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Meetings are held at the smaller chapel of Central Baptist Church, Devonshire Road (opposite junction with Henstead Road), The Polygon, Southampton

Bring your friends — free to members and £3 per visitor. Non-members may pay at the door by cheque or cash. Please bring exact sum.

Lecture Summary for 2024.

7:30pm unless otherwise stated. 

Refreshments provided from 7pm.

We have done a risk assessment for our talks during the Covid-19 pandemic. This can be viewed here.

2024

 

 

9th April

 

Jane and Andy King, WARG (Winchester archaeology and local history society) From Bishop’s Deer Park to a Southampton merchant’s mansion – 300 years at Hursley Park. The WARG excavations 2021 – 2023’.

 

14th May

 

Annual General Meeting

AGM followed by wine and nibbles; and an update by Andy Russel on the Archaeology unit’s work.

 

Other News

 

SAS meetings venue

Following the recent closure of St Joseph’s Hall in Bugle Street, where our meetings have been held for over twenty years, we have arranged a new venue from Tuesday 13th February 2024. This will be the smaller chapel of Central Baptist Church, Devonshire Road (opposite junction with Henstead Road), The Polygon, Southampton.

The day and time of meetings will be as before: second Tuesday of the month, doors open 7.00pm for refreshments and lectures to take place between 7.30 to 9.00pm.  

These arrangements will be reviewed at the AGM in May 2024.  Further details regarding access by public transport and parking options will be made available by the end of January, but meanwhile if you have any questions please contact Sarah Hanna at sarahvhanna@hotmail.com.

 

Thursday 21st March

CBA free online talk: 

This Is Archaeology: Rooted in History, Branching into the Future: The Story of the Nation’s Forests

We will be joined by Lawrence Shaw, Lead Historic Environment Advisor for Forestry England.  He will touch on just some of the incredible archaeological and historical narratives that can be found within the Nation's Forest and how Forestry England has influenced these.  The nation's forests are home to some of the best archaeological sites, historic buildings and designated landscapes found in England.  The unique nature of forestry, when compared to other land uses, means that our historical record has the potential to be preserved to a much higher degree and as such can give archaeologists a unique glimpse into the past.

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