17th century. This book
succeeds in bringing together as a coherent narrative the complex and
little known history. Without this book the rich history of a corner of
Mitcham would fade from memory.
Wandsworth’s lost fishing village, by Dorian Gerhold, 27 pages,
Wandsworth Historical Society, Wandsworth Paper 25, 2012, £5 pb,
ISBN 978 0 905121 32 1
Dorian Gerhold has written extensively for the Wandsworth Historical
Society and his Putney and Roehampton in 1665 was winner of the
publications award in 2009. Wandsworth Paper 25 concentrates on a
short stretch of the Thames waterfront between Wandsworth Bridge and
the mouth of the River Wandle known as Waterside. The 1665 Hearth
Tax records show some 15 dwellings along the waterfront, which by the
18th century had grown to 27 houses. Using manorial records and a rich
collection of views and plans Gerhold traces this development, dominated
by fishermen and watermen, from the 17th to the 19th century and reveals
the story of a remarkable settlement. From the 19th century the Waterside
houses began to fall into the hands of large property owners. Eventually
most of Waterside was overrun by the Wandsworth gasworks and the
whole area is now part of the Riverside Quarter, with only the Ship public
house to mark Wandsworth’s lost fishing village. The only pity is that
this paper was not produced in a more substantial form.
Streets of St Giles, edited by Steve Denford and David Hayes (2012) 136
pages, Camden History Society, £6.95 pb, ISBN 978 0 904491 84 5
This addition to the Society’s series that surveys the streets of the
borough follows the same format as all the others. It is organised as an
itinerary of six walks around St Giles; each one having a detailed text to
explain the history and street names and also to interpret the buildings
that line the streets. This is a book to read before going out to walk the
routes as it is far too detailed to take as a guide to use on a walk. Steven
Denford and David Hayes have put together another useful reference
work for people wishing to know about their immediate locality. The
extensive index means that it is easy to home in on a particular building,
street, area or personality mentioned in the book, and the long
bibliography will allow enthusiasts to pursue their own study of St Giles.
Church Street and Whitford Lane, by E N Montague, 152 pages, Merton
Historical Society, Mitcham Histories 12, 2012, ISBN 978 1 903899 62
5, price not given
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This book brings to life an area close to the parish church at Mitcham
which most people would regard as uninteresting. Using fragmentary
evidence from archive sources Eric Montague constructs a narrative of
the area since Roman times. Aspects of the later development survive in
the form of a few 18th-century houses and the parish church, rebuilt in
the early 19th century. The two details from the Ordnance Survey maps
of 1867 and 1895 make for an instructive comparison, but it might have
been easier and more obvious if they had been reproduced closer together
rather than separated by 112 pages. The indexing is detailed and helpful
in navigating the book and the notes and sources to each chapter are well
organised. The appendices include a lengthy poem, transcribed in the
1970s by a member of the Society, which is an autobiography of a
Mitcham working man named George Pitt. It provides a nice alternative
to the factual evidence needed to create an historical account of the area.
The windows of Pinner Parish Church, by Bernard A Harrison (2012),
62 pages, Pinner Local History Society and Pinner PCC, £8 pb, ISBN 978
0 9551423 1 4
This nice book with good colour photographs and good quality paper will
be of interest to local people wishing to know more about the windows in
the church. It describes the present day windows, the first of which were
installed in 1832. Bernard Harrison has carefully researched the church
and found evidence that the windows were a notable feature for Daniel
Lysons in 1795. In 1903 they were said to be the oldest windows in
Middlesex. Although rather specialised, this book will be of interest to
those wishing to know about the design and manufacture of stained glass.
East Finchley to Alexandra Palace, edited by Richard Webber (2012),
44 pages, Hornsey Historical Society, £4.50 pb, ISBN 978 0 905794 46 4
This walker’s guide is Hornsey Historical Society’s contribution to the
Northern Heights Partnership’s series of five walks that encompass north
London. The route from East Finchley to Alexandra Palace is the last in
the series that starts at Camden Town. The walk explores Cherry Tree
Wood and then the buildings along the streets to Muswell Hill, a
convenient place to find refreshment. Having looked in detail at the
buildings of Muswell Hill Broadway the route finds its way into
Alexandra Park and then to the Palace itself. Having arrived at the
vantage point at Alexandra Palace a useful panorama drawing relates to a
map of London enabling identification of key buildings on the London
skyline. There are 100 points of interest along the route each identified on
two maps and with a paragraph or more to explain its significance, an
ideal companion to the walk and all in a very handy sized pocket book.
