All lectures are held at The Blackbourne Hall in
Elmswell.
They start at 2.30 pm and generally finish by about 4.00
pm. There is an entrance fee of £2 for non-members.
14th November 2009
Medieval Mercers of London from Suffolk c1200-1550, Benefactors, Pirates and Merchant Adventurers
Dr. Anne F. Sutton
(Archivist and Historian Emerita of the Mercers’ Company of London, author of The Mercery of London, Trade, Goods and People 1130-1578 (2005))
12th December 2009
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Orford Ness, Suffolk
Wayne Cocroft,
(Senior Archaeological Investigator, English Heritage based at Cambridge)
During the 1950’s Orford Ness spit was acquired for top secret trials of Britain’s nuclear weapons prior to live tests in Australia and the Pacific. Much of this work remains classified. This lecture will describe a recent survey by English Heritage of the spit and reveal insights into its role in Britain’s nuclear past.
9th January 2010
Redgrave Hall, a window on the world: gentry families in Tudor and Stuart Suffolk.
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch,
(Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford)
Following on his recent edition of the Bacon correspondence from Redgrave Hall, Diarmaid MacCulloch explores their setting in the politics of an English county in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
13th February 2010
The investigation of Landguard Fort, Felixstowe.
Paul Pattison
(Senior Properties Historian with English Heritage)
13th March 2010
Landscape Character Assessment: capturing the landscape of Suffolk.
Phil Watson
(Landscape Development Officer for the Countryside Service, Suffolk County Council)
How landscape character can widen the understanding of, and inform decisions about the Suffolk landscape.