ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Newsletter 209 November 2014

CONTENTS

Page 2 Christmas Party A Look Ahead - or Back? Page 3 BAHS 2015 Trip to Northern Cyprus Page 4 Fieldwork Report Page 7 Homeless Shed Page 8 BAHS Trip to Parliament Page 9 The Transformation of Victorian Basingstoke Page 10 Archaeology Along the Pipeline Page 12 Revising THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY Page 14 Cultural Trust Page 15 More Goodbyes to Good Friends: Jean Heath and Tim Herrington Page 17 From BAHS To Australia Page 18 BASINGSTOKE RACES

What are these spots? See page 5. 7.30 pm, Thursday 11 December 2014 at Church Cottage

£3 per person

(Includes finger buffet and first glass of wine or soft drink)

For anyone who likes dressing up, we are planning a Medieval theme this year, thinking ahead to the Magna Carta anniversary. Ideas welcome.

Please let Penny know in advance if you are coming (01256 321423 or [email protected]), though you can collect & pay for your ticket on the door on the night. And please let her know if you can offer to prepare or supply buffet food.

A LOOK AHEAD - OR BACK?

Following Luke Winter’s talk on Rebuilding the Past on 14th May, we are planning a visit to The Centre for Ancient Technology at Cranbourne on the following Saturday, 16th May. More details later.

We are also hoping to visit the Museum of London in the Spring.

2 BAHS 2015 Trip To Northern Cyprus

We are considering a week-long trip to Northern Cyprus for early May 2015. We would have Ian Williams (part-time Cyprus resident) as our guide and would be using his contacts to get a good deal on accommodation and transport. We would fly from Stansted and would hire mini-buses in Cyprus to get around. The likely cost is around £500 plus food and drink.

Northern Cyprus has more than enough historical sites to fill a week, and the spectrum includes Bronze Age and Roman sites, together with later Crusader and Venetian castles. As well as all of this, Northern Cyprus is relatively under- developed and offers a glimpse of a Mediterranean lifestyle that has disappeared elsewhere.

The provisional programme is as follows: Weds 6th May Travel to Cyprus Thurs 7th May Kyrenia, including Kyrenia castle. Bellapais and St Hilarion Castle Fri 8th May Karpaz and St Andrew’s monastery Sat 9th May Guzelyurt Museum, Soli, and Vouni Sun 10th May Nicosia, Agia Sofia/Selimiye Mosque, Great Han Mon 11th May Famagusta, Enkomi, St Barnabas and Salami Tues 12th May Lambousa, Lapithos and the Necropolis of Karm Weds 13th May Return home

In order to secure flights and accommodation at these rates we would need to decide whether to go ahead by the end of the first week in January. If you think you would be interested in coming along on this trip, please contact either Ian Williams (01256 462688) or Mark Peryer (email: [email protected]).

3 Fieldwork Report

Mark Peryer – Tel: 01256 780502, email: [email protected]

The day after my return from the society’s Fenland trip I was walking along the canal towpath into Newbury to go to the bank when I spotted something going on in Victoria Park. An information table was set up and I could see a Wessex Archaeology Land Rover so I wandered over to find a test pit dig in progress. I started talking to the various archaeologists who were very excited about the micro-liths they were turning up. Phil Harding was there, and we had a brief discussion about the fact that it was just a stone’s throw over the dual carriageway from the Faraday Close type site (Mesolithic). Phil was convinced that the reason that they were turning up the microliths was the use of fine sieves, and wondered what other evidence had been missed in the past. This was to be a portent for the summer.

Basing House

During July and August Southampton University were busy excavating the “New House” site at Basing House. Several of our members helped Nicole Beale and her team with their recovery of the western end of the building. Sadly, they seemed to be retracing the work carried out by the Duke of Bolton at the turn of the 20th century, but it was useful to get things recorded. One of the primary motivations for the dig was to provide a training experi- ence for the Southampton students, and I’m pleased to report that working alongside BAHS members was viewed as a positive experience for both staff and students. Nicole hopes to be back at Basing House next year and we have made it clear that we can do some pre-work to cut back undergrowth so that the excavations can move to virgin territory in the New House area.

Dig Basing!

