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)

Saturday 21 March 2015

High Country History Group Annual General Meeting, Thursday 26 March 2015


THE HIGH COUNTRY HISTORY GROUP
GREENSTED, STANFORD RIVERS, STAPLEFORD TAWNEY & THEYDON MOUNT

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
to be held Thursday 26 March 2015, 8pm,
at Toot Hill Village Hall

As a member of the Group, you are invited to the 15th AGM, followed by films introduced by David Welford.  As usual the formal business of the meeting will be conducted speedily. The evening will conclude with cheese and wine.  Members: £2.  Guests welcome: £3.  Please bring these papers with you.

Agenda

  1. Welcome and apologies for absence
  2. Minutes of previous AGM – will be read
  3. Matters arising
  4. Reports
    1. Chairman’s report
    2. Secretary’s report
    3. Treasurer’s report: Separate attachment. It is recommended that the membership fee increases to £10 (2014: £7) individual, £15 (2014: £10) for family membership. (Please complete the enclosed form.)  This will be the first increase since 2012 and will fund our increased number of meetings and offset increased postage costs.
  5. Presentation of the draft accounts (enclosed)
  6. To elect the Committee:  nominations for all posts on the committee are invited.
  7. Any Other Business.  This should be communicated to the Secretary before the meeting.
  8. Date of next Annual General Meeting: 31 March 2016.

Saturday 7 March 2015

'The Wonderful World of Disney: Collecting Classical Antiquity': a Lecture at Ingatestone, 20 March 2015

The Essex Society for Archaeology & History
Presents
The Morant Lecture 2015
The subject of this year’s lecture is
The Wonderful World of Disney
John Disney (1779-1857) was a Barrister and Archaeologist and son of Rector John Disney. John Disney inherited his father’s antiquities, upon his death and continued to add to the collection. In 1850 Disney donated most of the sculptures to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. John Disney established the Chair of Archaeology.  The Disney family lived at the Hyde in Ingatestone and their monument is in Fryerning churchyard.
Presented by
Professor David Gill
Professor David Gill is a Professor of Archaeological Heritage and Director of Heritage Futures at the University Campus Suffolk.
On Friday 20th March 2015 at 7.30 pm
Venue: St Edmund & St Mary’s Church, Ingatestone

Members £5.00 in advance, Non-members and on the door £6.00. Booking required For refreshments PLEASE contact                 Dr Graham Gould on 02085561423, email drgegould@aol.com