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Presenter Title Date Keyword PYKE, L H The Origin of the Battle & District Historical Society 05/07/1950 BDHS SALZMAN, Dr L F What to look for in Archaeology 19/01/1951 Archaeology CHEVALLIER, C T Battle before the 09/02/1951 Pre-1066 BURNE, Lt.Col. A H The Battle of 02/03/1951 Battle BUNCE, H E Talk on Greek and Roman Architecture 05/10/1951 Romans PINE, Sq.Ldr. L G Political Events in for Fifty Years before 1066 13/10/1951 Pre-1066 MOORE, J C East in History 13/12/1951 Sussex ALLWORK, W C Battle in the Last Seventy Years 22/01/1952 Battle Town BURSTOW, G P The Age 01/02/1952 Pre-Roman WILLIAMS, F R Smuggling in Sussex 21/02/1952 Smuggling BURSTOW, G P The 29/02/1952 Pre-Roman BURSTOW, G P The 14/03/1952 Iron age BURSTOW, G P The Roman Period 28/03/1952 Romans LUCAS, H Barry Sussex Ironworks 01/09/1952 Iron WHITELOCK, Miss Dorothy Some Results of the 14/10/1952 Post-1066 MARGARY, I D Roman Roads in the 01/11/1952 Romans BURSTOW, G P Excavating & Recording a Prehistoric Site 20/01/1953 Archaeology BURSTOW, G P Excavations at 13/02/1953 Archaeology CHEVALLIER, C T Where was the Malfosse 27/02/1953 Battle Town DUGGAN, Alfred The of Battle v The Bishop of A.D.1157 09/03/1953 Battle WILLIAMS, F R Sussex Customs & Superstitions 20/03/1953 Sussex COLE, Maj.Gen. Sir Herbert Manorial Customs 18/04/1953 Manors , H.S. The History of the 14/10/1953 GUNNIS, Rupert English Sculpture in Churches 1660-1850 13/11/1953 Churches D’ELBOUX, R H Sussex Brasses 31/12/1953 Brasses PINE, Sq.Ldr. L G Norman Ancestry 02/04/1954 Genealogy PEARL, M L Cobbett & the Last Labourer’s Revolt 23/04/1954 Agriculture DICKINSON, Rev.Dr.Compton English Monasteries on the Eve of Dissolution 15/10/1954 Monasteries TYNAN, Miss A Sussex in the 18th Century – Society from Diaries & Letters 05/11/1954 Sussex TYNAN, Miss A Sussex in the 18th Century – Agriculture & Farming 19/11/1954 Agriculture FREWEN, Captain David History & Brede Place 26/11/1954 Brede TYNAN, Miss A Sussex in the 18th Century – The Beginnings of Seaside Resorts 03/12/1954 Sussex TYNAN, Miss A Sussex in the 18th Century - Elections 17/12/1954 Sussex THORNE, Sir John Something About ; from Earliest Times to Domesday 14/01/1955 Sedlescombe BURSTOW, G W The Recognition of Archaeological Sites 11/02/1955 Archaeology BURSTOW, G W Recognising Ancient Pottery 25/02/1955 Archaeology HOLDEN, E W The Small Shop through the Ages 25/03/1955 Trade SOUTHERN, R W The English Revival After the Norman Conquest 15/10/1955 Post-1066 WELCH, Sir Gordon Sussex Place Names 02/12/1955 Sussex WILLIAMS, Frank Old Sussex Inns & Inn-Signs 16/12/1955 Sussex BURSTOW, G W The Muntham Court Excavations 30/12/1955 Archaeology HOLDEN, E W The Excavations 06/01/1956 Archaeology STEER, F W The County Record Office and the Historian 20/01/1956 Sussex LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H Senlac – More About the Battle 17/02/1956 Battle WILSON, Dr A E The Early Saxon Period in Sussex 09/03/1956 Anglo-Saxon THORNE, Sir John More About Sedlescombe 23/03/1956 Sedlescombe HUTTON, D Graham Anglo Saxon Influences with Us Yet 12/10/1956 Anglo-Saxon WILSON, A (the late) Great Grandfather’s News 16/11/1956 General LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H Anglo-Norman, Our Father Tongue 30/11/1956 Post-1066 MAINWARING BAINES, J