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A history of Tottenham Marshes, by Christine Protz (2012), 20 pages,
Friends of Bruce Castle, £3.50 pb
Bruce Castle Museum in Lordship Lane, Tottenham is also the archive
for the London Borough of Haringey, and custodian of the official local
history of the borough. Christine Protz has written this book about an
aspect of Tottenham that is often overlooked. Tottenham Marshes beside
the River Lea fall within the River Lea Park and provide a welcome open
space to the north of Walthamstow Marshes. Railway lines and roads cut
off the marshes from the rest of Tottenham and limited the scope for
house building thus ensuring the survival of the open land. The story of
the marshes shows how they have changed over the years from wild and
dangerous spaces, to areas of flood and malaria, to the clean open space
of today. These changes reflect the way in which Tottenham village and
parish underwent changes in agriculture, industry and transport during the
passage from the early feudal manors to the present day urban districts.
This book is an essential guide by The Friends of Bruce Castle to
understanding and appreciating the valuable leisure resource along the
banks of the River Lea at Tottenham.
Sport in Twickenham, by Murray Hedgcock (2012), 96 pages, Borough
of Twickenham Local History Society, £4.50 pb, ISBN 978 0 903341 88
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Murray Hedgcock had a long career as a sports journalist until 1991 after
which he joined Barnes and Mortlake History Society. This book, based
on a talk to the society, gives an expert and entertaining view of the
sporting history of Twickenham, Whitton, Teddington and the Hamptons.
Written in an engaging journalistic style the book outlines the variety of
sports that have developed in the area. As it is lacking any individual
chapter headings or list of contents and with no form of indexing the
book has to be read cover to cover to discover any particular sporting
interest. The advantage of this style is that the reader is taken through a
number of social issues surrounding sporting activity over the years.
Twickenham’s pubs, by Kenneth M Lea (2012), 52 pages, Borough of
Twickenham Local History Society, £5 pb, ISBN 978 0 903341 89 9
Kenneth Lea has written a gazetteer of the many pubs in Twickenham
which have come and gone over the years. He describes and shows
photographs of the 26 pubs that are still around today. He also identifies
and, where possible shows pictures of, 83 pubs of the past. Researching
these establishments, variously described in the records as alehouses, beer
houses, public houses, inns taverns and hotels, must have proved time
consuming if not tedious. The inclusion of licensing records showing the
names of the keepers of the places he has identified on sketch maps
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reveals an interesting approach to developing a social history of the area.
Even though the book does not provide an engaging narrative it will no
doubt prove to be a useful resource for researchers in the future.
John Hinshelwood
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
The Rookfield Estate: Muswell Hill’s Garden Suburb, by David Frith
(2013), Hornsey Historical Society, paperback, 56 pages, 85 images,
£9.99, ISBN978-0-905794-47-1
This richly illustrated and elegantly produced book by David Frith
describes the background to and the development of an estate of private
houses at the foot of Muswell Hill in north London by the Collins family.
William J Collins became a successful builder and by 1881 at the age of
25 he was employing 25 men. The estate was developed in 13 stages
between 1901 and 1934 and after he moved to Southampton in 1911 WJ
Collins left much of the development of the Muswell Hill estate in the
hands of his son. Frith describes the stages of development in detail using
colour photographs of the houses and plans and records held in the local
authority archive. Such a detailed approach provides a good discussion of
architectural style and the accommodation provided by the houses. This
leads naturally into a discussion of the architectural influences and the
changing approaches adopted over the 35 years of development.
Although the book is principally about the buildings, Frith also briefly
discusses the people who came to live on the estate, mostly in leasehold
houses until the Leasehold Reform Act of 1967 allowed them to purchase
the freeholds. This book is a timely publication commemorating the
incorporation of Rookfield Garden Village Ltd., on 28 August 1913.
John Hinshelwood
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Elephant and Castle: a history, by Stephen Humphrey (2013), Amberley
Publishing, paperback, 128 pages 51 images, £14.99, ISBN 978-1-84868-
780-6.
Highgate: from old photographs, by Michael Hammerson (2013),
Amberely Publishing, paperback, 96 pages 180 images, £14.99, ISBN
978-1-4456-1838-8
At first sight little seems to connect these two books, other than that they
are both published by Amberley. But on closer examination they both
deal with the same subject i.e. the development of a particular place.
Stephen Humphrey writes about the Elephant and Castle, the major road
junction in south London, which possessed an extraordinary range of
landmarks and attractions from the 1850s onwards, all of which are
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discussed in detail in the first 12 chapters of his book. He concludes with
a chapter of Famous Personalities, starting with Michael Faraday, and
two chapters on the Modern Redevelopment since 1950 and a Tour of the
Elephant and Castle in its Heyday.
