CONTENTS

Page Notices 2 Article 7 Books and Publications 10 Conferences and Courses 11 Lectures and Events 13 Exhibitions 14 Affiliated Society Meetings 14

NOTICES

Newsletter: Apology and Copy Dates Please accept our apologies for the late circulation of this Newsletter. The copy deadline for the next issue of the Newsletter is 20 November 2013 (for the January 2014 issue). Please send any items for inclusion to Laura Schaaf at 15 B Alexander Road, London N19 3PF, or you can email her on [email protected]

**************** LAMAS Newsletter Editorship Having recently left London for pastures new (Bath), I am unfortunate in having to hand over editorship of the LAMAS Newsletter. I’m sorry to have to do this having only been editor for such a short time however I am grateful to Laura Schaaf and Colin Bowlt who have agreed to step in to the breach as temporary editors whilst a new editor is appointed. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to, and helped in putting together, the Newsletter during my brief stint as Editor. Verity Anthony **************** LAMAS Lecture Programme 2013-2014 Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place in the Clore Learning Centre at the Museum of London on Tuesday evenings at 6.30pm – refreshments from 6pm. Meetings are open to all; members may bring guests, and non- members are welcome. Please note: non-members are asked to donate £2 towards lecture expenses.

8 October 2013 Pitt-Rivers in London, Dr Dan Hicks, Lecturer & Curator of Archaeology, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford & Pitt Rivers Museum

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12 November 2013 Michael Faraday in London, Frank James, Reader in the History of Science at the Royal Institution and University College London

10 December 2013 The Burnt Jubilee Book in the London of Richard II, Professor Caroline Barron, Royal Holloway London

14 January 2014 The Cheapside Hoard, Hazel Forsyth, Senior Curator Museum of London **************** LAMAS email contact group Many members have provided their email addresses to us over the years and we would now like to form an email group of those addresses in order to let you know about upcoming LAMAS events and publications as well as other courses, lectures and publications that may be of interest to our members (please note that your email address will not be visible to other people who receive LAMAS communications in this way, so that you will not receive unwanted e-mails as a result of being on this list). If you have already given your email address to us but would rather not receive emails from LAMAS please let Karen Thomas know at [email protected].

If we do not hear from you, your address will be added to the list but you will be able to remove your address at any time by contacting Karen. Anyone who hasn’t already supplied an email address (usually via the application form) but would like to join the email group please also contact Karen.

**************** Members for the LAMAS Local History Committee The LAMAS Local History Committee is seeking new members. The committee meets three times a year and in between times members carry forward the decisions of the committee. Whilst not essential it is useful for members to have an email address as there are often matters to discuss and agree between meetings. Members attend the committee as an individual member of LAMAS or as a representative of their affiliated Local History Society. The committee is responsible for presenting concerns specific to Local History to the LAMAS Council, and one individual member of LAMAS is delegated to attend the Council. More details of the committee are to be found on the local history pages of the LAMAS website. If you are interested in joining the committee, or know

3 of someone who might be, please get in touch with either; Eileen Bowlt, phone: 01895 638060, email: [email protected], or John Hinshelwood, phone: 020 8348 3375, email: johnhinshelwood@ btinternet.com John Hinshelwood, Local History Committee

**************** Note from the Membership Secretary Many members will find a separate note about their subscription enclosed. Please note in addition: a) some members who previously paid by standing order sent us direct debits after the old standing order, at the old rate, had been paid. We have therefore only taken the difference for the year to 30.09.2013 by direct debit, in most cases on the last day of that year, that is, on 30.09.2013. b) members who gave LAMAS their direct debit mandate were charged with their subscription for 2013/14 at the current rate on 01.10.2013 as agreed. Some of the old standing orders, however, made by some members are continuing to be paid for the current year, to 30.09.2014, by their banks, as well as the direct debits. Where members think they have paid (in total) more than the correct rate for 2013/14 please kindly contact the membership secretary to ask for a refund. An agreed refund can be made by BACS or cheque as you prefer. We would be grateful if you would not ask your bank to cancel the payment which LAMAS has taken by direct debit although you are entitled to do this. This is because we incur an administration fee for refunds made in this way and we ask that you please allow us to refund you directly. Patricia Clarke, Honorary Subscriptions and Membership Secretary, 22 Malpas Drive, Pinner Middlesex HA5 1DQ (020 88661677)

**************** Grants From the City of London Archaeological Trust The City of London Archaeological Trust (CoLAT) has recently redefined important aspects of its policies and rules for grant-giving. The purpose of CoLAT has always been to promote and support the archaeology of the City of London and its environs. On practical grounds, the policy in recent years has been to interpret the ‘environs’ as out to the M25. But the Trust has decided that it should concentrate on the City of London and any archaeological matter directly relating to the City’s development. Therefore the Trust will only support projects relating directly to the City. Applicants must demonstrate the significance of this link, rather than thinking any project close to London is suitable. This also means that applications from a wider area are allowed, from any

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The revised application guidelines and forms are available on the CoLAT website, www.colat.org.uk, John Schofield, Secretary, [email protected]

