Talks 2018 - 2020
Dereham Antiquarian Society
Trinity Methodist Church, Dereham
Talks are held at Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Theatre Street, Dereham, NR19 2EP at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated. See below for details of an interesting variety of talks.
Admission for each evening talk is £1 for members and £3 for non-members. Visitors are always welcome, with the fee payable on the door.
Our next talk is on Wednesday 14 November 2018
Elementary education in Victorian rural Norfolk
A major achievement of the Victorian period was that by 1900 most children, even in the smallest villages were in school for a meaningful length of time. This lecture will look at how this was achieved across the county using both the written evidence and what the buildings themselves can tell us about changing approaches to education.
Speaker: Susanna Wade Martins
Admission for each evening talk is £1 for members and £3 for non-members. Visitors are always welcome, with the fee payable on the door.
Our next talk is on Wednesday 14 November 2018
Elementary education in Victorian rural Norfolk
A major achievement of the Victorian period was that by 1900 most children, even in the smallest villages were in school for a meaningful length of time. This lecture will look at how this was achieved across the county using both the written evidence and what the buildings themselves can tell us about changing approaches to education.
Speaker: Susanna Wade Martins
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Programme of Events 2018 - 19
Wednesday 12 December 2018
Milestones and Waymakers
This talk deals with road history, particularly the turnpike/stagecoach era in Norfolk. Carol will show the history of milestones in particular, and continue briefly to the evolution of modern road signage.
Speaker: Carol Haines
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Rethinking the Romans in Norfolk: 12 years of research at Caistor Roman towns
The site of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum, owned and protected by the Norfolk Archaeological Trust, lies under quiet fields to the south of Norwich. Since 2006, excavation and survey has transformed our understanding of how the Roman town began, developed and finally ended. Long seen as part of the “pacification” of the Iceni after the Boudican revolt, research by the University of Nottingham and Caistor Roman Project has shown that the town was laid out over 50 years after the revolt. It saw its most intensive occupation in the late Roman period before undergoing dramatic changes in the 5th century. The town did not disappear, however, but retained its political importance into the post-Roman period before it was ultimately eclipsed by the rise of Norwich. The talk will show how archaeology has changed the picture of Venta Icenorum and its inhabitants, and will also introduce the results of the latest work at the site by volunteers from Caistor Roman Project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Speaker: Dr Will Bowden
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Annual General Meeting
Wednesday 13 March 2019
A Scullery Maid at Blickling Hall in the 1930s
Lizzie’s very entertaining talk takes about an hour, half of which is in character as the Scullery Maid at Blickling Hall in the 1930s.
Speaker: Lizzie Scott
Wednesday 10 April 2019
The library at Blickling - history and future
Speaker: Bunty Gotts
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Norfolk's Medieval Literary Treasure
Speaker: Dr John Alban
Wednesday 12 June 2019
History of the Wool Trade in Norfolk
Speaker: Joy Evitt
Milestones and Waymakers
This talk deals with road history, particularly the turnpike/stagecoach era in Norfolk. Carol will show the history of milestones in particular, and continue briefly to the evolution of modern road signage.
Speaker: Carol Haines
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Rethinking the Romans in Norfolk: 12 years of research at Caistor Roman towns
The site of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum, owned and protected by the Norfolk Archaeological Trust, lies under quiet fields to the south of Norwich. Since 2006, excavation and survey has transformed our understanding of how the Roman town began, developed and finally ended. Long seen as part of the “pacification” of the Iceni after the Boudican revolt, research by the University of Nottingham and Caistor Roman Project has shown that the town was laid out over 50 years after the revolt. It saw its most intensive occupation in the late Roman period before undergoing dramatic changes in the 5th century. The town did not disappear, however, but retained its political importance into the post-Roman period before it was ultimately eclipsed by the rise of Norwich. The talk will show how archaeology has changed the picture of Venta Icenorum and its inhabitants, and will also introduce the results of the latest work at the site by volunteers from Caistor Roman Project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Speaker: Dr Will Bowden
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Annual General Meeting
Wednesday 13 March 2019
A Scullery Maid at Blickling Hall in the 1930s
Lizzie’s very entertaining talk takes about an hour, half of which is in character as the Scullery Maid at Blickling Hall in the 1930s.
Speaker: Lizzie Scott
Wednesday 10 April 2019
The library at Blickling - history and future
Speaker: Bunty Gotts
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Norfolk's Medieval Literary Treasure
Speaker: Dr John Alban
Wednesday 12 June 2019
History of the Wool Trade in Norfolk
Speaker: Joy Evitt
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Carts and Carting - Medieval and Norfolk
Speaker: Mary Fewster
Wednesday 14 August 2019
Members only event
Wednesday 11 September 2019
Kett's Rebellion
Speaker: Barbara Miller
Wednesday 9 October 2019
Dereham Antiquarian Society Dinner
venue to be confirmed
Wednesday 13 November 2019
'Seahenge' - history and display
Speaker: Hannah Jackson
Wednesday 11 December 2019
To be arranged
Wednesday 8 January 2020
King's Lynn - History and Buildings
Speaker: Michael Aldiss
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Annual General Meeting
Carts and Carting - Medieval and Norfolk
Speaker: Mary Fewster
Wednesday 14 August 2019
Members only event
Wednesday 11 September 2019
Kett's Rebellion
Speaker: Barbara Miller
Wednesday 9 October 2019
Dereham Antiquarian Society Dinner
venue to be confirmed
Wednesday 13 November 2019
'Seahenge' - history and display
Speaker: Hannah Jackson
Wednesday 11 December 2019
To be arranged
Wednesday 8 January 2020
King's Lynn - History and Buildings
Speaker: Michael Aldiss
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Annual General Meeting