Michael Hammerson records the history of Highgate Village in north
London, through the use of old photographs taken between 1870 and
1930. His choice of images picks out the significant landmarks that can
still be seen today and informative captions explain the development of
the village. These photographs take the reader on a journey through time
from the 14th-century gate house to the Bishop of London’s Park, to the
16th-
century creation of Highgate School and the growth of the village and
its many pubs. In the course of this visual narrative Hammerson identifies
many famous personalities many of whom, like Michael Faraday, are
commemorated in the famous Highgate Cemetery.
Even though they are very different formats, both these books, each in
their own way, bring to life the social and architectural history of the
places they are concerned with. The two authors have long attachments to
the places they write about and bring to bear their understanding of the
sense of place in giving us such detailed histories.
John Hinshelwood
CONFERENCES AND COURSES
The City Lit
Archaeology Course
Non-accredited archaeology course: for further information visit the City Lit website,
www.citylit.ac.uk, or contact Humanities on 020 7492 2652.
7 June 2014
The Medieval port of London 1200 – 1500
Course code: HAY15, 10:30 – 17:30
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Museum of London Training Excavation
Headstone Manor, Pinner View, Harrow HA2 6PX
Three one-week courses will be run: 30 June–4 July, 7–11 July and 14–18 July. The
fee will be £295, including lunches. Further details are available on the Museum of
London website: www.museumoflondon.org.uk/collections-research/laarc/excavate-
london.
LECTURES AND EVENTS
Enfield Archaeological Society
Summer Fieldwork
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The Society carries out a busy programme of excavation. Please contact Mike
Dewbrey on 01707 870888 (office) or www.enfarchsoc.org for further information.
The two summer projects are now confirmed as:
12-13 July 2014 at Cedars Park, Cheshunt
15-20 July 2014 at Elsing Palace, Forty Hall, Enfield
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Institute of Archaeology & British Museum
Medieval Seminar Series
All meetings are held at the Institute of Archaeology, Gordon Square, Room 612 at
5.30pm. Further information from Martin Locker: [email protected]
6 May 2014
Runestone Images and Visual Communication in Viking Age Scandinavia, Dr
Marjolein Stern
4 June 2014
Lecture to be confirmed, Professor Wendy Davies
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Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit
Special Display at Crofton Roman Villa
KARU will hold a special one-day display of the lost Roman town of Noviomagus in
West Wickham, with graphic and finds displays for the first time ever, including a
unique Roman wheel rim. The display will be held on Sunday 20 July 2014, 10am –
4:30 pm, at Crofton Roman Villa, Crofton Road, Orpington, Kent BR6 8AF. Entrance
fee £1.50, concessions £1.00, 01689 860939, [email protected]
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Medieval and Tudor London Seminars
The seminars take place on Thursdays, 24 April – 26 June 2014. They begin at 5:15
and are held in the Court Room, Senate House (south block, first floor) University of
London. Further information is available on www.history.ac.uk/events/seminars/133.
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Museum of London
Events for the Festival of British Archaeology
Open Day at Billingsgate Roman House and Baths
101 Lower Thames Street, London EC2R 6DL
Sunday 13 July 2014, 11am – 4pm
Museum curators and University College London students will be opening the doors
to the remains of the Roman house and baths which are rarely open to the public. This
is a drop-in family event (minimum age 5 years), free entry.
Archaeology by Twilight
Archaeological Archive, Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road,
London N1 7ED
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Thursday 17 July 2014, 6:30 – 9:30 pm
The evening will feature an exploration into life in medieval London including an
immersive musical performance, behind-the-scenes tours and a chance to see
medieval artefacts. Entry fee £8; advanced booking required.
Open Day at Headstone Manor Excavation
Headstone Manor, Pinner View, Harrow HA2 PX
Sunday 20 July, 11am – 4pm
The Open Day is part of the Museum’s annual ‘Excavate London’ project and will
feature site tours, medieval re-enactments and displays of finds. This is a free, drop-in
event.
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Orpington and District Archaeological Society
Open Weekend at Scadbury Moated Manor, Chiselhurst
13-14 September 2014, 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm, free entry
Visitors to the Open Weekend can follow a self-guided trail around the moated manor
site, see the ODAS excavations and explore the foundations of the Tudor kitchens and
Great Hall to see how they would have been used when the house was owned by the
Walsingham family. It is also possible to see WWII defences and a resorted
shepherd’s hut. There will be refreshments, a bookstall and exhibition about the
history of Scadbury (and wc). Access is from the public footpath around the estate.
