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Henley Archaeological and Historical Group
27/11/23
STEPHEN Barker, a trustee of the Buckinghamshire Military Museum, gave a fascinating and wide ranging illustrated talk on Oxfordshire in the Second World War to the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group on November 7. He drew heavily on ...
19/12/22
ON December 6, archaeologist Dr Gabor Thomas, of Reading University, gave the Henley Archaeological & Historical Group an insight into recent archaeological research on the early medieval River Thames, specifically the excavation of the ...
08/11/21
THE first talk to the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group held live since the pandemic was given at King’s Arms Barn on October 12 by Dr Michael Redley. His subject was “At the centre of the world: Henley and the Olympic Games ...
28/11/22
ON November 1, members of the Henley Archaeological & Historical Group were treated to a talk by the military historian Bill King on “The great invasion: the Roman invasions, occupation and colonisation of Britain”. There were ...
04/03/24
ON February 6, the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group was given an entertaining and informative presentation entitled “Gentlemen Danes — the story of Danish POWs in Reading 1807-1814” by John Nixon, who has a life ...
08/07/24
ON June 4, at their last meeting before the summer break, members of the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group enjoyed a presentation by Professor Helen Parish of the University of Reading on “The Windsor Witches”, ...
28/09/20
INVESTIGATIONS to find a construction date for the Chantry House in Henley through tree ring work have proved unsuccessful — until now. Three things have come together recently to overcome the problem. Firstly, ...
30/10/23
THE Henley Archaeological and Historical Group’s regular series of talks resumed on October 3 with Judy Dewey, curator of Wallingford Museum, giving a well-researched account of “Wallingford and the Norman ...
04/07/22
MARIE-LOUISE KERR, who is known as “curator without museum”, gave a lively talk to members of the Henley Archaeological & Historical Group in King’s Arms Barn on June 7. Her topic was “Famous local folk: ...
22/01/24
MILES Clifford, a PhD student at the University of Reading, spoke to the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group on January 2 about his research. His topic was river maintenance and the archaeology ...
03/10/22
IN a special talk, outside the monthly programme of the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group, members and others welcomed Lady Carnarvon, of Highclere Castle (“Downton Abbey”), to the Chantry ...
27/05/24
THE speaker at the meeting of the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group on May 7 was Dr Stephen Wass on “A peculiar history of Oxfordshire fishponds”. While ponds were indeed used for raising ...
25/12/23
ON December 5, the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group enjoyed seasonal treats and an illustrated presentation by potter Jane White on the work of Alan Caiger-Smith and his Aldermaston ...
29/04/24
MICHAEL Redley, chairman of the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group, gave members an enlightening talk on “The builders of modern Henley” on April 2. He very kindly stepped in at the ...
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