**************** LAMAS Research Fund Grants 2013 It has been agreed by Council that once again the Society will not be offering a research grant this year. The money has previously been used to complete the digitisation of one hundred and fifty years of our Transactions from 1855-2005, thus making freely available all previous research published since our Society’s foundation. You can find them at www.lamas.org.uk/archives/index.html. The decision has been taken to further stabilise the funds of the council, since this digitisation project, before offering another grant. The Council plan to review this decision in the coming year, and will keep members abreast of any decision made. LAMAS Council **************** Ivor Noël Hume: the career of a Trans-Atlantic Archaeologist celebrated Ivor Noël Hume began his archaeological career as a volunteer at the City of London Guildhall Museum in 1949, where his lifelong interest in post- medieval archaeology started. Until 1957, he was the Guildhall Museum field archaeologist and managed with few resources to record numerous development sites including the Cheapside Roman baths (see LAMAS Trans 1976) and recover an important collection of Tudor metalwork from a well in Trump Street (see LAMAS Trans 2011). In 1957 Noël moved to the USA to excavate colonial Williamsburg. A tribute to his London achievements will appear in a future issue of the LAMAS Trans. Earlier this year former colleagues from England and beyond presented Noël with a festschrift entitled: ‘A Glorious Empire: archaeology and the Tudor-Stuart Atlantic World’ ed. Eric Klingelhofer, 2013, Oxbow Books (price £40) (Tel: 01865-241249). English contributions includes papers on watering pots from London, the Great Fire of London, clay tobacco pipes, North Devon Slipware, glass wine bottles, and Sir Arthur Ingram’s ring from York. Ian Blair and Bruce Watson

**************** Tommy Steele becomes Local History Society’s first ever Patron The Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Local History Society on Wednesday (24th April) endorsed Tommy Steele, OBE, as its first ever Patron. At a

5 packed AGM in The Old Mortuary, Rotherhithe Village, members of the society which Tommy referred to as both ‘thoughtful and exciting’ voted unanimously in favour of the appointment.

Outgoing Chairman, Michael Daniels, said “Tommy was born and bred in these parts and has often spoken of his affection for the neighbourhood in which he started out. He is an amazingly multi-talented individual who has been a household name for as long as I can remember, and I am delighted that he has agreed to become our first ever Patron.”

The appointment also marks the conclusion of Michael Daniels’ six year stint as Chairman, a period which has seen the conversion of the organisation into an independent society and a near doubling of membership. Daniels goes on to become Vice President and is replaced at the helm by Claire Sexton.

More information about the Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Local History Society, which organises talks and walks on the last Wednesday of the month, can be found on www.rbhistory.org.uk

**************** Hornsey Historical Society World War One Centenary Hornsey Historical Society is planning a number of articles, etc. to mark the centenary of WW1 during 2014-2018. We are asking our members and others to help us find information about people living in Hornsey, North London in two aspects of the war which are less well-documented.

1.Local men who were opposed to war and became Conscientious Objectors. We should love to hear from you if one of your relatives lived in HORNSEY* and was a **, and you would be able/willing to share their story with us.

2.We are also trying to find out about Hornsey* women who took part in the many WW1 peace organisations, particularly if they went to the Hague Conference in April 1915.

NB – for the purposes of this we define: Hornsey as the general area in North London now known as Hornsey, Crouch End, Harringay, Stroud Green, Muswell Hill and parts of Highgate.

Conscientious Objector as a man eligible for conscription from 1916, but who applied to a Tribunal for exemption from military service under the terms of the Military Service Act 1916 368 2-(1) (d) ‘on the ground of conscientious objection to the undertaking of combatant service’.

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Please send any information you have to [email protected] or by post to HHS, Old Schoolhouse, 136 Tottenham Lane, London N8 7ELmarked for the attention of Jennifer Bell before the end of November 2013.

ARTICLES

Pitt-Rivers in London General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (1827-1900) is well known as a collector of archaeological and ethnographic material, as the founder of the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford (founded 1884), as a pioneer in archaeological fieldwork, and as a writer on ideas of typology and change in material culture over time. His significance in excavation and recording techniques is well known from his fieldwork on his estate at Cranborne Chase in the 1880s and 1890s. Less well known is the wide range of fieldwork that he undertook at sites across England during the 1860s and 1870s (Bowden 1991: 57-94).

A current project, funded by Arts Council England, is documenting objects from the founding collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum to provide a new account of this early fieldwork, undertaken while the General was in his 30s and 40s, and before he unexpectedly inherited his title and inheritance in 1881 – when he was known only as Augustus Henry Lane Fox. The English archaeological collections have never been a principal focus of research at the Museum, and the vast majority of objects have been unstudied for 130 years. In this respect they represent a distinctive kind of 19th-century archaeological assemblage, as well as collections from earlier periods of English archaeology – which is why we gave the project the title Excavating Pitt-Rivers.

The founding collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum comprises some 26,000 objects, around 70% of which are archaeological. Material from other sources acquired by the Museum after 1884, which includes more than 280,000 objects, does not form part of the present project (but see Hicks and Stevenson 2013).

Around two thirds (10,500) of the 16,600 archaeological objects in the Pitt Rivers founding collection are from England. These objects, together with documentary records and published accounts of excavations, represent a unique record of Pitt-Rivers’ changing techniques of acquiring and recording objects. Some objects were bought at auction or acquired from other collectors. Many others were obtained through site visits, and small and larger-scale excavations. The largest single assemblage is from

7 the large-scale excavation of a medieval castle at Castle Hill (Caesar’s Camp) in 1878.