Sussex 14/12/1956 Sussex POWELL, Miss M J Shepherd’s Bells, Crooks & Round Smocks 25/01/1957 Agriculture BURSTOW, G P Three Years Excavations at Muntham Court 08/02/1957 Archaeology PYKE, L H Old Photographs of Battle & What They Recall 22/02/1957 Battle Town WILLIAMS, Raymond The Place of the Historical Novel in History 16/10/1957 Writing , H T Kipling & Sussex 01/11/1957 Kipling MASTERS, Mrs E G C The Political & Religious Background 15/11/1957 General MASTERS, Mrs E G C The Countryside and Its Problems 29/11/1957 Agriculture WILSON, Dr A E The Late Saxon Period in Sussex 13/12/1957 Anglo-Saxon MASTERS, Mrs E G C Trade, Industry & Discovery 10/01/1958 Trade MASTERS, Mrs E G C Education & Home Life 24/01/1958 Education POWELL, Miss M J Doves & Dovecots from Roman Times 21/02/1958 Romans WILSON, Dr A E The Late Saxon Period in Sussex – Part 2 07/03/1958 Anglo-Saxon ROWSELL, R T G Literary Associations of Sussex 21/03/1958 Writers GIBBS-SMITH, C H The 14/10/1958 Bayeux WAILES, R D Sussex Windmills 07/11/1958 Windmills LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H Battle Powder 12/12/1958 Gunpowder LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H The Two Standard Hills 31/12/1958 Battle MAINWARING BAINES, J Hastings in 1959 06/02/1959 Hastings CHEVALLIER, C T Battle Before the Romans 20/02/1959 Pre-Roman , Sir Henry Horseless Carriages in 1832-1909 06/03/1959 Sussex CHEVALLIER, C T Battle Before the Romans – Part 2 20/03/1959 Pre-Roman JONES, Rev. W Edward Battle in Brecon 16/10/1959 DYER, Major W H Smuggling in Sussex 27/11/1959 Smuggling LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H East Sussex under Threat of French Invasion 08/01/1960 Napolean HARRISON, Lt.Com. G W R Early Heraldry 22/01/1960 Heraldry WOOLEY, Dr R van der Riet The History of the Royal Greenwich Observatory 05/02/1960 Astronomy CHEVALLIER, C T The Mouth of the Rother in the Middle Ages (lecturette with others) 14/10/1960 Geography HILL, Lt.Col.Darrell The Excavations (Lecturette with others) 14/10/1960 Archaeology LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H The at the (lecturette with others) 14/10/1960 Battle CHEVALLIER, C T The Rape of Bramber 01/01/1961 Sussex WEINER, Miss Margery The French Exiles in Sussex & London 1789-1815 20/01/1961 Napolean BICKERSTETH, Rev. J D also J R TheBickerseth Ashburnham Family and Ashburnham Church 09/02/1961 Ashburnham BAGLEY, Geoffrey Some Episodes in the History of Rye – Part 1 12/02/1961 Rye HARRISON. Lt.Com. G W R Early Heraldry & the Royal Arms 17/02/1961 Heraldry TRICKETT, H W The Last Labourer’s Revolt 23/02/1961 General BAGLEY, Geoffrey Some Episodes in the History of Rye – Part 2 26/02/1961 Rye HURST, J G Lost Medieval Villages 03/03/1961 Archaeology ANSTRUTHER, Ian The History of the Lambs of Beauport 17/03/1961 Beauport Park URRY, Dr W G The Normans in 13/10/1961 Post-1066 ROUND, Malcolm The Evolution of Landscape (especially Sussex) 08/12/1961 Landscape CAMPBELL, James England at War 13247-1389 12/10/1962 Post-1066 DYER, Major W H Historic 11/01/1963 Sussex WILSON, Dr A E Pagan Saxon Sussex 08/03/1963 Pre-1066 MacDONALD CAMPBELL, W History & Work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 05/04/1963 Gardens DUNLOP, Sir John The Story of the Rye Road – Some Thoughts on Harold’s Route 11/10/1963 Post-1066 KNOCKER, Gr.Capt. G