The entrance to the site is where the footpath passes the moated site. The nearest
access from the road is along the footpath at 14 St Paul’s Wood Hill; turn left along
the circular footpath, 5 minutes walk. From Old Perry Street car park, the entrance is a
30-minute walk along the footpath. There is some limited parking at the site for
elderly/disabled visitors: apply with SAE to ODAS, 28 Church Ave, Sidcup, DA14
6BU. For more information about ODAS and Scadbury visit www.odas.org.uk.
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West Essex Archaeological Group
Five-day Field Schools at Copped Hall, near Epping
9-13 and 18-22 August 2014
WEAG will be holding two, 5-day field schools as part of their ongoing excavation of
the Tudor grand-house, Copped Hall, near Epping. For full details and bookings
please visit: www.weag.org.uk.
EXHIBITION
Brent Civic Centre
Engineers Way, Wembley, HA9 OFJ
The Lion Roars: The World in Wembley
24 April 2014 – 31 July 2014
This exhibition celebrates the 90th
anniversary and the legacy of the British Empire
which brought 27 million visitors to Wembley and put the area on the world stage.
The British Empire Exhibition, held from 1924-25 in Wembley, was the biggest
public event of its kind in the world. For more information please visit
www.brent.gov.uk/BEE or call 020 8937 3600. A range of events are being held in
association with the exhibition, including:
5 June 2014, 6:30-7:30 pm, lecture at Wembley Library
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The Exotic and Daring: Eastern and African influences on 1920‟s fashion, Jessica
Proudman
17 June 2014, 6:30 – 7:30 pm, lecture at Wembley Library
The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley: an Imperial celebration or an
urgent makeover?, Prof Dennis Judd
13 July 2014, 1:45 pm outside Wembley Park Underground Station
BEE Explorers: walking tour of historic sites associated with the British Empire
Exhibition, Philip Grant, booking required
AFFILIATED SOCIETY MEETINGS
Acton History Group
Lectures are on the 2nd
Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm in St Mary’s Church Hall,
admission £2. Contact Secretary David Knights, 30 Highland Avenue, Acton W3 6EU
(020 8992 8698); email: [email protected]; website: www.actonhistory.co.uk
14 May 2014
Treasure Hunt, Amanda and David Knights
11 June 2014
AGM and short talk
Barnes and Mortlake History Society
Meetings are held at the Sheen Lane Centre, Sheen Lane, London SW14 8LP at 8pm.
The meetings are free for members (£2 for visitors). For further details please contact
the Hon. Secretary on 0208 878 3756 or visit us at www.barnes-history.org.uk.
18 September 2014
The Mortlake Tapestries, Susan Bracken
16 October 2014
To be announced
20 November 2014
The Chocolate Kitchen at Hampton Court, Lee Prosser
Barnet and District Local History Society
All meetings are held in Church House, Wood Street, Barnet at 3pm on Mondays
(opposite the Museum). Contact Barnet Museum, 31 Wood Street, Barnet EN5 4BE
(020 8440 8066) or visit: www.barnetmuseum.co.uk for more information.
Bexley Archaeological Group
All meetings are held at Bexley and Sidcup Conservative Club, 19 Station Road,
Sidcup, Kent and excavations are carried out at the weekends (Mar-Nov). For further
information contact the Chairman, Mr Martin Baker, 24 Valliers Wood Road, Sidcup,
Kent DA15 8BG (020 8300 1752); email: [email protected]; website:
www.bag.org.uk
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Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society
The society meets at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Afton House, Bourne Place,
Chiswick W4, starting at 7.30pm, on the 3rd
Monday in the month, from September to
May inclusive. For further information please contact the Hon. Secretary, Tess
Powell, 7 Dale Street, London W4 2BJ or visit: www.brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk
Camden History Society
The society normally meets at 7.30pm on the 3rd
Thursday of each month, except
August. Venues vary; non-members welcome (£1). For further information please
contact the Hon. Secretary, Mrs Jane Ramsay (020 7586 4436) or visit:
www.camdenhistorysociety.org
Chadwell Heath Historical Society
Meetings are held at 7.30pm on the 3rd
Wednesday of every month from September to
June. All meetings are held at Wangey Road Chapel, Wangey Road, Chadwell Heath,
starting at 7.30pm. Enquiries to 020 8590 4659 or 020 8597 1225; email:
City of London Archaeological Society
The society’s meetings are held at St Olave’s Parish Hall, Mark Lane EC3R. Doors
open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Light refreshments are available after the lecture.