Material from Greater London forms a very significant element of the early Pitt-Rivers collections. The General was a Londoner for most of his life, living at various houses in Belgravia and Kensington including 10 Upper Phillimore Gardens and 4 Grosvenor Gardens during the 1860s and 1870s. He was an active member of learned societies, including the Ethnological Society of London, the Society of Antiquaries of London, and the Archaeological Institute. His archaeological and ethnological collection was first shown to the public in London - at Bethnal Green Museum (now the V&A Museum of Childhood) from 1874-1878 and at South Kensington Museum from 1878-1882 - before being donated to the University of Oxford.

Documenting the Pitt-Rivers’ London collections has highlighted his use of salvage or early rescue archaeology, especially in relation to groundworks for railway construction, during the 1860s. Extensive collections of Roman and post-Roman material from London Wall made in 1866-7 were published by him (Lane Fox 1867a, 1867b). His interpretation of timber piles as the evidence of a lake village was incorrect, but more than 300 objects from the fieldwork survive at the Pitt Rivers Museum, including 20 skulls (see Marsh and West 1981). There is also salvaged material, collected by him and acquired from others, from other sites in the City of London (including Broad Street Station (Broadgate), Cannon Street Station, Bishopsgate, Bucklersbury, Clement’s Lane Finsbury Circus, Fleet Street Lothbury (Tokenhouse Yard), Lombard Street, Lower Thames Street (Brewer’s Quay), Mansion House Minories, Moorfields, Old Jewry, Poultry and Smithfield. Beyond the City, there are objects and assemblages from railway works in Southwark (SE1), from a peat bog in Walthamstow (E17), from Old Swan Wharf in Wandsworth (SW11), from Lincoln’s Inn (WC2), from Shepherd’s Bush – and even a leather bottle recorded as found in a cesspool in Homerton.

There are also some 74 later prehistoric, Romano-British and post-Roman objects recorded as from the in London, including bone, ceramic, iron and stone objects, three bronze axes and two bronze swords.

As well as this material, there are Palaeolithic collections made by Pitt Rivers during a survey of the gravels of the lower Thames Valley in west London between 1869 and 1872, including more than 125 stone tools from Acton and Ealing (Roberts 2013: 197; Lane Fox 1869, 1872).

By enhancing the documentation of the earliest excavated and collected archaeological material acquired by Pitt-Rivers, the Excavating Pitt-

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Rivers project explores the significance of museum collections for re- thinking the history of archaeological fieldwork. In London, the collections hold unique evidence for the beginnings of salvage archaeology and collecting practices that would be continued by the Guildhall Museum in the 20th century, and for Pitt-Rivers’ interests in Romano-British, post-Roman and Palaeolithic archaeology. Where the material has been acquired from other antiquarians, such as the c. 17 objects from the City of London acquired by Pitt-Rivers from James Clutterbuck around 1870, there are new histories to tell – in this case, about the connection of Clutterbuck (Rector of Little Wittenham) with Pitt-Rivers’ involvement in protests about the destruction of the Dorchester Dykes, and the growing awareness of ideas of preservation and salvage in this period (Lane Fox 1870).

The Excavating Pitt-Rivers project team will be giving a talk about the project to LAMAS on 8 October 2013, at the Museum of London's Clore Learning Centre (6.30pm). The talk will provide a more detailed overview of the project, and Pitt-Rivers’ activities in London.

Pitt-Rivers was President of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society in the early 1880s, which is another reason why we are excited to be able to look back on his work in London. You can follow the progress of the project through the blog: http://excavatingpittrivers.blogspot.com

References Bowden, M. 1991. Pitt Rivers: the life and archaeological work of Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hicks, D. and A. Stevenson (eds) 2013. World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Lane-Fox, A.H. 1867a. A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: lxxi-lxxxiii.

Lane Fox, A.H. 1867b. Objects found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall. Archaeological Journal 24: 61-64.

Lane-Fox, A.H. 1869. On the Discovery of Flint Implements of Palaeolithic type in the gravel of the Thames Valley at Acton and Ealing. Report: British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1869: 130-132.

Lane Fox, A.H. 1870. On the Threatened Destruction of the British Earthworks near Dorchester, Oxfordshire. Journal of the Ethnological Society of London 2(4): 412-416.

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Lane-Fox, A.H. 1872. On the discovery of Palaeolithic Implements, in connection with Elephas primigenius in the gravels of the Thames Valley at Acton. Journal of the Geological Society of London 28: 449-466.

Marsh, G. and B. West 1981. Skullduggery in Roman London? Transactions of the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society 32: 86- 102.

Roberts, A. 2013. Palaeolithic British Isles. In D. Hicks and A. Stevenson (eds) World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 169-215. Carlotta Gardner and Dan Hicks

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

Around Hayes Through Time, by Philip Sherwood & Hayes & Harlington Local History Society (2013), Amberley Publishing, 96pp, £14.99, ISBN 978-1-4456-1444-1

The early history of Hayes is one of agricultural activity, with the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding over it as lord of the manor. The village’s quiet rural existence barely changed for centuries, until the arrival of the Grand Union Canal in 1794 and then the railway in 1864. Then began a steady growth of industry in and around Hayes, with brickmaking in particular playing a key part in the economy of the area.

Despite this, the village still had a population of only around 2,000 in the early 1900s. The real expansion of the area began in the twentieth century, with the arrival of a diverse range of industries, from electrical technologies and aviation to confectionery. With business booming, it was essential that the new workers had somewhere to live, and so Hayes as we know it today began to emerge from this sleepy rural village. This expansion of industry was followed by a decline, and the last factory is now scheduled for closure.

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hayes and the surrounding areas have changed and developed over the last century.

