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The first talk was a new departure- the Inaugural Lecture for Cirencester Heritage Open Days was held on Friday September 11th sponsored by our Society. This was an extra to our normal lectures which run mostly on the fourth Wednesday of each month from September to May. Joint lectures with other societies may be on other days. We will as usual have joint lectures with the Cirencester Civic Society - (the annual Croome Lecture), The Cirencester Science and Technology Society and Cotswold Archaeology.

Please be careful to note where your meeting is!

Meetings this season:

Sep 11 2009 Sep 23 2009 Oct 28 2009 Nov 25 2009 Jan 27 2010
Feb 24 2010 Mar 10 2010 Mar 31 2010 Apr 28 2010 May 26 2010

  Friday 11th September 2009

  Heritage Open Days Public Lecture- sponsored by CAHS

The Salvation Army Hall - David Grace

Local historian David Grace discussed the history of a very important building in Thomas Street, namely the Salvation Army Citadel and its former life as the Temperance Hall. There was a display of items to tell the story of the Salvation Army’s local presence including the Citadel Band’s instruments  

Wednesday 23rd September 2009

Corn Hall Excavations - Laurie Coleman

Recent excavations carried out by Cotswold Archaeology during the refurbishment of the Corn Hall revealed the presence of Roman shops. Laurie Coleman discussed their findings which give a new insight into Roman Corinium. He was able to show us a number of items discovered during the dig, which the audience enjoyed handling.  

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 Wednesday 28th October 2009

The  Purton Ships Graveyard - Paul Barnett

A site stretching 1.5km to the north of Sharpness New Dock entrance is the final resting place of 81 vessels which formerly sailed on Gloucestershire waterways. Paul discussed how his research revealed the site, now thought to be the largest of its kind in the UK and give examples of the ships  such as Severn Trows, forming this wonderful, but currently unprotected, maritime legacy.

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Wednesday 25th November 2009

The Wiggold Project: from early prehistory to the present day,

Professor Tim Darvill

Wiggold  is a small hamlet at the centre of Abbey Home Farm, on the northern edge of Cirencester. Bournemouth University's fieldwork over the last four years has established that this Cotswold upland landscape is exceptionally rich in sites and monuments. Dating from the first settlement of the area, prior to 4000 BC, these include a Neolithic causewayed enclosure, Bronze Age and Iron Age field boundaries and enclosures, Roman and medieval settlement, more recent buildings, fields and woods.

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No meeting in December

Wednesday  27th January 2010Kelmscott Manor

7.30 at the Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road Cirencester

William Morris and Kelmscott Manor

Tristan Molloy and Jane Milne, Property Managers

Kelmscott Manor, a grade 1 Listed Tudor farmhouse adjacent to the River Thames, was built in the late 1500s, with an additional wing added in about 1665. William Morris chose it as his summer home, signing a joint lease with the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the summer of 1871. The house - perhaps the most evocative of all the houses associated with Morris - contains an outstanding collection of the possessions and works of Morris, his family and associates (Benson, Burne-Jones, Rossetti and Webb amongst them), including furniture, original textiles, pictures, carpets, ceramics and metalwork.

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The organ of St John's Cirencester in September 2009Wednesday 24th February 2010

Croome Lecture -Jointly held with the Cirencester Civic Society. 

The Ongoing Refurbishment of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist

Malcolm James

The Parish Church is currently still undergoing refurbishment as part of an ongoing conservation project. This illustrated talk dealt with several key aspects of this refurbishment; namely the interior work, the organ and the South Porch area. The future challenges and past restorations were discussed.  

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Wednesday 10th March 2010

7.30 at the Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road Cirencester

Joint lecture with the Cirencester Science & Technology Society.(CSTS)

Current Approaches to Conservation Management in Historic Properties

Sarah Staniforth, Head of Conservation in the National Trust

The speaker is Head of Conservation for the National Trust and will look at challenges facing the organization in managing its extensive estate.

Tea coffee and fruitjuice will be available at this meeting in celebration of FairTrade Fortnight.

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Wednesday 31st March 2010 Cotswold Archaeology Public Lecture

7.30 at the Bingham Hall, King Street, Cirencester

The birth of a capital? Becoming Roman in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds

Tom Moore, University of Durham

Cotswold Archaelogy invites us to join them at their public lecture, which is free to all. Our speaker reports on recent fieldwork and asks what we really know of the massive earthworks at Bagendon, long perceived as the site of the capital of the Dobunni tribe.

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Punch and JudyWednesday 28th  April 2010

7.30 at the Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road Cirencester

Punch & Judy - Alix Booth

For over thirty years Alix Booth has worked with Mr Punch.  Her interest in the history of Punch & Judy has continued throughout this time.  Punch was first recorded by Samuel Pepys in 1662, but most of the story has been developed in the period from1760-1830. Punch is the common man fighting his small battles with life and the characters in the traditional show are just the ones that would have beset him during this time. Her talk is illustrated by slides as well as featuring her popular puppet cabaret.  

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Wednesday  26th May 2010

7.30 at the Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road Cirencester

Summer Meeting and AGM.

Magic Lantern Show - Patrick Furley

Watch an entertainment from before the days of cinema and television with this marvelous magic lantern show. Learn the history of this fascinating medium with Patrick Furley and understand the details of this Victorian invention which many of our grandparents will have watched.  

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