Non-members’ admission: £2 (please sign the visitors’ book). For further details,
visit: www.colas.org.uk; email: [email protected].
16 May 2014
The Kings Yard: Archaeological Investigations at Convoys Wharf, Duncan
Hawkins
20 June 2014
Lecture to be confirmed
Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society
The Society meets at Northaw Village Hall, 5 Northaw Road West, Northaw,
Hertfordshire EN6 4NW, near Potters Bar and Cuffley. Talks start at 8pm (doors
open7.30pm). Talks are free to members (£3 for visitors). For more information,
contact Don Munns, 16 Coulter Close, Cuffley, Herts, EN6 4RR (01707 873680);
email: [email protected]
The Docklands History Group
Meetings will be held on the 1st Wednesday of every month in Museum of London
Docklands, No 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London E14 4AL, at
5.30 for 6pm (£2 for visitors). For further information and membership details, please
visit www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk
Edmonton Hundred Historical Society
Talks are free to members (£1 for visitors), and are held at Jubilee Hall, 2 Parsonage
Lane, Enfield; at the Charity School Hall, Church Street, Edmonton N9 and at Bruce
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Castle, Lordship Lane, Tottenham N17. Further details from Enfield Local Studies
Centre & Archive, Thomas Hardy House, 39 London Road, Enfield EN2 6DS (020
8379 2839) email: [email protected]; www.edmontonhundred.org.uk
14 May 2014, Jubilee Hall, 8 pm
A View of the New River: 400 Years of Fresh Water for London, Rachel
Macdonald
13 June 2014, Jubilee Hall, 8 pm
Terror from the Skies: Enfield and the air war 1914-18, joint meeting with EAS
30 July 2014, Bruce Castle, 7:30 pm
To be announced, joint meeting with the Friends of Bruce Castle
17 September 2014, Jubilee Hall, 8 pm
Industrial Archaeology of Enfield, Stephen Gilburt
25 October 2014, Jubilee Hall, 9:45 am – 4:30 pm
Day Conference: In and around the Great Cambridge Road: the longest
consecutive number road in the country
18 November, Jubilee Hall 2:30 pm
Samuel Pepys “Plague, fire and Mrs Willett”, Geoff Hales
Enfield Archaeological Society
Meetings are held at the Jubilee Hall, junction of Chase Side and Parsonage Lane,
Enfield, starting at 8pm (doors open at 7.30pm). Visitors: £1 per person. For further
information please contact Ms Val Mundy, 88 Gordon Hill, Enfield, EN2 0QS. Email
[email protected], www.enfarchsoc.org
16 May 2014
Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, Paul Roberts
13 June 2014
Walbrook Square and the Temple of Mithras, John Shepherd
4 July 2014
Terror from the Skies: Air War on Enfield 1914-18, Ian Jones
12 September 2014
The Rose Discovered and The Rose Revealed, Harvey Sheldon
17 October 2014
Life and death in 19th
century London, Michael Henderson
14 November 2014
Roman Sculpture from South-East London, Francis Grew
Friends of Bruce Castle Museum and Park
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Evening talks are last Wednesday of the month, 7pm for 7.30pm start. Munch and
Listen talks are on the 4th
Monday of the month, 12pm for 12.15pm start. Talks are
free and open to all (tea/coffee is available for a small charge). All meetings are held
at Bruce Castle Museum, Lordship Lane, Tottenham, N17 8NU. Details of the
programme are available from www.haringey.gov.uk/brucecastlemuseum or the
FoBC Secretary at Bruce Castle Museum (020 8808 8772). Car park on site.
Friern Barnet and District Local History Society
Meetings are held in St John’s Church Hall, next to Whetstone Police Station, in
Friern Barnet Lane N20, normally on the last Wednesday of the month, starting at 8
pm, free refreshments from 7:45 pm. Non-members are welcome (£2). For further
details, see, www.friernbarnethistory.org.uk or contact David Berguer (0208 368
8314), email: [email protected]
28 May 2014
John Donovan Memorial Lecture: Live in the Big Company, Dr Stan Gilks
25 June 2014
The Foundling Hospital of Barnet, Yvonne Tomlinson
24 September 2014
Bugging the Nazis in WWII, Helen Fry
22 October 2014
Back to the Drawing Board – Transport Systems that Failed, Ralph Hutchings
Greenwich Historical Society
Meetings are held at 7.30pm (doors open 7.15pm) on the 4th
Wednesday of the month
at Blackheath High School, Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath SE3 7AG. Non-members
welcome (donation of £3 per person). Enquiries: 020 8858 0317 or visit
www.ghsoc.co.uk
Greenwich Industrial History Society Meetings are held at The Old Bakehouse, Bennett Park, SE3. This is a small theatre in
the back of the Age Exchange Shop – which is in The Village opposite Blackheath
Station. There is no on-site parking – please do not park outside the Bakehouse, but
use the car park behind the station. Meetings start at 7.30 and non members are
charged £1. Information [email protected], 24 Humber Road, SE3.