**************** Ruislip Through Time, by Eileen Bowlt (2013), Amberley Publishing, 96pp, £9.99, ISBN978-1-84868-477-5

Ruislip is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The short description of ‘Rislepe’ reveal a heavily wooded and thinly populated area with land for twenty ploughs. An unusual feature of the landscape

10 was ‘a park for woodland animals’, the northern pale of which survives within the present Park Wood and is a scheduled ancient monument. As many of the fifty-three people mentioned in the survey would have been heads of families, the population was probably between 200 and 250.

The area of the manor of Ruislip in 1086 is likely to have been the same as in later times, being bounded on the north by the boundary between the counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire, and by the parishes of Northolt to the south, Harrow on the east and Harefield and Ickenham on the west. Local historian Eileen Bowlt charts the history of this picturesque village that became a suburb and explains its development and growth through a selection of fantastic photographs, old and new.

**************** The King’s Cross Fraudster: Leopold Redpath, his life and times, by David A Hayes and Marian Kamlish (2013), 188pp, £9.99 plus p&p via www.camdenhistorysociety.org, ISBN 978-0-904491-87-6

This latest Camden History Society publication is a real corker, relating the life of Leopold Redpath, one of the greatest embezzlers of the 19th century, from his poverty-stricken childhood through his years of glory posing as a wealthy, affable philanthropist and art collector, hobnobbing with the great and the good, to his arrest, conviction and transportation to Australia and life as a good-conduct ticket-of-leave man. A wealth of detail gives glimpses of the daily occupations, dress, furnishing and recreations of the well-to-do and the less well off in 1850s London. Even the life history of the ship in which he was transported to Australia comes to life in these vividly written pages.

**************** The London Book of Days, Peter de Loriol (2013), the History Press, 368pp, £9.99, ISBN 978-0-7524-7939-2

Taking you through the year day by day, The London Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of Britain as a whole.

Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of London’s archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

A Miscellany of Glass: New Discoveries and Hidden Treasures

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15 November 2013 Science Museum’s Dana Centre, 165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5HD A day of presentations and discussion, organised by the Association for the History of Glass, highlighting the diversity of ancient and historic glass and providing guidance on the identification and assessment of glass assemblages.

The morning sessions will include presentations on how to appraise glass assemblages for archaeological assessments, on key reference publications and collections, on how to spot fakes and forgeries, and on useful pointers in the identification of glass of various periods. In the afternoon there will be shorter contributions on individual groups of glass that deserve to become known to a wider audience. Specialists in glass of all periods will be on hand to discuss informally individual vessels and fragments brought along by delegates. For more details or for offers of glass for discussion or identification, please get in touch with Sally Cottam via email at [email protected]. More information is also available on the AHG website www.historyofglass.org.uk

If you would like to attend, please send your full contact details and a cheque for £20 (members of AHG), £30 (non members) or £10 (students) payable to the Association for the History of Glass Ltd to: Denise Allen, 8 St Catherine's Road, Southampton SO18 1LJ

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Clay tobacco pipes 8 November 2013, 10am – 4pm During this practical one day course explore and identify London clay tobacco pipes, and find out what they can tell us about the people who used them. These pipes are common London finds, often discovered in back gardens and the Thames foreshore, but specialist Jacqui Pearce will help you reveal their hidden stories. You are also welcome to bring your own along for identification!

COURSE Mortimer Wheeler House Book in advance £60 (lunch included)

To book please contact the Museum of London box office on 020 7001 9844 (Box office opening times: Mon-Fri, 9.15am-6pm & Sat, 10am-6pm) For more information please contact Kath Creed ; [email protected]

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The Forgotten Past: post-medieval small finds and their contribution to our understanding of the past A Portable Antiquities Scheme and Finds Research Group Conference 21 October 2013 10am-5pm Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum Once given little consideration by most archaeologists, post-medieval material was the ‘stuff machined through’ to get to the ‘interesting layers’ below. However, thanks to changing attitudes amongst archaeologists and also a growing dataset of finds recovered by metal-detectorists and others now being recorded with the Portable

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Antiquities Scheme, there is increasing awareness of the importance of post-medieval finds for understanding the past. It is this interest, and research into such finds, that will be highlighted at this conference. People giving papers at this conference have been asked to consider the following questions while highlighting their research. Why record post- medieval material, and are there aspects that can be disregarded or selectively studied? What types were once thought of rare, but are now considered quite common, and does that change how we feel about what we record? What have we discovered that is new, and does this help with future research agendas? Post-medieval finds have greater potential to link objects to specific people or occasions, so does that make certain objects more interesting or important? How does the recording of post-medieval finds advance research?

Speakers include: Gary Bankhead, Laura Burnett, Stuart Campbell, Helen Geake, Kevin Leahy, Michael Lewis, Brian Read, Ian Richardson.

The cost of the conference is £10 for members of the FRG and £15 for non-members. To book a place please send a cheque made payable to ‘The British Museum’ to Janina Parol, Department of Portable Antiquities & Treasure, British Museum, London, WC1B 3DG. Tel: 020 7323 8546. Email: [email protected]

**************** Institute of Archaeology, UCL Archaeology Conferences, Autumn 2012 For a complete list of these conferences and information on how to book tickets, visit: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/calendar/events.

12-13 October 2013 Popular Antiquities: Folklore and Archaeology This two-day conference, jointly organised by the Institute of Archaeology and the Folklore Society, presents papers exploring the relationship and interaction between archaeology and folklore around the world, with exhibitions and a book sale. Cost: £35 for the whole conference, including lunch, refreshments and a Saturday evening wine reception (£25 concs). Cheaper one-day tickets can also be bought.

