ESAH Symposium in Chelmsford on 4th November, 2023 (pasted)

 Essex Society for Archaeology & History 2023 Archaeology & Local History Symposium Christ Church URC, New London Road, Chelmsford CM2 0AW Saturday, 4th November 2023 10.00a.m. – 4.00p.m. £10, including light sandwich lunch and coffee/tea ********************************************** PROGRAMME 10.00a.m. Registration 10.15a.m. President’s Opening remarks 10.20a.m. – 11.00a.m. James Alexander (ASE) ‘A Roman villa at Newhall, Harlow, and the discovery of an enigmatic object' 11.00a.m. – 11.30a.m. Coffee/tea 11.30a.m. – 12.15p.m. Adam Wightman (CAT) The former Essex County Hospital site, Colchester: Roman burial, settlement and industry west of the walled town 12.15p.m. – 1.00p.m. Paul Drury The Medieval floor tiles of East Anglia - focussing on Essex 1.00p.m. – 2.00p.m. LUNCH 2.00p.m. – 2.45p.m. Christopher Thompson (University of Buckingham) The County of Essex: the crisis of the late 1620s and the English revolution 2.45p.m. – 3.15p.m. Coffee/tea 3.15p.m. – 4.00p.m. David Grocott (University of Essex) Essex medievalism and John Ball: the role of Chelmsford, Colchester and Harwich in the Queen Caroline affair of 1821 How to book (E.S.A.H. members – booking form came with Essex Journal) email: howard000brooks@gmail.com (note: that's three zeros, not letter Os). I can send bank details for online payment. Write: to Howard Brooks at Colchester Archaeological Trust, Roman Circus House, Roman Circus Way, Colchester CO2 7GZ. Cheques payable to E.S.A.H.

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