M The Heroic History of the North (Iceland & Greenland) 16/10/1963 Exploration VINALL, Miss M Gypsies 25/10/1963 Gypsies FYFIELD, Mrs M Medieval Sussex Crafts 22/11/1963 Sussex BLACKMAN, Miss L Dialect talk 01/01/1964 Sussex DYER, W H Sussex Folk in Bygone Days 24/01/1964 Sussex DYER, W H Sussex 14/02/1964 Castles LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H The Battle of 11/12/1964 Henry III DYER, W H Distinctive Features of Sussex Churches 31/12/1964 Churches HININGS, H E Sussex Iron 31/12/1964 Iron MURRAY, J C 31/12/1964 Dungeness VINALL, Miss M Folklore 01/01/1965 General WADSWORTH, H Early Irish Legend & History 08/01/1965 CATHER, Mrs Joyce Twenty Centuries of Lettering 26/03/1965 Writing CAMPBELL, James The Naval Side of the Hundred Years’ War 15/10/1965 Post-1066 JOHNSON, Dr P Dunbar The Black Rat & the Black Death 26/11/1965 Black death DYER, W H Sussex Before the Railways 10/12/1965 Transport LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H Town Creep 01/01/1966 Anglo-Saxon LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H How Was Harold told the Norman Army had Landed 01/01/1966 Pre-1066 GATES, Major L C Early Railway History in Sussex & Kent 07/01/1966 Railways WHITELOCK, Dr Dorothy ’s “right” to the English Throne 30/09/1966 Post-1066 DOUGLAS, Prof. D C King William & the Norman Influence 14/10/1966 Post-1066 PEARSON, Rev.K A The Church in England before the Norman Conquest 09/12/1966 Churches CAMPBELL, Duncan Antique Firearms 17/02/1967 Firearms LEARMONT, Brig. D A The Changing Face of Battle during the last 150 years 03/03/1967 Battle Town DYER, W H Sussex Inn Signs 17/03/1967 Inns NORWICH, Rt.Hon.Viscount The Norman Kingdom of 13/10/1967 Sicily RAPER, Miss A Some Romney Marsh Churches 27/10/1967 Dungeness DYER, W H Old Sussex Customs & Superstitions 24/11/1967 Sussex RIDGE, Dr D The Village that never was 26/01/1968 General LOVEGROVE, Capt.R 16/02/1968 Winchelsea CLOUGH, A R Our Saxon Heritage 08/03/1968 Pre-1066 DYER, W C Distinctive Features of Sussex Churches (Lantern Slides) 22/03/1968 Churches GATES, Major L.C The Canal Story 05/04/1968 Transport ASHE, Miss M A Parish Churches 11/10/1968 Churches BATE, Prof. E St Albans, Past & Present 06/11/1968 St Albans LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H The Norwegian Invasion of 1066 31/12/1968 Pre-1066 LEARMONT, Brig. D A Growth of the Battle Abbey Estates from Foundation to Dissolution 14/03/1969 Battle Abbey DAVIS, R H C The Reign of King Stephen 11/10/1969 King Stephen FUNNELL, Barry The History of St Leonards 28/11/1969 St Leonards CHEVELLIER, C T The Effect of the Norman Conquest on English Local Life 13/12/1969 Post-1066 LAURIE, P S The History of the Royal Observatory 16/01/1970 Astronomy ASH, Miss M A The 27/02/1970 Cuckmere GATES, Major L C Arthur in History & Legend 10/04/1970 King Arthur NAPIER, Col. G H C The Development of the Post, with special reference to Battle 02/10/1970 General BARLOW, Prof. F 09/10/1970 Pre-1066 CATHER, Cap. D P The North Sea & German Ocean 1914-18 30/10/1970 WWI IRELAND, Miss Phyllis The History of St Nicholas’ Priory, Exeter 27/11/1970 Battle Abbey MATTHEW, D G A Norman Monks in England 11/12/1970 Post-1066 LEMMON, Lt.Col. C H The Riddle of the Limen and the Rother 31/12/1970 Geography MAINWARING BAINES, J The Amsterdam 15/01/1971 Shipwreck PALMER, W