Tuesday 6 December 2016, 6.45pm-7pm Tuesday 6 December 2016 7pm-8pm New towns in medieval Warwickshire: the mystery of Bretford Bretford is a small hamlet in Warwickshire, lying roughly equidistant between Coventry and Rugby. A little to the south, the Fosse Way is carried
Mansio, Medieval Pottery, M6 Toll and Museum
Tuesday 4 October 2016, 7pm Mansio, Medieval Pottery, M6 Toll and Museum: a personal perspective on Wall Roman site (Letocetum), Staffordshire With Dr. Mike Hodder Wall originated as a series of 1st-century Roman forts on a hilltop overlooking Watling Street.
FIRST LECTURE OF 2016! TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER, 7pm, BMI
Tuesday 4 October 2016, 7pm Mansio, Medieval Pottery, M6 Toll and Museum: a personal perspective on Wall Roman site (Letocetum), Staffordshire With Dr. Mike Hodder Wall originated as a series of 1st-century Roman forts on a hilltop overlooking Watling Street.
Tuesday 1 November 2016, 7pm-8pm The Recording and Identification of Barns
A paper by Francis B. Andrews, a former President of the Society, for BWAS in 1900 described a number of major barns which had been lost and some which were still in existence. He talked about their importance and the
Tuesday 6 December 2016, 6.45pm-7pm BWAS AGM- Tuesday 6 December 2016 7pm-8pm New towns in medieval Warwickshire: the mystery of Bretford
With Prof. Chris Dyer Bretford is a small hamlet in Warwickshire, lying roughly equidistant between Coventry and Rugby. A little to the south, the Fosse Way is carried over the Avon on a medieval five-arch stone bridge. Although now a very
Tuesday 7 February 2017, 7pm-8pm Roman Burial in the Upper Thames Valley Region
With Paul Booth Aberrant burial with skull by knees and pot replacing head! Work in the Upper Thames Valley in the last twenty years has added considerably to our knowledge of Roman burial practice in the region, with discoveries ranging
Tuesday 7 March 2017, 7pm-8pm Polesworth Abbey, North Warwickshire
With Nicholas Palmer A nunnery was first founded on the site in the 9th or 10th century. The abbey continued as a Benedictine nunnery until the Dissolution. Today, the ruins of the Cloister and the two storey medieval gateway are
Tuesday 4 April 2017, 7pm-8pm, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire
With Dr. Richard Thomas Bradgate Park is located 10km north-west of Leicester and covers an 830-acre recreational park which attracts c. 400,000 visitors each year. The landscape is designated as a SSSI and is described by Natural England as “one
Book Launch and Lecture, January 28, St Philip’s Cathedral
On Thursday 28 January 2016, 6pm-8pm at Birmingham Cathedral This year Birmingham Cathedral celebrates its tercentenary with the book launch of Dr Terry Slater’s book ‘The Pride of the Place: The Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham 1715-2015’ Entrance to
Fancy a walk into Birmingham’s past?
Birmingham’s Hidden History: Talk and Walk with Mike Hodder and Stephanie Rátkai Tuesday 15 September 2015, 1pm John Lee Theatre, Birmingham and Midland Institute Lunchtime talk and guided walk (starting at 2:30) pointing out archaeological sites in the historic centre of Birmingham.