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LECTURES AND EVENTS

Museum of London: Unearthing Havering This November the Museum of London is unearthing the archaeology of London’s outer boroughs. What was life like outside the city 2000 years ago? What was the relationship between these residents and the city? How did people in in the past live, work and relax? Join archaeologists at pop up events throughout Havering and discover how you can help care for objects from the past.

The Brewery, Romford Fri 1 – Sun 3 Nov, 10am – 6pm Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch Sat 9 & Sat 16 Nov, 10am – 8pm Tesco Extra, Gallows Corner Wed 27 – Thu 28 Nov, 10am – 4pm

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Havering Museum, Romford Sat 7 Dec, 10am – 4pm Follow the journey to our final event when the Museum of London reaches the Havering Museum to celebrate local archaeology. Enjoy free family activities, interactive activity trails and handle real archaeology!

For more information contact [email protected].

EXHIBITIONS

**************** Museum of London The Cheapside Hoard: London’s Lost Jewels 11 October 2013 – 27 April 2014 This October, the Museum of London will open a major new exhibition investigating the secrets of the Cheapside Hoard. This extraordinary and priceless treasure of late 16th and early 17th century jewels and gemstones – displayed in its entirety for the first time in over a century – was discovered in 1912, buried in a cellar on Cheapside in the City of London. Through new research and state-of-the-art technology, the exhibition will showcase the wealth of insights the Hoard offers on Elizabethan and Jacobean London – as a centre of craftsmanship and conspicuous consumption, at the crossroads of the Old and New Worlds. It will also explore the mysteries that remain, lost among the cataclysmic events of the mid-17th century: who owned the Hoard, when and why was it hidden, and why was it never reclaimed? - See more at: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/london-wall/whats-on/exhibitions- displays/cheapside-hoard-londons-lost-jewels

AFFILIATED SOCIETY MEETINGS

Acton History Group Events on the 2nd Wednesday in the month at 7.30pm in St Mary’s Church Hall, admission £2. Contact Secretary David Knights, 30 Highland Avenue, Acton W3 6EU (020 8992 8698); email: [email protected]; website: www.actonhistory.co.uk.

Barnes and Mortlake History Society Meetings are held in the hall at the Sheen Lane Centre, Sheen Lane, London SW14 8LP at 8.00pm on the 3rd Thursday of the month from September to April. The meetings are free to members and £2 for non-members. For further details please contact the Hon. Secretary on 020 8878 3756 or visit: www.barnes-history.org.uk

21 November 2013 The Story of the John Tradescants; their Museum and Botanical Collecting, Jon Newman

19 December 2013 The House of Lords: Is Reform History? Rhodri Walters (preceded by Christmas social from 7.30)

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Barnet and District Local History Society All meetings are held in Church House, Wood Street, Barnet at 3pm on 2nd Monday of the month (opposite the Museum). Contact Barnet Museum, 31 Wood Street, Barnet EN5 4BE (020 8440 8066) or visit: www.barnetmuseum.co.uk for more information.

Bexley Archaeological Group All meetings are held at Bexley and Sidcup Conservative Club, 19 Station Road, Sidcup, and excavations are carried out at the weekends (Mar-Nov). For further information contact the Chairman, Mr Martin Baker, 24 Valliers Wood Road, Sidcup, Kent DA15 8BG (020 8300 1752); email: [email protected]; website: www.bag.org.uk.

14 November 2013 The Archaeology of World War One, Steve Woods

Brentford and Local History Society The society meets at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Afton House, Bourne Place, Chiswick W4, starting at 7.30pm, on the 3rd Monday in the month, from September to May inclusive. For further information please contact the Hon. Secretary, Tess Powell, 7 Dale Street, London W4 2BJ or visit: www.brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk.

Camden History Society The society normally meets at 7.30pm on the 3rd Thursday of each month, except August. Venues vary. For further information please contact the Hon. Secretary, Mrs Jane Ramsay (020 7586 4436) or visit: www.camdenhistorysociety.org.

17 October 2013 The Carrs and the Lushingtons, David Taylor (Burgh House, New End Square, London, NW3 1LT, 7.30-9pm)

Chadwell Heath Historical Society Meetings are held at 7.30pm on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from September to June. All meetings are held at Wangey Road Chapel, Wangey Road, Chadwell Heath, starting at 7.30pm. Enquiries to 020 8590 4659 or 020 8597 1225; email: [email protected].

16 October 2013 Dr Crippen: The Story Behind the Murder of His Wife, Martyn Lockwood

20 November 2013 The Forgotten Men: The Royal Gunpowder Factory Explosions 1940, Bryn Elliott

City of London Archaeological Society Society’s meetings are held at St Olave’s Parish Hall, Mark Lane EC3R. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Light refreshments are available after the lecture. Non- members are welcome to attend occasional lectures but are asked to sign the visitors’

15 book and make a £2 contribution towards expenses. For further details, visit: www.colas.org.uk; email: [email protected]; text/voicemail: 07964 694128. ______

Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society The Society meets at Northaw Village Hall, 5 Northaw Road West, Northaw, Hertfordshire EN6 4NW, near Potters Bar and Cuffley. Talks start at 8pm with doors opening from 7.30pm. Talks are free to members and £3 for visitors. For more information, contact David Freeman, Honorary Treasurer, 18 Homewood Avenue, Cuffley, Hertfordshire EN6 4QG (01707 875481); email: [email protected]. The Docklands History Group Meetings will be held on the 1st Wednesday of every month in Museum of London Docklands, No 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London E14 4AL, at 5.30 for 6pm. Visitors are welcome to attend the talks, for a donation of £2. For further information and membership details, please visit www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk.