H Scientific Aids to the Study of History 29/01/1971 General AUSTIN, B The Turnpike System in Sussex 12/02/1971 Transport UPTON, E J Turnpikes, Tollgates & Toll Houses in and Around Battle 26/02/1971 Transport FRENCH, B & the Hundred of Netherfield 12/03/1971 Sussex DYER, W H My Sussex Scrapbook 26/03/1971 Sussex SEARLE, Prof.Eleanor The Last Years of the Conqueror’s Abbey at Battle 15/10/1971 Battle Abbey PALMER, Mrs W N The Administration of the Poor Law in East Sussex 29/10/1971 Poor Law LEMMON, Lt.Col.C H Celtic Background of Some Sussex Places 31/12/1971 Pre-1066 CONVEY, J F Ironworks in and Around Battle 11/02/1972 Iron MARGARY, H H Old Sussex Maps 13/10/1972 Maps COVENEY, Rev.Frances The World’s Great Moral Religions 08/12/1972 Religion KEMPTON, F W Criminal Courts & their Work 09/02/1973 Courts COX, Rev.R W Burns The Events & Influences of 17th Century England 23/02/1973 General WILSON, Col. H J The History of Parliamentary Representation of Battle 28/09/1973 Parliament ADAMSON, Miss Jean Richard III 1483-1485, the Truth & Fiction 12/10/1973 Richard III WEINER, Miss Escape Route to the Continent 07/12/1973 General LEWIS, J F Marshes 25/01/1974 Pevensey TUCKER, R H The Comets of History 22/02/1974 Astronomy HOLLAND, Miss M E Civilizations of Ancient Greece 08/03/1974 Greece BRENT, Dr Colin East Sussex Weald in the 16th & 17th Centuries 22/03/1974 Sussex LOYN, Prof. H R Harold after Hastings 11/10/1974 Post-1066 WEBSTER, Godfrey The Liberties & Privileges of Battle Abbey in the Monastic Period 22/11/1974 Battle Abbey LEARMONT, Brig. D A The Historical Background of Battle 31/12/1974 Battle Town SEYMOUR, H G Battle in World War II 24/01/1975 WWII BRENT, Miss J A Documentary Study of Parochial History Especially in Battle 10/02/1975 Battle MUMFORD, Miss Susan The Domestic Logistics of Battle Abbey 14/02/1975 Battle Abbey WORSKETT, Roy Planning for Conservation 14/03/1975 Archaeology TALBOT, Rev. A Chetwynd The Story of the English Parsonage 03/10/1975 Churches BEATY-POWNALL, D H Mid-Nineteenth Century Battle 14/11/1975 Battle Town SYKES, J D Cardinal John Kemp & the Founding of Wye College 12/12/1975 Churches WOODHAMS, J The Manufacture of Gunpowder in Battle 13/02/1976 Gunpowder MASON, Mr & Mrs A C G Looking at Abbeys & Royal Burial Places 27/02/1976 Monasteries HARTLEY, Christopher Seven Sussex Squires – the History of the Frewen Family 01/10/1976 Brede LEGGE, Prof.Dominica Hastings – The Cultural Heritage 15/10/1976 Hastings ALLEN, Sir Peter Railways at Battle 08/12/1976 Railways ROWSE, Dr A L Mediaeval Wall Paintings 07/01/1977 Churches ALLISON, A E The History of Christ’s Hospital 04/02/1977 Education TAYLOR, Dr H M Logical Foundations of Anglo-Saxon Architectural History 14/10/1977 Architecture WEINER, Miss Joyce A Royal Visit 08/12/1977 General DEWAR, Dr H The Victorian Harold 13/10/1978 Post-1066 DRURY, Martin Uppark 02/02/1979 Uppark LONGFORD, Countess of Wellington & Others and their Connection with East Sussex 12/10/1979 Napolean LUCEY, Mrs B M Langton House 09/11/1979 Battle Town CHEVALLIER, C.T. Crowhurst Before the Normans 31/12/1980 Crowhurst JONES, Mrs Gwen Historical Landscape in and around Ewhurst (no notes) 31/12/1980 Landscape STAINTON, Robert The Ancient Greek Games (no notes) 31/12/1980 Greece BLACKMAN, Mrs Elizabeth Captain Swing & Mr Cobbett – Agrarian