September saw the Dig Basing community archaeology project, which we ran in collaboration with Chris Elmer. We started the digging with a briefing on a Friday evening that included drinks, nibbles and a chance to socialise. Everyone seemed to enjoy being told how to dig and record a test pit, not to

4 mention receiving a health and safety briefing. The next day we got 5 test pits going in gardens scattered around Basing, with a mix of residents and BAHS volunteers digging and recording. A finds processing centre was set up in Cow Byre at the Basing House visitors’ centre and by lunch time the first bags of finds were beginning to filter in. By the Sunday morning we had 7 pits in progress across the village. At the end of the first weekend 4 pits had bottomed out and had been back filled, and 3 were left to be continued, either during the week or the following weekend. The next weekend saw four pits completed but with quite a backlog of finds processing opening up.

Dig Basing – Location of the 2014 Test Pits

5 The test pits were mostly dug along in gardens along The Street in Basing, but there were a few others that were in other parts of the village. The pits themselves did not necessarily strike archaeological gold, but one definitely located the tow path of the Basingstoke Canal in Redbridge lane, another located a drainage channel in a garden close to the Loddon, and one opposite the Crown produced lots of the type of building rubble familiar to those who have worked at Basing House and the Grange. The finds that came up represented a cross section of the dateable spectrum with microliths, Iron Age pottery, through to modern day plastic toys. In many cases the finds were mixed up and unstratified, suggesting agricultural activity.

With some extra work from Dr Jude Jones from Southampton University and Ginny, we have now processed all the finds after trying to analyse and generally make sense of what was found, we presented the results to those who took part in the project at a celebration on the 30th October.

The project seemed to go down well with those Basing residents who took part, and Chris Elmer is studying the impact of the project as part of his PhD research so there is more to come on that side as well. I’d like to thank all the BAHS members who took part, either digging or supervising. In particular, David Whiter who acted as our contact man in Basing and Ian Waite who jumped in to sort out the logistics for the project with his usual level of practicality whilst I was elsewhere on business. There were many lessons learnt on how to run a project like this, but the primary one was that we must do it again, next year. 6 Hill Fort Atlas

The Hill Fort Atlas project has now got underway with a visit to the “other” Oliver’s Battery at Abbotstone, just north of Alresford. The survey was a pilot, intended to work out how to fill in the survey form and to try to find the best way to do the surveys. One finding is that areas of these forts tend to be covered with undergrowth, so this is more of a winter activity than previously thought. Penny Martin has compiled a list of Hill Forts in our area and over the coming winter months there will be several surveys. Contact Penny if you would like to get involved. Email: [email protected]

F.O.A.M.

There will be a F.O.A.M. event at Odiham Castle on Saturday 22nd Novem- ber. This will be led by one of the rangers from the Basingstoke Canal Society and is a follow up to the work that we have done in previous years to keep the site under control and free from undergrowth. If you would like to take part, please contact me for more details.

Personal Column …

Homeless Shed (GSOH) WLTM Loving Landowner We are looking for someone with some space to provide a loving home to the Society’s field work store shed. Currently, we are using a shed in Mary Oliver’s garden, but sadly it has reached the end of its life and since Mary’s garden is in a conservation area it is going to cost us about £180 to make a planning application to erect a new one. If you are reading this and you have a corner of your garden which could provide a home for our storage shed, then I’d like to hear from you.

Mark Peryer – 01256 780502

7 BAHS TRIP TO PARLIAMENT FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2014 Margaret Porter

Our day at Parliament started with a tour of the Parliamentary Archives which are held in the Victoria Tower. During the State Opening of Parliament the Queen enters the Palace of Westminster through the Sovereign’s Entrance, which is directly under the tower. We were able to look through a well at the base of the tower to the gate below. When the Queen descends from her carriage a signal is sent by those watching from the well to those at the top of the Tower, who change the flag from the Union Jack to the Royal Standard. When the Queen leaves the flags are switched back. The Parliamentary Archives hold several million historical records relating to Parliament dating from 1497 although, because of the fire in 1834 which burnt down the Houses of Parliament, very few records of the House of Commons survive before that date. Our guide was very enthusiastic and informative and had even set up a display of Basingstoke-related documents, mostly to do with the railway. The highlight of the Archives is the room where old rolled Acts of Parliament are stored. Some of the rolls are huge and the date labels use the regnal calendar.