Membership Steve Daly, [email protected].
Hayes and Harlington Local History Society
Most meetings are held at Botwell Green Library, Leisure Centre, East Avenue,
Hayes UB3 3HW at 7.30pm. The library closes to the public at 7pm and you are
advised to arrive by 7@25 for admittance and guidance to the first floor meeting room
Non-members are welcome. Further information from Mr Robin Brown, 107
Wentworth Crescent, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1NP (020 8848 7959); email:
Hendon & District Archaeological Society
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Lectures start 8pm in the Drawing Room, Avenue House, 17 East End Road, Finchley
N3 3QE. Buses 82, 125, 143, 326 & 460 pass close by, and it is five to ten minutes’
walk from Finchley Central Station (Northern Line). Non-members welcome (£1.00).
Tea/coffee and biscuits follow the talk. For further information, see the website:
www.hadas.org.uk
13 May 2014
The Bishop‟s Hunting Park in Highgate, Malcolm Stokes
14 October 2014
Finding Neolithic Tools in Norfolk Cliffs, Dr Nick Ashton
Hornsey Historical Society
Lecture meetings are held on the 2nd
Wednesday of every month at the Union Church
Hall, corner of Ferme Park Road and Weston Park, starting at 8pm. A donation of
£1.50 is requested from non-members. Refreshments are available from 7:40 pm. The
doors close at 8:00 pm and latecomers are not admitted. For further information
please ring The Old Schoolhouse (020 8348 8429); write to the Society at 136
Tottenham Lane N8 7EL; website: www.hornseyhistorical.org.uk
14 May 2014
Treasures and the Tower of London, Garry Wykes
11 June 2014
A Virtual Tour of E J Lovegrove‟s Late 19th-Century Estate, Jennifer Bell and
Lesley Ramm
Hounslow & District History Society
Meetings are held on Tuesdays at the United Reformed Church Hall, Chapel Road,
Hounslow, starting at 8pm, non-members £1.50. For further details contact Andrea
Cameron (0208 570 4264) or Liz Mammatt (020 3302 4036).
Islington Archaeology and History Society
Meetings are held on Wednesdays at 8pm at Islington Town Hall, Upper Street N1. A
donation of £1 is requested from non-members. Enquiries: 020 7833 1541; website:
www.iahs.org.uk
21 May 2014
To be arranged
18 June 2014
Samuel Plimsoll: the campaign to save lives at sea, Nicolette Jones
Kingston upon Thames Archaeological Society
Meetings are held at 8pm at Surbiton Library Halls Ewell Road, Surbiton. Visitors
will be asked for a donation of £2 towards expenses. Enquiries to Hon Secretary
KUTAS, 21 Duffins Orchard, Brox Road, Ottershaw, Surrey, KT16 0LP, email
[email protected], website: www.kingstonarchaeology.org
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Lewisham Local History Society
Meetings are held at the Methodist Church Hall, Albion Way SE13 6BT, starting at
7:45 unless otherwise stated. Visitors welcomed, donation of £1 invited. For further
information please contact Gordon Dennington, 62 Park Hill Road, Bromley BR2
0LF; email:[email protected]; website: www.lewishamhistory.org.uk
Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society
Meetings are held at Leyton Sixth Form College, Essex Road, Leyton E10 6EQ and at
St John’s Church Hall, E11 1HH, corner of Leytonstone High Road and Church Lane.
For further details please contact Maureen Measure, Secretary, L&LHS (020 8558
5491); email: [email protected]; website: www.leytonhistorysociety.org.uk
London Natural History Society
Indoor meetings usually consist of talks, slide shows or discussions. Most indoor
meetings are held at Camley Street Natural Park, Camley Street, London NW1 0PW.
Visitors are welcome. For further information visit: www.lnhs.org.uk/program.htm
Merton Historical Society
Meetings are held monthly from October until April, on Saturday afternoons. For
further information please contact the Honorary Secretary, Mrs Rosemary Turner, 27
Burley Close, London SW16 4QQ; email: [email protected];
website: www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk
Orpington & District Archaeological Society
Meetings are held in The Priory, Church Hill, Orpington, on Wednesdays from 8pm.