Disturbances (no notes) 01/01/1981 Agriculture DAY, Robert Tills of Battle (no notes) 01/01/1981 Trade FUNNELL, Barry Old Hastings (no notes) 01/01/1981 Hastings HAINES, Mrs Pamela The Brassey Grandees (no notes) 01/01/1981 Brassey QUILLIOT, M Hubert A Famous Ford - Blanquetaque 01/01/1981 Transport WOOD, Ralph Your House – the Outside View (no notes) 01/01/1981 General TUNNICLIFFE, Mrs Joy The Prince of – Past & Present (no notes) 31/12/1981 General BESWICK, Mrs M Brick & Tile Making in East Sussex (no notes) 01/01/1982 Trade BISHOP, Mrs Freda The Novocentenary Celebrations of the Battle of Hastings (no notes ) 01/01/1982 Battle BOARD, D C Westfield 01/01/1982 Westfield BRODRIBB, Gerald An East Sussex Roman Bath House (no notes) 01/01/1982 Beauport GROOME, L W London Bridge (no notes ) 01/01/1982 London HANCE, David The History of the British Motor Industry (no notes ) 01/01/1982 Transport THWAYTES, Miss Joy Life in Tudor England (no notes) 01/01/1982 Tudors MALINS, Capt. R.N. Bygone 08/01/1982 Catsfield PORTER, Roger Ma Normandie 24/09/1982 MACKAY, Mrs Joan The National Maritime Museum 15/10/1982 Transport MARSDEN, Peter A Maritime Museum for East Sussex – no notes 29/10/1982 Transport HODGSON, Miss Monica Battle Workhouse & the Poor Law (no notes) 05/11/1982 Poor Law WOODHAMS, James Bodiam (no notes) 10/12/1982 Bodiam WOODCOCK, Dr Andrew Recent Developments in East Sussex Archaeology 07/01/1983 Archaeology MOORE, Mrs Anne Battle – One of the Oldest New Towns 21/01/1983 Battle Town GORING, Dr Jeremy Tudor Sussex 04/02/1983 Tudors WILLIAMS, Dr Ann Two Old English Gentlemen – Aethelnoth of & Ansgar 18/02/1983 Pre-1066 MONTGOMERY, Mrs ElizabethThe Story of Silverhill 04/03/1983 Silverhill BROWN, Prof. R Allen Normans in the South 14/10/1983 Post-1066 FUNNELL, Barry Rural Churches of Romney Marsh 28/10/1983 Dungeness TAYLOR, Michael The Romans in Sussex 11/11/1983 Romans JONES, Mrs Gwen History of Oast Houses 09/12/1983 Agriculture MAYHEW, Dr G History of Tudor Rye 13/01/1984 Rye HARE, Dr John Recent Excavations at Battle Abbey 10/02/1984 Archaeology BRANDON, Dr Peter The Abbey of 29/02/1984 Robertsbridge HORNER, Miss P Treasures of the 09/03/1984 Architecture MAINWARING BAINES, J The Bayeux Tapestry 12/10/1984 Bayeux CLEGGETT, D Leeds 26/10/1984 Castles MIDMER, K M English Monasteries 09/11/1984 Monasteries CALVERT, David Daily Life in Castle in the Mid 17th Century 07/12/1984 Herstmonceux FUNNELL, Barry Defences Against Napoleon – Martello Towers 04/01/1985 Napolean KIMBER, D A Heraldry 02/02/1985 Heraldry PIERCE, Ian Arms & Armour in 1066 15/02/1985 Battle OSBORNE, Mrs June Hampton Court 15/03/1985 Hampton Court MASON, Dr E Emma The English After Hastings – Adapting to a Normanized World 11/10/1985 Post-1066 SHORT, Dr Brian Ashburnham, Parish, Family & Estate 1830-1850 25/10/1985 Ashburnham LARGE, John History & Development of London Buildings 08/11/1985 London LEACH, Peter The Mary Rose Trust 06/12/1985 Maritime FUNNELL, Barry Defences Against Napoleon – The 03/01/1986 Napolean MOORE, Mrs Anne in the Nineteenth Century 17/01/1986 Sussex BRANDON, Dr Peter The Estates of Battle Abbey 07/02/1986 Battle Abbey DOFF, Mrs Elizabeth The Fullers of Brightling Park 21/02/1986 Fuller HOLT, Mrs Margaret Elizabethan Buildings of Sussex 07/03/1986 Architecture JACQUES, David Georgian Gardens – The Reign