6 November 2013 The East India Company’s Maritime Service, Richard Morgan

Edmonton Hundred Historical Society Talks are free to members (£1 for visitors), and are held at Jubilee Hall, 2 Parsonage Lane, Enfield; at the Charity School Hall, Church Street, Edmonton N9 and at Bruce Castle, Lordship Lane, Tottenham N17. Further details may be obtained from the Enfield Local Studies Centre & Archive, Thomas Hardy House, 39 London Road, Enfield EN2 6DS (020 8379 2724); email: [email protected].

16 October 2013 Enfield Railways Part 2 (West) Great Northern Line and The Hertford Loop, Dave Cockle (Jubilee Hall, 7.45pm)

19 November 2013 Chingford Newsreels, Dave Piggott (Jubilee Hall, 2.15pm)

18 December 2013 A Seasonal Entertainment, Christine and Peter Padwick (Jubilee Hall, 7.45pm)

Enfield Archaeological Society Meetings are held at the Jubilee Hall, junction of Chase Side and Parsonage Lane, Enfield, starting at 8pm. Doors open at 7.30pm. Visitors are welcome (£1 per person). For further information please contact Ms Val Munday, 88 Gordon Hill, Enfield, EN2 0QS. Email: [email protected]; website: www.enfarchsoc.org.

18 October 2013 The Roman Bones of Old Enfield, Neil Pinchbeck

15 November 2013 Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre – The Whole Story, Julian Bowsher

Friends of Bruce Castle Museum and Park

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Evening talks are last Wednesday of the month, 7pm for 7.30pm start. Munch and Listen talks are on the 4th Monday of the month, 12pm for 12.15pm start (except August and December). Talks are free and open to all (tea/coffee is available for a small charge). Car park on site. All meetings are held at Bruce Castle Museum, Lordship Lane, Tottenham, N17 8NU. Details of the programme are available from www.haringey.gov.uk/brucecastlemuseum or the FoBC Secretary at Bruce Castle Museum (020 8808 8772). 30 October 2013 The White-Washing of Black History, Dr Sally-Ann Ashton (7.30pm)

Friern Barnet and District Local History Society Meetings are held in St John’s Church Hall, next to Whetstone Police Station, in Friern Barnet Lane N20, normally on the 4th Wednesday of the month, starting at 8pm. Free refreshments are available from 7.45pm. Visitors welcome (£2 per person). For further details, contact David Berguer (0208 368 8314); website: www.friernbarnethistory.org.uk.

23 October 2013 Friern Hospital, David Berguer

27 November 2013 Coffee Houses, Coffee Shops, Coffee Stalls and Coffee Bars, Marlene McAndrew

Greenwich Historical Society Meetings are held at 7.30pm (doors open 7.15pm) on the 4th Wednesday of the month at Blackheath High School, Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath SE3 7AG. We welcome non- members, from whom we invite a donation of £3 for each meeting. Enquiries: 020 8858 0317 or visit www.ghsoc.co.uk.

Greenwich Industrial History Society Meetings are held at The Old Bakehouse, Bennett Park, SE3. This is a small theatre in the back of the Age Exchange Shop – which is in The Village opposite Blackheath Station. There is no on site parking – please do not park outside the Bakehouse, but use the car park behind the station. Meetings start at 7.30 and non members are charged £1. Chair: Sue Bullivant. Information [email protected]. 24 Humber Road, SE3. Membership Steve Daly, [email protected]

15 October 2013 Artists and Thames Shipyards, Pieter van der Merwe

19 November 2013 What Happened at Merstham? Questions Answered and Un-answered, Paul Sowan ______

Hayes and Harlington Local History Society Most meetings are held at Botwell Green Library, Leisure Centre, East Avenue, Hayes UB3 3HW starting at 7.30pm.The library closes to the public at 7pm and you are advised to arrive by 7.25pm for admittance and guidance to the first floor meeting room. Non-members welcomed. Further information from Mr Robin Brown, 107

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Wentworth Crescent, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1NP (020 8848 7959); email: [email protected].

15 October 2013 Brickmaking of days gone by, Dhush Selvarajah

19 November 2013, details to follow

10 December 2013 (Second Tuesday), John Christie of Rillington Place, Dr Jonathan Oates ______Hendon & District Archaeological Society Lectures start at 7.45pm for 8pm in the Drawing Room, Avenue House, 17 East End Road, Finchley N3 3QE. Buses 82, 143, 326 & 460 pass close by, and it is five to ten minutes’ walk from Finchley Central Station (Northern Line). Tea/coffee and biscuits follow the talk. Non-members welcome (£1). For further information, see the website: www.hadas.org.uk

12 November 2013 The Lions on Kunulua: excavations of the Early Bronze and Iron Age periods at Tell Tayinat, Hatay, Turkey, Dr Fiona Haughey

Hornsey Historical Society Talks take place at 8pm at the Union Church Hall, N8 9PX, corner of Ferme Park Road and Weston Park. A donation of £1.50 is requested from non-members. Refreshments are available from 7.40pm. The doors close at 8pm and latecomers are not admitted. For further information please ring The Old Schoolhouse (020 8348 8429); write to the Society at 136 Tottenham Lane N8 7EL; website: www.hornseyhistorical.org.uk.