Non-members are welcome to attend, space permitting. For further information please
contact Michael Meekums or Janet Clayton (020 8302 1572); website:
www.odas.org.uk.
7 May 2014
An East End Opportunity: Insights from a Victorian Pawnbroker‟s Burial
Ground in Bethnal Green, Dr Rachel Ives
4 June 2014
Community Dig of the Roman Road, Newham and other „Discoveries‟, Paul
Jardine-Rose
Pinner Local History Society
All meetings start at 8pm. Main meetings take place in the Village Hall, Pinner.
Visitors are welcome for a donation of £2. For further information please contact Mrs
Sheila Cole, 40 Cambridge Road, North Harrow, Middlesex HA2 7LD (020 8866
3972); website: www.pinnerlhs.freeserve.co.uk
22 May 2014
Frustrated Communication: a UK Charity, David Bays
Potters Bar and District Historical Society
Meetings are held at the Sixty Plus Room, Wyllyotts Centre, starting at 8pm prompt.
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Vistors are welcome (admission £1). For further details please contact Sarah Bulling
[email protected]; websites: www.pottersbar.org/historicalsociety/index.htm
and https://www.facebook.com/pages/Potters-Bar-Museum/152855514809811.
29 May 2014
Thomas Coram and Barnet‟s Foundling Hospital, Yvonne Tomlinson
Richmond Archaeological Society
Meetings take place on Friday nights at Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond,
commencing at 8pm. For further information please email
[email protected]; website: www.richmondarchaeology.org.uk
Richmond Local History Society
All meetings are held at Duke Street Baptist Church, Richmond, at 8pm (coffee from
7.30pm). Visitors: £2. Further information from the Secretary, Elizabeth Velluet (020
8891 3825); email: [email protected]; website: www.richmondhistory.org.uk
19 May 2014
Short talks on current research
Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Society
Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place at the Time & Talents Centre, The Old
Mortuary, St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe and begin at 7.45pm. Non-members
welcome for a donation of £2. For more information visit www.rbhistory.org.uk
Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote Local History Society
Meetings are held on Mondays at 8.15pm at St Martin’s Church Hall, High Street,
Ruislip. Visitors are welcome (£2 admission charge). For further information, please
contact the Society’s Programme Secretary on 01895 673299.
Southgate District Civic Trust
The Trust covers Southgate, New Southgate, Cockfosters, Palmers Green, Winchmore
Hill and Hadley Wood. Open Meetings are held twice a year at the Walker Hall,
Waterfall Road, Southgate, and Local History meetings are held five times a year at
the Friends Meeting House, Church Hill, Winchmore Hill. Non-members are
welcome. For further information, contact Colin Barratt (020 8882 2246); email
[email protected] or visit www.southgatedistrictcivictrust.co.uk
Southwark and Lambeth Archaeological Society
All lectures are held on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm at The Housing Co-Op Hall, 106
The Cut, opposite the Old Vic (£1 for visitors). Light refreshments are served at 7pm.
For further details please contact Richard Buchanan, 79 Ashridge Crescent, Shooter’s
Hill, London SE18 3EA. For enquires please call 020 8764 8314.
13 May 2014
New Discoveries from an Old Site – Bloomberg Place, Sadie Watson
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Spelthorne Archaeology and Local History Group
Unless otherwise stated, all meetings take place at the Methodist Church, Thames
Street, Staines and begin at 8pm. Members free, non members welcome (£2 please).
For further details please contact Nick Pollard (01932 564585); email:
[email protected]; website: www.spelthornemuseum.org.uk
Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society
Meetings are held at the Wealdstone Baptist Church, High Road, Wealdstone, at 8pm
on the 1st Wednesday of each month (visitors welcome at a charge of £1). For further
information please contact The Secretary, [email protected];
www.stanmore-harrow-historical.org.uk
Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society
The Society meets at 8pm on the 2nd
Tuesday of the month from October to May in
the Theatre at Halliford School, Russell Road, Shepperton. The September meeting is
held in Sunbury. Non-members are welcome (£2). Any queries should be addressed to
‘Contact Us’ function of the Society’s website: www.sslhs.org.uk/?page_id=18.