Our next stop was the Jewel Tower which doesn’t hold any jewels but did have a very interesting display on weights and measures.

8 After lunch we set off on our tour of Westminster Hall, the Houses of Lords and Commons and various other rooms and lobbies. The architecture and artworks were stunning. Fortunately, Parliament was still in recess so we were able to spend time in both Houses. Again, we were fortunate to have a wonderful guide who was also a bit of a comedian. I was amazed at just how comprehensive the tour was and would recommend it to anyone who wasn’t able to make the trip in September.

Many thanks to Marjoleine Butler who took on the mammoth task of arranging this visit ,which in the end took her over a year! We really had a delightful day.

F THE TRANSFORMATION OF VICTORIAN BASINGSTOKE Conference & AGM of the Historic Buildings Section of the Hampshire Field Club at Milestones, Basingstoke (in association with the New Victoria County )

15th November

11 am (coffee at 10.30) - 4 pm (the collections can be explored during an extended lunch time )

£13

Speakers include Bill Fergie, Jean Morrin, Jo Bailey, John Hare and Bob Applin: The surviving buildings of Victorian and early 20C Basingstoke The industries that transformed the town The Milestones collections The lost buildings of Basingstoke

01256 762604 or pay at the door

9 ARCHAEOLOGY ALONG THE WOOTTON ST LAWRENCE PIPELINE

How a failed clutch gave us an unexpected opportunity! Josie and Mike Wall had this unfortunate experience while driving along the road from . During a very long wait for the AA they naturally looked about them, and - being members of BAHS - noticed a white strip across the fields, with interesting black marks in them. So Josie rang me when they eventually got home and I emailed David Hopkins, the County Archaeologist to see if he knew about it. He did and was planning to visit the site and see what was coming up. As he mentioned interest from BAHS, the excavators invited our members to help. And here is Briony’s report. Barbara Applin

Briony A Lalor (Photos by Babs Roberts)

Since August of this year South East Water have been replacing a water pipeline from the reservoir running north/south between and Wootton St Lawrence (SU58854547). Kent Archaeological Projects (KAP) were asked to undertake a desk based assessment (DBA) on possible archaeology in the area where the pipeline was to be routed. A small team from KAP then worked to excavate and record all the archaeology in an 8m wide strip for the length of the pipeline. This comprised pits, ditches and postholes. A banjo enclosure had also been identified in the path of the pipeline but it was decided to divert the pipe down the road rather than disturb this archaeology. This was a less costly option than excavation and it also meant that time delays would be avoided.

With the project coming to an end and the contractors being asked to speed up the laying of the pipe, KAP approached BAHS to see if anyone was willing to help out with excavation. As a result Babs Roberts, Neil Forde and I spent a couple of days each helping out Steve Rawlins and Tim Allen. We concentrated on some pit features which provided evidence of occupation including struck and worked flints, animal bone, remains of quern stones, pottery, and in Babs’ and my pits, tegulae fragments and pumice stone.

10 While Tim’s feature appeared to be a large circular posthole pit, Steve’s pit contained a significant amount of pottery including large decorated pieces, possibly dating to the Middle Iron Age.

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Pumice

â Babs’ pit

Steve confirmed that the features along the pipeline appear to represent a span from around the Middle Iron Age to the Romano- British period. Although Neil’s pit had little in it, his was voted as having the most interesting stratigraphy while the ‘find of the excavation’ went to Babs who found a piece of beautifully worked and decorated bone.

All in all it was an interesting few days, particularly as this was the first time I had experienced working in a commercial archaeology setting with diggers and pipe laying equipment pushing hard behind us. And, thanks to Steve, we also have a new word for our archaeology lexicon: ‘wafty’ meaning ephemeral!

Babs adds: It was a new experience and very fast work, compared to the leisurely organised “research” digs, but it was a lovely way to spend a weekend!

11 Revising THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY

victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk

Several of our members are part of a group working on the revision of The Victoria County History for Basingstoke and surrounding parishes which has added more draft material to the main website under Work in Progress as well as items to the Explore part of the website. To browse these click on Explore on the top line, then on Hampshire in the map and you’ll find items on the Basingstoke War Memorial, the two railway stations, Mountbatten House (The Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke) and a Burglary at Buckskin Farm (1832) - and much much more.