of Nature 21/03/1986 Gardens BROWN, Prof. R Allen 1066 & All That – The Background to Domesday 10/10/1986 Post-1066 MELHUISH, Miss J M The Real Richard III 07/11/1986 Richard III MEAD, Geoffrey Hatchers, Skivers & Doe Skin Gloves – Leather Industry in 19th C 05/12/1986 Trade CLARKE, Kenneth Battle Then & Now 02/01/1987 Battle Town FABES, Miss Alma Unusual Aspects of Rye 06/02/1987 Rye PORTER, Roger The Abbeys of Normandy & 20/02/1987 Monasteries WHITTICK, Christopher Lords, Deans & Tithes 06/03/1987 Manors WOODHAM, Laurence Agriculture in the Weald – Past & Present 20/03/1987 Agriculture HODGKINSON, Jeremy The Iron Industry in the Weald 06/01/1989 Iron WESSON, W A S Gypsum at Mountfield 20/01/1989 Gypsum ELGOOD, Dr Heather The Great Mughals 03/02/1989 India NELSON, Dr Janet Why Local History Matters – a Mediaevalist’s View 17/02/1989 General ROBERTS, Dr R P Mary, Queen of Scots & Queen Elizabeth 03/03/1989 THORNTON, Mr N Sussex Shipwrecks 10/03/1989 Maritime DAVIS, Prof. R H C Warhorses of the Normans 06/10/1989 Battle HOWKINS, Dr Alun William Cobbett & Rural England 03/11/1989 Agriculture BERESFORD, Guy Battle Abbey Before & After the Dissolution 01/12/1989 Battle Abbey LUCEY, Mrs Beryl Sedlescombe & Its Inhabitants 31/12/1989 Sedlescombe GRAVETT, Kenneth The Architectural Implications of Shopping 05/01/1990 Architecture LINDSAY, D S The Kent & East Sussex Railway 19/01/1990 Transport GOODWIN, John Fortification & Defence of the Sussex Coast 1500-1940’s 02/02/1990 Sussex TOMS, Geoffrey Recent Developments in Roman London 16/02/1990 London NITHSDALE, Miss F M The Genealogy of the Royal House 02/03/1990 Genealogy SMITH, Michael Smuggling in Sussex 16/03/1990 Smuggling SMYTH, Dr A P Alfred the Great, Burning the Cakes or Cooking the Books ? 05/10/1990 King Alfred CLOUT, Martin The Excavation of the Rose Theatre 02/11/1990 Archaeology Jenner D/ Emeleus T/ Fortieth Anniversary of BDHS 07/12/1990 BDHS MERIFIELD, Mrs M E The Harmer Plaques of East Sussex 04/01/1991 Sussex BRANDON, Dr Peter Victorian Landscape Artists in Sussex 18/01/1991 Art TIGHE, M F Watermills & the Development of Water Power 22/02/1991 Watermills BULLOUGH, Prof. D A Charlemagne – Father of Europe 01/03/1991 Pre-1066 BRODRIBB, Dr Gerald A Roman Bath House in East Sussex 15/03/1991 Beauport LOYN, Prof. H R Reconstructing the Past 11/10/1991 Archaeology PARFITT, Keith Excavations at Mill Hill, Deal 1982-1989 08/11/1991 Archaeology MURDUCK, Alan The Adventures of a Sussex Knight in the 14th Century 06/12/1991 General BUNDOCK, Mike The Craft of the Clockmaker 10/01/1992 Trade RANKIN, Dr Susan Music of the Church in Pre & Post Conquest England 24/01/1992 Music GARDNER, Mr William The Royal Arms Displayed 07/02/1992 Heraldry HUDSON, Dr T P The Victoria County History and Sussex 21/02/1992 VCH HEATH, Peter The English Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation 06/03/1992 Churches BRENT, Dr Colin The Classical Architecture of Bright, , Hastings & T.Wells 20/03/1992 Architecture WHITTICK, Christopher Getting it Back on Paper – Battle Abbey Records in Huntingdon Lib. 09/10/1992 Battle Abbey PURDEY, Brion Coaching in Sussex 06/11/1992 Transport BURLINSON, Mark The House of Ashburnham 04/12/1992 Ashburnham O’BRIEN, Christopher The Origins of Photography 08/01/1993 Photography OGLEY, Bob In the Wake of the 1987 Hurricane 