Hounslow & District History Society Meetings are held on Tuesdays at the United Reformed Church Hall, Chapel Road, Hounslow, starting at 8pm. For further details contact Andrea Cameron (0208 570 4264) or Liz Mammatt (020 3302 4036).

Islington Archaeology and History Society Meetings are held at 8pm at Islington Town Hall, Upper Street N1. A donation of £1 is asked for from non-members towards the speaker’s expenses. Enquiries: 020 7833 1541; website: www.iahs.org.uk.

16 October 2013 Islington’s Kennedy Monument, Lester Hillman

20 November 2013 Bombing and Building: the Post War Rebuilding of Parliament, Dr Caroline Shenton

Kingston upon Thames Archaeological Society Meetings are held at 8pm at Surbiton Library Halls, Ewell Road, Surbiton (visitors will be asked for a donation of £2 towards expenses). Enquiries to The Hon.

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Secretary, KUTAS, 21 Duffins Orchard, Brox Rd, Ottershaw, Surrey, KT16 0LP email: [email protected]; website: www.kingstonarchaeology.org.

Lewisham Local History Society Monthly talks are held at the Methodist Church Hall, Albion Way, Lewisham, SE13 6BT, commencing at 7.45pm unless otherwise stated. Visitors welcome. Donations of minimum £1.00 invited. For further information please contact Gordon Dennington, 62 Park Hill Road, BR2 0LF; email: [email protected] website: www.lewishamhistory.org.uk.

25 October 2013 History of Hither Green, Ben Honeybone

29 November 2013 The Changing Face of Greenwich, Julian Watson

13 December 2013 Gladstone – our MP, the PM, Dr Alex Windscheffel

Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society Meetings are held at Leyton Sixth Form College, Essex Road, Leyton E10 6EQ and at St John’s Church Hall, E11 1HH, corner of Leytonstone High Road and Church Lane. For further details please contact Maureen Measure, Secretary, L&LHS (020 8558 5491); email: [email protected]; website: www.leytonhistorysociety.org.uk. ______

London Natural History Society Indoor meetings usually consist of talks, slide shows or discussions. Most indoor meetings are held at Camley Street Natural Park, Camley Street, London NW1 0PW. Visitors are welcome. For further information visit: www.lnhs.org.uk/program.htm.

Merton Historical Society Meetings are held monthly from October until April, on Saturday afternoons. For further information please contact the Honorary Secretary, Mrs Rosemary Turner, 27 Burley Close, London SW16 4QQ; email: [email protected]; website: www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk.

Orpington & District Archaeological Society Meetings are held in The Priory, Church Hill, Orpington, on Wednesday’s starting at 8pm. Non-members are welcome to attend, space permitting. For further information please phone Michael Meekums or Janet Clayton (0208 302 1572); website: www.odas.org.uk.

6 November 2013 Roman Sculpture in London – The Geology: 400 Years of Quarrying, Supply and Carving, Dr Kevin Hayward

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Pinner Local History Society All meetings start at 8pm. Main meetings take place in the Village Hall, Pinner. Visitors are welcome for a donation of £2. For further information please contact Mrs Sheila Cole, 40 Cambridge Road, North Harrow, Middlesex HA2 7LD (020 8866 3972); website: http://www.pinnerlhs.org.uk/.

1 November 2013 The Isle of Wight’s Parish Guns, Dr Isabel Thompson

6 December 2013 George Arliss: Our First Oscar Winner? Barbara Lanning______

Potters Bar and District Society Meetings are held at the Sixty Plus Room, Wyllyotts Centre, starting at 8pm prompt. Vistors are welcome (admission £1). For further details please contact John Scivyer (01707 657 586); website: www.pottersbar.org/historicalsociety.

Richmond Archaeological Society Meetings take place on Friday nights at Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, commencing at 8pm. For further information please e-mail richmondarchaeology@ virginmedia.com; website: www.richmondarchaeology.org.uk.

8 November 2013 Palaces, Pots and Parks: Archaeology and the National Trust, Natalie Cohen

13 December 2013 How History Works: Gordon Childe and Marxist Approaches to Understanding the Past, Dr Neil Faulkner

Richmond Local History Society All meetings are held at Duke Street Baptist Church, Richmond, usually at 8pm with coffee available from 7.30pm. Non-members are welcome, admission £1. For further information please contact the Secretary, Elizabeth Velluet (020 8891 3825); email: [email protected]; website: www.richmondhistory.org.uk.

21 October 2013 Shrovetide Football, Christopher May

11 November 2013 The Great Aircraft Factory, Ham, David Hassard

9 December 2013 Lecture by Suzanne Croom, curator at Historic Royal Palaces

Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Society Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place at the Time & Talents Centre, The Old Mortuary, St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe and begin at 7.45pm. Non-members welcome for a donation of £2. For more information visit www.rbhistory.org.uk

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30 October 2013 Haunted London Underground, Alan Brooke

27 November 2013 Danger UXB – The Greatest Threat to St Paul’s, Peter Boalch

Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote Local History Society Meetings are held in St Martin’s Church Hall, High Street, Ruislip at 8.15pm. For further information, please contact The Programme Secretary on 01895 673299

Southgate District Civic Trust The Trust is a local amenity society, covering Southgate, New Southgate, Cockfosters, Palmers Green, Winchmore Hill and Hadley Wood. It is also active in local history and publications. Open Meetings are held twice a year at the Walker Hall, Waterfall Road, Southgate, and Local History meetings are held five times a year at the Friends Meeting House, Church Hill, Winchmore Hill. Non-members are welcome. For further information, contact Colin Barratt (020 8882 2246); email [email protected] or visit www.southgatedistrictcivictrust.co.uk.

