The Autumn 2016 Magazine Number 94 The Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society The Contents Magazine 11 CASTLE DONINGTON The magazine and newsletter A place steeped in history of the Leicestershire Pam Fisher Archaeological and Historical 14 SAMUEL AND NATHANIEL BUCK Society The South Prospect of Leicester Stephen Allen Autumn 2016 18 CHANGING LEICESTER Number 94 LAHS partners in a major HLF funded project Catherine Hallsworth Published twice-yearly by the Leicestershire 23 BRADGATE Archaeological and Historical Society The Bradgate Park Summer Field School President - Michael Wood Caroline Wessel and Matthew Beamish The Guildhall Guildhall Lane Leicester Withcote Chapel stained glass theft LE1 5FQ The 2016-17 Society Lecture Season Distributed free of charge to all members, Latest Society Library acquisitions and available to non-members in electronic Membership Matters from our websites: ULAS latest reports www.le.ac.uk/lahs Notes and News www.lahs.org.uk AGM - The agenda and last year’s draft minutes Editor: Stephen Butt
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[email protected] or 0116 252 5234. 3 News and Notes The W.Alan North Memorial Lecture 2016 Almost two hundred members and guests packed the Victorian Gallery of the New Walk Museum to enjoy an entertaining overview of the continuing archaeological investigations at Herculaneum, given by Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill as the 2016 W.Alan North Memorial Lecture.