Borough of Twickenham Local History Society
Lectures are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on
the first Monday of each month from October to June. Guests are welcome (there is a
small charge). For further information please contact the Secretary, Ms Rosemary
McGlashon (020 8977 5671) or visit our website http://www.botlhs.co.uk
12 May 2014
Caleb Whitefoord: the Man Who Made Peace with America, Dr David Allen
Uxbridge Local History and Archives Society
All meetings take place at Christ Church, Redford Way (off Belmont Road),
Uxbridge, starting at 7.30pm. For further information please contact Mr K.R. Pearce,
29 Norton Road, Uxbridge UB8 2PT; website: www.eddiethecomputer.co.uk/history
Walthamstow Historical Society Meetings are held on Thursdays at 7.30pm at the Trinity United Reformed Church, 55
Orford Road, London E17 9QU. Meetings are free to members, visitors are charged
£1.50. Website: walthamstowhistoricalsociety.org.uk
Wandsworth Historical Society
Meetings held at the Friends’ Meeting House, Wandsworth High Street (opposite
Town Hall) on the last Friday of the month at 8pm until 9.15pm (followed by tea and
biscuits). For more information, visit the website: www.wandsworthhistory.org.uk
30 May 2014
Kings Cross Goods Yard: an Historical and Archaeological Approach, Rebecca
Haslam
27 June 2014
Streatham‟s History Through its Built Environment, Brian Bloice
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Wembley History Society
Meetings are usually held on the 3rd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm. Meetings are
held at English Martyrs’ Church Hall, Chalkhill Road (top of Blackbird Hill, not the
Wembley Park Station end), Wembley, Middx, HA9 9EW. Car park at rear and buses
83, 182, 245, 297 & 302 stop nearby. Visitors are welcome. Enquiries: Hon Sec:
Linda Theobald (020 8200 0211); email [email protected]
West Drayton & District Local History Society
Meetings are held in St Martin’s Church Hall, Church Road, West Drayton, starting at
7.30pm. For further information please contact Cyril Wroth (Programme Secretary),
15 Brooklyn Way, West Drayton UB7 7PD (01895 854597) or website:
http://westdraytonlocalhistory.com
West Essex Archaeological Group
Meetings are held on the 2nd
Monday of the month in the Sixth Form Block,
Woodford County High School, High Road, Woodfood Green at 7.45pm. New
members welcome. For further information, please contact Anne Stacey, (020 8989
9294); www.weag.org.uk
12 May 2014
Ice Age Art, Dr Jill Cook
9 June 2014
Roman Invasion: What It Did to Britain, Ian Leins
Willesden Local History Society
The Society meets on Wednesdays from September to June in St Mungo’s Pound
Lane Centre, 115 Pound Lane, NW10 2HU, opposite the Bus Garage. For further
information please contact the Secretary, Margaret Pratt, 51 West Ella Road, London
NW10 9PT (020 8965 7230); website: www.willesden-local-history.co.uk
21 May 2014
40 Years of Willesden History, Irina Porter
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London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN
Telephone: 020 7410 2228 Fax: 0870 444 3853
President
John Clark (020 7407 0686)
Flat 3
29 Trinity Church Square
London SE1 4HY
Chair of Council
Colin Bowlt (01895 638060)
7 Croft Gardens, Ruislip
Middlesex HA4 8EY
Honorary Secretary
Karen Thomas (020 7410 2228)
c/o Museum of London Archaeology
46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED
Honorary Subscriptions and Membership
Secretary
Patricia Clarke (020 8866 1677)
22 Malpas Drive, Pinner
Middlesex HA5 1DQ
Honorary Director of Lecture Meetings
Cheryl Smith (020 7527 7971)
Islington Head of Heritage
Honorary Editor, Newsletter
Richard Gilpin (020 8858 3980)
67 Coleraine Road
London SE3 7PF
Honorary Librarian
Sally Brooks (020 7814 5588)
Museum of London
Honorary Publications Assistant
Karen Thomas (020 7410 2228)
c/o Museum of London Archaeology
46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED
Production Editor, Transactions
Lynn Pitts (01926 512366)
5 Whitehead Drive, Kenilworth,
Warwickshire CV8 2TP
Archaeological Research Committee
Secretary
Jon Cotton (020 8549 3167)
58 Grove Lane, Kingston upon Thames
KT1 2SR
Greater London Local History Committee
Chair
Eileen Bowlt (01895 638060)
7 Croft Gardens, Ruislip
Middlesex HA4 8EY
Historic Buildings and Conservation
Committee Chair
Jon M. Finney
65 Carpenders Avenue, Carpenders Park,
Herts WD19 5BP
Publications Committee Chair & Reviews
Editor, Transactions
John Schofield (0208 741 3573)
2 Carthew Villas, London W6 0BS
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