An innovative new mapping platform launches today sharing experiences of climate change from some of Kent’s most vulnerable coastlines.

The latest issue of the Surrey Archaeological Society E-Newsletter is available on their website.

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The latest update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured on the Kent & Canterbury History and Heritage website.

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The Sheppey Local History Society volunteers with the help of Jon Pratty and James Bell are proud to announce a live online collection page on their website.

Applications are now open for grants from the Society’s Allen Grove Local History Fund 2025.

Huge congratulations to St. Edmunds School in Canterbury who have been awarded the 2025 Ian Coulson Bursary!

The latest update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured on the Kent & Canterbury History and Heritage website.

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The Society is saddened by the news of the passing of Sir Robert Worcester, aged 91, a prominent figure in the county’s public life and long-time Patron of the Society.

Heritage building experts Parker & Son has completed the latest stage of renovation work on The Parish Church of St Mildred, Tenterden.

The latest issue of the Surrey Archaeological Society E-Newsletter is available on their website.

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An update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured on the new Kent & Canterbury History and Heritage website.

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Kent County Council are recruiting a new Finds Liaison Officer for Kent. The role, based at KCC offices in Maidstone is part of the Portable Antiquities Scheme.

The latest issue of the Surrey Archaeological Society E-Newsletter is available on their website.

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The Archaeology Forum (TAF) has published a new leaflet, with the purpose of promoting archaeology to audiences unfamiliar with the subject and the wide range of positive effects it can have for people and society. The leaflet will be used by CIfA to engage with politicians, officials and wider external stakeholders. 

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The reinterpretation of Maidstone Museum’s Local History Gallery is now open as ‘The Oldham Gallery: Exploring Maidstone’s Past and Present’ after a special launch event was held on Friday evening.

As part of her portfolio work and following on from member feedback at the recent Archaeology Research Group (ARG) Fieldwork Forum, Holly Evans, an undergraduate from the University of Reading, has been working on a number of beginners guides to archaeological illustration.

Matilda of Boulogne (1105 –1152) has long been relegated to the footnotes of history, remembered – if at all – as merely the wife of King Stephen of England.

New exhibition at Southend Central Museum, ‘The London Shipwreck: Her Final Voyage’, to shed light on life aboard a 17th century ship through the display of never-before-seen objects.

The latest update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured on the Centre for Kent History blog at the Canterbury Christ Church University website.

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This new look Newsletter each quarter will keep you up to date with news and views on what is planned at the Kent Archaeological Field School and what is happening on the larger stage of archaeology both in this country and abroad.