The 2-page Autumn Newsletter is nearly ready.and will be available at BAHS meetings. If you would like to get it online, email Barbara Large [email protected]

Although some of the group do research at Kew (The National Archives), we go more often to the Hampshire Record Office, and recently Sarah Lewin gave us an afternoon session there on the use of local maps. She laid out maps of various dates for the area we are working on, and we had a happy time finding our way about. The most interesting ones were the 1762 Godson survey of the estates of the Duke of Bolton in Basingstoke.

12 There are separate maps of the six open fields, showing individual strips with the names of the owners. This meant that individuals had strips in different fields - and in different parts of a field. So they had a variety of locations and soil but it must have meant a lot of time walking not just out from town but from one field to another.

By this date some strips had been put together, perhaps by a process of exchange. The Down out on the West was land used for grazing - and for horse-racing (see page 19).

Hampshire Record Office

23M72/P1

www.hants.gov. uk/archives

13 HAMPSHIRE CULTURAL TRUST www.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk

1st November 2014 was a historic moment for Hampshire museums when their operation and funding was taken over from local councils by the Hampshire Cultural Trust. This is a registered charity which aims to provide arts and museum services for local people and visitors to Hampshire and to safeguard the long-term future of Hampshire’s cultural venues for future generations. Buildings, assets and collections belonging to the Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council are now being leased to the Trust, which will employs the staff of the following venues:

Aldershot Military Museum, Aldershot Andover Museum, Andover Basing House, Basingstoke Bursledon Windmill, Bursledon City Museum, Winchester Curtis Museum, Alton Eastleigh Museum, Eastleigh The Gallery, SEARCH and the Museum on the Mezzanine at Gosport Discovery Centre Milestones, Basingstoke Red House Museum, Christchurch Rockbourne Roman Villa, near Fordingbridge Westbury Manor Museum, Fareham Westgate, Winchester Willis Museum and The Sainsbury Gallery, Basingstoke Allen Gallery, Alton City Space and The Gallery at Winchester Discovery Centre Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham Forest Arts Centre, New Milton West End Arts Centre, Aldershot

Janet Owen, till recently Head of Arts and Museums at Hampshire County Council, is Chief Executive Officer and the Trust is governed by a board of six Trustees: Alan Lovell, Rachell Bebb, Ezra Yinnon, Helen Jackson, Roy Perry and Mike Southgate.

Let us hope our museums and galleries will flourish under this new body..

14 More Goodbyes to Good Friends Sadly, we must tell you of the death of two long-standing members. Jean Heath

Mary Oliver I joined many other members of the Society on 9th September at a packed Trinity Methodist Church to say goodbye to our friend Jean Heath, who died aged 81 on 31st August. Peter and Jean had both been members of the Society since its earliest days, and it was only last year that Jean stopped attending meetings due to ill health. Although archaeology is Peter’s passion, Jean supported him at meetings, hosting committee meetings, providing delicious food for Christmas parties, and joining – often with several members of the extended Heath family – in our outings. She particularly enjoyed the social side of the Society, and many of us enjoyed her friendship over the years and looked for her beautiful smile each month. That smile of welcome was also bestowed on visitors and new members, and her kindness in making people feel at home with us was greatly appreciated. As is often the case, new facts emerged in the glowing tributes at her funeral – I had no idea she was such a sports fan! – but I did know of her devotion to her large family, to her church and to her chosen charities. She was a tireless supporter of Wessex Cancer Trust, having lost people close to her, and also, more recently, with Peter, of RadCan. She was a lovely person who put her principles into practice; we shall all miss her, and send our love and sympathy to Peter and the family.

Jo Kelly I would like to add a few words on behalf of RadCan, in appreciation of how Jean has helped and supported the charity.

First, I would like to recall how we met. It was 2002, rehearsals were under way for this society’s play 'A Day in Tudor Basingstoke', I was playing the nagging wife of William Wheeler (played by Peter). During a break Jean came up to me and introduced herself. Smiling, she told me not to hold back - I was to prod and poke Peter as much as I liked, with her blessing.

In the last four years the Trustees of RadCan have been grateful for the help and support we have received from Jean, summed up as ‘Tea and Cake and sound advice’. A winning combination, when setting up a new venture.