22/01/1993 Weather MARTIN, Prof. G M & Domesday Studies 05/02/1993 Post-1066 FOWLER, James The History of Ightham Mote 19/02/1993 Ightham BLACK, W N London Bridge Through the Ages 05/03/1993 London HAINES, Mrs Pamela The Brasseys of Normanhurst 19/03/1993 Brassey FINES, Dr J C Teaching the Normans 15/10/1993 Post-1066 SPRINGFORD, J F C Crowhurst – a Village in History 05/11/1993 Crowhurst COAD, Jonathan – A Frontier Fortress 10/12/1993 Dover RAYMOND, Mrs Pauline Hercules Brabazon Brabazon 01/01/1994 Art , David An Edwardian View of Sussex 04/02/1994 Sussex THORPE, Reuben Excavations at Battle Abbey 18/02/1994 Archaeology WILLIAMS, Miss Rosalie The Romance of Mediaeval Tapestry Weaving 04/03/1994 Art BUCK, Gordon 150 Years of Railway Stations 18/03/1994 Transport BATES, Prof. David William the Conqueror & the Duchy of Normandy 14/10/1994 Pre-1066 WILLIAMS, Miss Victoria Painters of the Hastings Area from the 18th Century 04/11/1994 Art ELDERTON, John The Farmstead 02/12/1994 Agriculture SPRINGFORD, John The Consecration of Battle Abbey Church in 1094 31/12/1994 Battle Abbey SPRINGFORD, John The Roman Bath-house at Beauport Park 01/01/1995 Beauport MARTIN, David The Topography of Battle before 1840 (with C.Whittick) 03/02/1995 Architecture WHITTICK, Christopher The Topography of Battle before 1840 (with D Martin) 03/02/1995 Architecture WILLIAMS, Dr Ann – His Family & his Career 17/02/1995 Pre-1066 MELDRUM, Brian Sissinghurst – The History of the Castle & Garden 03/03/1995 Gardens RICHARDSON, Clive A Tour Around Winchelsea – England’s Smallest Town 17/03/1995 Winchelsea DOBSON, Prof. R B The Benedictine Conquest of the North 13/10/1995 Monasteries MARTIN, David Who Lived in a House Like This ? 03/11/1995 Architecture STREET, Peter The Great Fire of London – 2-5 September 1666 08/12/1995 London BRODRIBB, Dr G Roman Excavations at Beauport 02/02/1996 Beauport MELDRUM, Brian Uppark – The Story of a Great House 16/02/1996 Uppark HARVEY, Prof.Paul Foldsoke and Beanfeast 01/03/1996 Food EWART, Peter The History of an Ancient Town - Rye 15/03/1996 Rye SMYTH, Prof.A P King Alfred’s Fortifications & his Military Campaigns 11/10/1996 King Alfred SHEPPARD, Dr Combe Haven 08/11/1996 Combe Haven USHERWOOD, Stephen 06/12/1996 Churches BROWN, Martin The Rich Archaeology of East Sussex 24/01/1997 Archaeology MEARS, Robert Sixty Years of British Television 07/02/1997 Broadcasting PORTER, Julian Lady Brassey 11/02/1997 Brassey BALLANTYNE, Ann The Medieval Wall Paintings of St Mary’s Church, Battle 15/02/1997 Art MARSDEN, Dr Peter The Amsterdam & Other Wrecks 21/02/1997 Maritime GLASS, Alisdair The Renovation of the Albert Memorial 07/03/1997 Hastings FLETCHER, Prof.A Puritanism in Sussex in the 17th Century 21/03/1997 Religion JOHNSON, David The Records of Parliament in their 500th Year 10/10/1997 Parliament HUTCHINSON, Geoff Pitt the Younger & the Martello Towers 14/11/1997 Napolean PURDEY, Brion The Murrays of Beauport 12/12/1997 Beauport Park RYE, Fred The King’s German Legion in Bexhill 23/01/1998 Bexhill COWDREY, The Rev.Herbert The Origins of the Crusades 13/02/1998 Post-1066 WEBSTER, Mrs Leslie Anglo Saxon Jewellery 27/02/1998 Anglo-Saxon POVEY, Roger The Work of the County Record Office 15/03/1998 Records MAYR-HARTING, Prof. Henry The Venerable Bede 27/03/1998 Churches HASTED, Mr David Battle’s