Programme

Our 2023 programme: 23 Feb: '1926' - our speaker is our Chairman, Martyn Lockwood. 23 Mar: Annual General Meeting. 27 Apr: 'John Ray' - Jennifer Rowland. 25 May: Napoleonic Invasion Plans - Neil Wiffen. 22 Jun: 'Jersey under the Jackboot: the occupation of Jersey during WW2' - Patrick Griggs. 27 Jul: 'The Life and Times of William Byrd (c1540-1623): A Local History' - Andrew Smith. 26 Oct: 'The Prison at Hill Hall' - Anne Padfield. 23 Nov: Pre-Christmas meeting. Talk to be confirmed. Admission: Members £1, Non-members £5 Annual Membership: £15 (Family: £30)

Thursday 10 October 2013

A Student's Guide to Colchester

'A Student Guide to Colchester' is the title of our next meeting to be held on Thursday 24 September.  Our Secretary, Andrew Smith, is currently doing a Certificate in Local History at the University of Essex and has completed two modules on the history of Colchester, a very interesting town with a rich Roman past.  Andrew's presentation will be about the archaeological discoveries of the twentieth and twenty-first century which have helped in the understanding and to tell the history of the town.  His highly illustrated talk will take those present on an armchair (well, seated) tour of the town through the ages. It is a history of both Roman Britain and recent archaeology.  Andrew is not a Colcestrian, hence the title.  All welcome. Toot Hill Village Hall, Thursday 24 September beginning at 8.00pm.

Wednesday 9 October 2013

Mary Rose Talk

Members of the High Country History Group are still talking about the presentation given to the Group in July by Maurice Wakeham about the Mary Rose.  He recommended to us this video which appears on You Tube.



Tuesday 1 October 2013

High Country History Group: Journal No. 49 (September 2013)

The quarterly Journal of the High Country History Group has just been sent to members.  Contents this time include:
- Greensted Mystery (Part 2): Revd Benjamin Pratt
- Book Review: The 1953 Essex Flood Disaster by Patricia Reynoldson-Smith
- The Royal Forest of Essex
VI. The Forest of Writtle
VII. Medieval Documentary Sources
VIII. The Industry of The Forest
IX. The Decline of the Forest System
X. The Forest to the Present Day
XI. The Rabbit and the Medieval Economy
- Churchwarden's Presentments 1750 to 1826 for Greensted, Stanford Rivers, Stapleford Tawney and Theydon Mount
- From The Papers
- West Window, St Michael's Church, Theydon Mount
- The Home Guard Pocket Book 1942