Crayford Manor House Historical Society speakers 2024/2025
A list of events and speakers for the 2024/2025 season.
Volunteers needed at Maidstone Carriage Museum
Are you interested in carriages, transport or meeting new people? We need friendly, welcoming people to join the team at Maidstone Carriage Museum on Saturdays.
CKHH: celebrating 10 years – past, present and future
An update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh on celebrations for the 10th anniversary for the Centre for Kent History and Heritage. Featured on the Canterbury Christ Church University website.
Kent History Postgraduates at MEMS Fest
Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh reports on the contribution by members of the Kent History Postgraduates to the tenth MEMS Fest at the University of Kent.
Canterbury and Kent – from Story Gardens to the History of Emotions
Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh and Dr Claire Bartram have been putting together the final preparations for the CKHH 10 Year Celebratory event next week.
Lees Court Estate excavation team going potty!
KAS members working on the Lees Court Estate excavations and surveys 2024 carried out an experiment with ancient clay in May and June 2024.
Hugh Dennis opens museum's archaeology gallery
A new archaeology gallery at the Maidstone Museum has been opened by comedian and actor Hugh Dennis.
From the Stone Age to the Tudors – exploring Kent’s past
Behind the scenes of the new gallery at Maidstone Museum; an update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured at the Centre for Kent History and Heritage blog of the Canterbury Christ Church University website.
TV star Hugh Dennis officially opens new Lives in Our Landscapes gallery
Comedian, actor and presenter Hugh Dennis has officially opened the new archaeology gallery ‘Lives In Our Landscape’ at the Maidstone Museum which opens for visitors on Wednesday 5 June.
#LivesinOurLandscape: Object Highlights
Three days to go until the new #LivesinOurLandscape gallery opens at Maidstone Museums.
#LivesinOurLandscape: The life of the Eastry woman
Only three more days until Maidstone Museums new gallery, #livesinourlandscape, opens to the public and the society team couldn't be more exited for you all to visit!
#LivesinOurLandscape: 8,000 year-old bone needle
Only 4 days to go until #LivesinOurLandscape opens at Maidstone Museums!
#LeesCourtEstate
The Lees Court Estate are running a number of Elm adaptation and timber trials across their 800 year old estate. Visitors from a number of interested parties were given a site tour of the Society's excavation by Keith Parfitt yesterday.
#FindsFriday: Lees Court finds
It was a rather wet #findsfriday today! Although this meant little chance of digging, it did mean the team were able to sort all of the washed and dried finds from this year's excavations.
#FindsFriday: Lees Court finds
It was a rather wet #findsfriday today! Although this meant little chance of digging, it did mean the team were able to sort all of the washed and dried finds from this year's excavations.
#LivesinOurLandscape: Interactive Touchscreen
The opening of the new Lives in Our Landscape Gallery at Maidstone Museums is not far away now, only five more days! If you have always wanted to know what archaeology has been found in Maidstone you'll be able to check out historic discoveries on the new interactive touch screen.
#LivesinOurLandscape: Interview with Lyn Palmer
The society is really excited about the opening of the new Lives in Our Landscape Gallery at Maidstone Museums, which opens its doors on Wednesday 5th June! Listen to yesterday's BBC Kent interview with the museum's programming manager Lyn Palmer for a behind the scenes examination of the gallery.
#LivesinOurLandscape: Behind the scenes video
Fancy a behind the scenes view of the new #LiOL gallery at Maidstone Museums opening Wednesday 5th June, check out the below!
*warning* Flashing images in the below video*
Celebrating with Maidstone Museum and other forthcoming events
An update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured at the Centre for Kent History and Heritage blog of the Canterbury Christ Church University website.
#LivesinOurLandscape
Only 7 days to go till the new #LiOL gallery opens to the public! Maidstone Museums through the support given by Maidstone Museums' Friends have added a flexi-step, making access to the new gallery more accessible.
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- Allen Grove Local History Fund
- Archaeology Research Group
- Beaney House of Art and Knowledge
- Bifrons
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Bronze Age
- Canterbury
- Canterbury Archaeological Trust (CAT)
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Centre for Kent History and Heritage
- Ceramics
- Charing
- Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA)
- Chatham
- Chatham Historic Dockyard
- Church History
- Coins
- Conservation
- Council for British Archaeology
- Cranbrook Museum & Local History Society
- Deal
- Dover
- Dover Archaeological Group
- Education
- Elham
- Excavations
- Exhibitions
- Farningham & Eynsford Local History Society (FELHS)
- Faversham
- Flint
- Glassware
- Hartlip
- Heritage
- Historic Buildings Research Group
- History & Archives Research Group
- Hop Picking
- Illustrations
- Imaging
- Iron Age
- Isle of Thanet
- Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society (IOTAS)
- Jewelry
- KAS Collections
- KAS Library
- Kent & Canterbury History and Heritage
- Kent Archaeological Field School (KAFS)
- Kent Archaeological Society
- Kent County Council
- Kent County Show
- Kent Defences Research Group
- Kent Messenger
- Landscape Explorers Group in South East (LEGISE)
- Lees Court Estate
- Lees Court Estate Project
- Little Chart
- London
- Lullingstone
- Lympne
- Maidstone
- Maidstone Carriage Museum
- Maidstone Community Support Center
- Maidstone Museum
- Margate
- Maritime
- Maritime Kent Special Interest Group
- Medieval
- Metal Detecting
- Military History
- Modern
- Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA)
- Ozengell
- Place Names Research Group
- Prehistoric
- Ramsgate
- River Medway
- Roman
- Romney Marsh
- Sarre
- Selling
- Shoreham
- Shoreham & District Historical Society
- Shorne Woods Archaeology Group (SWAG)
- Smarden
- Smarden Local History Society
- Society Collections
- Southend
- Southend Central Museum
- Students
- Studying History & Archaeology in Lympne (SHAL)
- Sutton Valence
- Swansea University
- The Faversham Society
- Thirsk Prize
- Tonbridge
- Tourism and Leisure
- Trottiscliffe
- Tyne and Wear
- Volunteering
- Weaponry
- Westwell
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