Tumbledown Stile 09/05/1998 Battle Town HARPER-BILL, Prof.ChristopherFortresses of God & Knights of Christ-Norman Impact on Eng.Ch. 09/10/1998 Churches WOODCOCK, Dr Andrew The Shinewater Excavations, Eastbourne 13/11/1998 Archaeology MILLER, Hugh Pevensey without the Castle 11/12/1998 Pevensey KINNISTON-BOURKE, Mrs JudithAncestors 16/01/1999 Genealogy ROWSOME, Peter Excavations at 1 Poultry, London 24/01/1999 Archaeology ELDERTON, John Trade Routes to the Weald – from Prehistoric Times to Present 12/02/1999 Transport MOORHEAD, Dr Sam N Letters, Curses & the Landed Gentry in Roman S.E. England 26/02/1999 Romans VIGOR, John Sussex Churches 12/03/1999 Churches PIERCE, Ian Arms, Armour & Weapons used at the time of Battle of Hastings 26/03/1999 Battle CURTIS, Air Marshall Sir John The Battlefields Trust & Its Aims 15/10/1999 General BROWN, Dr T Jardine Hogarth 12/11/1999 Art POWELL, Ms Rachel The History & Architecture of Lewes 10/12/1999 Lewes BEECHER, Alan Hadrian’s Wall 14/01/2000 Romans MANLEY, John Sussex Hill Forts 28/01/2000 Archaeology DENSEM, Robin The Roman 11/02/2000 London JONES, Mrs Gwen The History & Development of Oast Houses 25/02/2000 Agriculture PENNINGTON, Mrs Janet Sussex Inns & Alehouses 10/03/2000 Inns BRADBURY, Jim In the Conqueror’s Footsteps? Hastings & After 24/03/2000 Post-1066 GILLINGHAM, Prof. John The Killing Field of Battle 13/10/2000 Battle GRAY, Dr Fred The of Sussex 10/11/2000 Piers OGLEY, Bob Doodlebugs & Rockets 08/12/2000 WWII PURDEY, Brion Titus Oates – The Wickedest Man in Sussex 12/01/2001 Hastings PIERCE, Ian The 26/01/2001 Vikings MOORE, Peter The History of Mapping from Antiquity until Today 09/02/2001 Maps BLATHERWICK, Simon The History of the Theatres in Tudor & Elizabethan London 23/02/2001 Theatre BUTLER, John The Quest for Beckett’s Bones 09/03/2001 Archaeology HUTCHINSON, Geoff 23/03/2001 Kipling FERNIE, Prof.Eric , Normans & their Buildings 12/10/2001 Architecture MILLER, Hugh Four Brothers & a Friend Called Dan 09/11/2001 General POOLE, Helen Anne of Cleeves – The Lady Behind the Portrait 14/12/2001 Tudors GRAY, Christine The First Farmers in Sussex 11/01/2002 Agriculture MELDRUM, Brian The Quest for an Earthly Paradise 25/01/2002 General CURRY, Dr Anne The Battle of Agincourt 08/02/2002 Agincourt RUDKIN, Dr David Fishbourne Roman Palace – An Update 22/02/2002 Romans ROUSE, E Clive Joan, The Fair Maid of Kent 08/03/2002 General EDISON, Jill Romney Marsh 1200-1600 – Advance & Retreat 22/03/2002 Dungeness THOMPSON, Dr Benjamin English Kingship from the Conquest to Magna Carta 11/10/2002 Post-1066 LAURENCE, Dr A Psalms, Painters & Patrons – Illuminated Psalters of 12th & 13 C 08/11/2002 Art BROOKS, Ken Ancient Egyptian Mythology 13/12/2002 Mythology MANLEY, John The Roman Invasion of Britain in AD32 10/01/2003 Romans GLASS, Helen Archaeology of the Channel Tunnel 24/01/2003 Archaeology WILLIAMSON, Walter A Little of What you Fancy – History of the Music Hall 14/02/2003 Theatre HILL, Peter Windmills 28/02/2003 Windmills SHEFFIELD, Dr Gary The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France in 1940 14/03/2003 WWII HARE, Christopher My Grandfather’s Memories – Battle & Hastings in the 1860’s 28/03/2003 Sussex LAWSON, Dr M K The Battle of Hastings; Past, Present & Future 10/10/2003 Battle 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