15 Meetings held at Peter and Jean’s meant good refreshments but, more than that, it was the warmth of the welcome. Jean would appear in the doorway with a plate of cakes and as she put them down would say, ‘Have you thought of …? What if you …? and Are you sure that will work?’ We will remember Jean with gratitude for all that she did to support RadCan and most of all we will remember her for her generosity of spirit.

Bob Applin On the Society’s first ‘holiday abroad’, as mentioned in newsletter 208, the ferry captain invited us onto the bridge, and we were amazed to hear Jean in a technical conversation with the First Officer about the use of radar. That was the first we had heard of her scientific knowledge.

Tim Herrington Margaret Porter I have many fond memories of Tim. The one that stands out the most was when Tim closed the TIM HERRINGTON BAHS AGM on 12 June 2003, his second to last THIS IS YOUR LIFE task before retiring as Chairman of the Society and moving to Horsham. However, before Tim could get to his last task, introducing a fictitious guest speaker, Alan Turton appeared with a rather large red folder and announced ‘Tim Herrington, this is your life and we have invited some of your family and friends to share their memories with us.’ Tim’s face was a picture as his sons Tim and Richard entered the hall together with some of Tim’s non-BAHS friends. We had a lovely evening as Tim’s family and friends from his many and varied interests paid tribute and of- fered up their stories of Tim in per- son, in writing, in prose and even by video for those who had to be some- where else.

At the end of the evening Barbara Applin presented Tim with two books which had been written by his grand- father John S Farmer.

16 Tim was founder member of the Society, a committee member, membership secretary, Secretary and finally Chairman but above all he was a dear friend.

Mary Oliver Tim was one of the first to join the museum group of helpers when we needed diggers at Oakridge in the 60s. He was a founder committee member of the Society and remained active until he moved to Horsham to be near his family. It was not too many years ago that he led us on a walk there, showing off the church and the museum, to both of which he gave his time.

Tim was a friendly, helpful chap who would join in the hard work of a dig, and enjoy the post excavation research too, where his scientific knowledge and contacts were a great help. Quite recently, it was through his help that we were able to persuade Chris Stringer, then also living in Horsham, to come and lecture. Tim’s greater interest was in geology, and he was also a keen support- er of WEA, working with Eric Stokes to bring together a programme which always included some good fieldtrips. On his retirement, he took up a new hobby with his wife Barbara – upholstery! He was always ready for a challenge!

I feel very sad to have lost another good friend, just one of the people here in Basingstoke who will be sorry to hear this news, but who will remember him with affection.

FROM BAHS TO AUSTRALIA

Bob and Barbara Applin

Several years ago we were passed an enquiry from Steve Johnson in Australia. He was writing three biographical novels based on the diaries of his grandfa- ther, Fred. I think we’ve mentioned before that we send him a photo of the Burberry workroom and his mother recognised Fred ‘s father there. We’ve read the first book, FOR GOD, AND ETHEL and have now received the second, LEANING ON A LAMP POST. This contains a chapter set in Basingstoke, where Fred played the organ at the Immanuel Chapel in Wote St and courted first Marion Stratford of Bedford House in Church St and then Ethel who worked at Burberry’s and became his wife. Steve wanted to get the Basingstoke setting as right as he could so he bombarded us with questions - how far from this place to that, what the street surfaces were like etc It’s good to see what creative use he has made of his grandfather’s diaries and the bits of information we could send him. The books are published by FeedARead.com Publishing and we can lend out the first two. 17 BASINGSTOKE RACES by Jean Dale

A new book published by Barry Dale and BAHS 2014 ISBN 978-0-9508095-8-8 £6.50 + £1.20 p&p

REVIEW by Michael Whitty

Before I read this slim and succinct book I had no idea that horse racing had ever taken place at Basingstoke.

Yet for at least 170 years at three successive venues around the town – Basingstoke Down (a little to the east of Lane), (near the North Hampshire Hospital) and Basingstoke Common (to the east of the town) – frequently, if somewhat intermittently, horse-racing was a popular pastime. The races had begun by 1687 (and possibly a few years earlier than that given that a 1688 advertisement refers to the race as taking place ‘usually’ on the first Tuesday in October). Though horse racing in England began in the early sixteenth century, it was not until the 1680s that it became a nationwide activity – so Basingstoke was part of this later seventeenth century expansion of ‘the sport of kings’.