Southwark and Lambeth Archaeological Society All lectures are held on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm at The Housing Co-Op Hall, 106 The Cut (opposite the Old Vic). Light refreshments are served at 7pm. Visitors are always welcome but are asked to contribute £1. For further details please contact Richard Buchanan, 79 Ashridge Crescent, Shooter’s Hill, London SE18 3EA; email: [email protected]. For enquires please call 020 8764 8314.

Spelthorne Archaeology and Local History Group Unless otherwise stated, all meetings take place at the Methodist Church, Thames Street, Staines and begin at 8pm. Members free, non members welcome (£2 please). For further details please contact Nick Pollard (01932 564585); email: [email protected]; website: http://www.spelthornemuseum.org .uk/museumtalksgreen1.html.

Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society Meetings are held at the Wealdstone Baptist Church, High Road, Wealdstone, at 8pm on the 1st Wednesday of each month (visitors welcome at a charge of £1). Members’ evenings are held at the same venue on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. For further information please email The Secretary; [email protected]; www.stanmore-harrow-historical.org.uk

Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society The Society meets at 8pm on once a month on a Tuesday from October to May in the John Crook Theatre at Halliford School, Russell Road, Shepperton. The September meeting is held in Sunbury. Non-members are welcome at £2 per person. Any queries should be sent through the ‘Contact Us’ function on the Society’s website: http://sslhs.org.uk/?page_id=18.

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The Thorney Island Society The Society organises dinners with guest speakers and private visits to places of local interest. Members may invite guests to events. For information about the Society and how to book places for events, please contact The Thorney Island Society, 39 Westminster Mansions, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BP; enquiries@thethorn eyislandsociety.org.uk; www.thethorneyislandsociety.org.uk.

Borough of Twickenham Local History Society Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to June, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact the Secretary, Rosemary McGlashon. 020 8977 5671 or visit our website http://www.botlhs.co.uk

4 November 2013 Blackboards and Flogging: Education in Teddington, Dr Chris French

2 December 2013 The Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture: Normansfield and the Local Community 1891, Ray Elmitt

Uxbridge Local History and Archives Society All meetings take place at Christ Church, Redford Way (off Belmont Road), Uxbridge, starting at 7.30pm. For further information please contact Mr K.R. Pearce, 29 Norton Road, Uxbridge UB8 2PT; website: www.eddiethecomputer.co.uk/history.

15 October 2013 Growing Up in Uxbridge, Ken Pearce

19 November 2013 The Memoirs of Ralph Cooper: Gazette Reporter, Film Publicist, Viv Lever

Walthamstow Historical Society Evening talks are held at Trinity United Reformed Church, 58 Orford Road, London E17 4PS. Afternoon and Saturday talks are held at The Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, Walthamstow E17 9NH. Meetings are free to members (visitors pay £1.50). For further details please visit us at: www.walthamstowhistoricalsociety.org.uk.

24 October 2013 Church Building in Victorian Walthamstow, Steven Saxby and Neil Houghton

21 November 2013 Weinstein’s War, Ruthe Mendick and Jemery Weinstein

19 December 2013 Behind the Blue Lamp, David Swinden

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Wandsworth Historical Society Meetings held at the Friends’ Meeting House, Wandsworth High Street (opposite Town Hall) on the last Friday of the month at 8pm until 9.15pm (followed by tea and biscuits). For more information, visit the website: www.wandsworthhistory.org.uk.

25 October 2013 Recent Archaeological Work in Southwark, Dr Chris Constable

Wembley History Society All meetings are on Friday evenings, beginning at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Church Lane (opposite Tudor Gardens), Kingsbury, London NW9 8RZ. Visitors are welcome, and any enquiries should be emailed to [email protected].

West Drayton & District Local History Society Meetings are held in St Martin’s Church Hall, Church Road, West Drayton, starting at 7.30pm. For further information please contact Cyril Wroth (Programme Secretary), 15 Brooklyn Way, West Drayton UB7 7PD (01895 854597), or through the website: http://westdraytonlocalhistory.com.

West Essex Archaeological Group Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of the month in the Sixth Form Block, Woodford County High School, High Road, Woodfood Green at 7.45pm. New members welcome. For further information, please contact Anne Stacey, 20B Grove Hill, South Woodford E18 2JG (020 8989 9294); www.weag.org.uk

11 November 2013 Excavation at Draper’s Gardens, Neil Hawkins

Willesden Local History Society The Society meets at 7.30pm on Wednesdays from September to June in St Mungo’s Pound Lane Centre, 115 Pound Lane, NW10 2HU, which is opposite the Bus Garage. For further information please contact the Secretary, Margaret Pratt, 51 West Ella Road, London NW10 9PT (020 8965 7230); website: www.willesden-local- history.co.uk.

16 October 2013 Artists in Willesden, Margaret Pratt

20 November 2013 Forty Years On, Len Snow

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London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN Telephone: 020 7410 2228 Fax: 0870 444 3853

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Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Karen Thomas (020 7410 2228) Martin Williams (020 7228 8261) [email protected] [email protected] c/o Museum of London Archaeology Service 606 Lumiere Apartments, St John’s Hill, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED London SW11 1AD

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