Moreover, the high status of Basingstoke as a horse-racing venue is emphasised by the quality of horses competing in the local races, many of which are recorded as racing in better known venues. Another indication of the high status of horse-racing in Basingstoke is the very early and valuable trophy, the Basingstoke Monteith, a fine silver punch bowl won by Edward Chute of the Vyne in 1688, which is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Later, in the eighteenth century, prominent owners who entered their horses at Basingstoke included such aristocrats as Lord Abingdon, the Duke of Bolton and His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. Even after a 23 year gap in Basingstoke racing between 1788 and 1811 the reinstated races attracted the great and the good. For example, the Royal Cornwall Gazette of 13th September 1823 noted that ‘the Duke of Wellington and his two sons were on the ground each day, and His Grace officiated as Steward with much good humour and politeness’ which, as Jean Dale says, ‘must have been a feather in Basingstoke’s cap’.

18 But the races had a wider social significance beyond the appreciation of horseflesh or the substantial prize money to be won. In the politically incorrect seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, each day of the races began with cock fighting. By the mid-1730s an “Ordinary” (i.e. a fixed meal at a fixed price) was available at some of the local inns and on at least one of the evenings of the race a Ball was held. The races and their linked entertainments must have brought visitors to the town and, if only for a few days a year, stimulated local trade and businesses. And as people would go to the races and balls to be seen as well as to see, the author plausibly argues that even the local clothing trade would have received a boost.

Basingstoke Races is particularly rich in original sources. In fact approximately half of the book consists of some 14 appendices containing facsimiles of original newspaper reports and examples of lists of horses running at Basingstoke. The ‘narrative’ section of the book is also full of quotations from original sources. The book is further enhanced with a number of maps and black and white illustrations. There is plenty of primary evidence to support the author’s account and conclusions – and to provide material for possible further research, though Basingstoke Races will surely be the definitive guide to this fascinating and little known aspect of our town’s history for many years to come.

The clarity of its written style is matched by the clarity of visual presentation in an A4 format and, for all its detail, the author is honest about the limitations of the useful but incomplete evidence we have for this sport in Basingstoke. For example, why racing in the town came to an end sometime around the middle of the nineteenth century is still an unanswered question though the author offers the possibility that as the races at this time were advertised and reported only in the local press, they perhaps ceased “because of lack of interest from major subscribers”.

This fascinating book is an odds-on favourite to be a winner for all those interested in the history of Basingstoke.

19 2014 DIARY DATES

BASINGSTOKE ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

[email protected] www.bahsoc.org.uk Penny Martin Tel: 01256 321423 Registered Charity no. 11000263

MEETINGS on Thursdays at 7.30 pm Church Cottage, Basingstoke 22 Nov F.O.A.M. See page 7 15 Dec CHRISTMAS PARTY See page 2 8 Jan EXCAVATIONS AT SELBOURNE PRIORY David Baker 12 Feb SETTLEMENT AND MONUMENTALITY IN THE AVEBURY LANDSCAPE Josh Pollard, Southampton University 12 March THIRST FOR POWER: WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE ANCIENT WORLD Prof. Steven Mithen, Reading University

FRIENDS OF WILLIS MUSEUM Thursdays at 7.30 pm at Museum 20 Nov Photographs by Terry Hunt, from the 1920s and early 1930s David Rymill, Hampshire Record Office 19 Feb Archaeology & Folklore: Dragons, fairies, giants & ghosts Alex Godden 19 March The Heraldry of Hampshire Edward Hepper

FRIENDS OF BASING HOUSE 13 Jan The “Comet” escape line through Europe during WW2 Tim & Margaret Carr 10 Feb The Natural Year at Basing House Andrew Howard & Sarah Broadhead 10 March Wellington: Iron Duke or Old Nosey? Paul Vickers

HAMPSHIRE FIELD CLUB www.fieldclub.hants.org Sat 29 Nov Conflict & Defence Archaeology Section Conference & AGM, 9.50 am - 4.30 at Science Lecture Theatre, Peter Symonds’ College, Winchester SO22 6RX, £15 members, £18 non-members Alan Turton will be speaking on The Civil War and Basingstoke

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