Meetings & Events Diary
Monthly meetings take place on the last Tuesday of most months from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in the Small Hall at Hadleigh United Reformed Church, 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, SS7 2DQ.
The church can be found at the western end of Church Road in Hadleigh, opposite the car park for the Iceland store. There is parking available in the car park behind the adjacent Choice store.
There is a meeting fee of £2.50, which includes refreshments. Friends and neighbours are welcome to come with a member, as their guest, to any meeting.
Test Pit dig at St. Peter’s Church
St. Peter's Church Road, Thundersley, Essex, United KingdomThe dig will take place starting on Wednesday (9am to 4.30pm) and concluding on the Thursday (9am to up to 5pm). Most equipment will then be removed, but the pit(s) left covered until backfield on the Saturday morning (10am to 12 noon) …
A review of the Lynton Road dig
Hadleigh United Reformed Church 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, United KingdomTerry will review the findings from the May dig at Lynton Road .
“Connections – putting Essex in a national landscape”. A talk by Karen Bowman
Hadleigh United Reformed Church 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, United Kingdom" I have put together some instances of where our little corner of Essex has been connected to larger issues socially". Author Karen Bowman
Hadleigh Community Fayre
John Burrows park Hadleigh, Essex, United KingdomAGES will have a stall at this summer fayre again this year. Come and talk to our members.
Report on St. Peter’s
Hadleigh United Reformed Church 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, United KingdomA report on the July dig at St. Peter's church.
Rural Essex in Victorian and Edwardian times
St. James the Less church Hadleigh High Street, Hadleigh, Essex, United KingdomPeter Layzell from the Benfleet Historical Society will be giving a talk about Victorian and Edwardian Essex. Please note this meeting is located at St. James the Less in Hadleigh.
AGM followed by Members night
Hadleigh United Reformed Church 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, United KingdomOur last meeting before Christmas is the AGM followed by some member led fun and games.
Recent ” AGES” archaeology in Norfolk
Hadleigh United Reformed Church 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, United Kingdom
A Visit to Thundersley Hall and Susan Tonge, First Lady of the Bedchamber
An interesting look at one of our local historic houses by Lynda Manning
Alan Jasper: Canvey B17 Crash *EVENT CANCELLED *
Due to the current advice from the government we are cancelling all events until further notice.
Who’s in your family
Join our second Zoom meeting and find out the interesting characters you might find when researching your family history. Terry shares some of his findings in his own research. An invite will be sent to members before the date of the meeting.
Surveying to Find Local Wells – Lottery Project Training
On ZoomThe first of a series of 4 of our weekly members' training sessions on Zoom to prepare us for mapping the wells of Hadleigh and Thundersley as part of our 2021 project, "All's Well That Ends Well" funded by the National Lottery Heritage…
The History of Hadleigh Castle
On ZoomJoin our Zoom meeting and see some detail of the records and life at the castle over the years. Terry will present a Powerpoint followed by a Project Update on our latest Lottery funded project "All's Well That Ends Well". (Join AGES to…
Once More Unto the Breach Dear Friends
Hadleigh United Reformed Church 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, United KingdomHi all current AGES members and members in the recent past. After many months of restrictions preventing us from physically meeting, I am pleased to announce that our next club meeting (Next Tuesday, Tuesday 26th October) will be in the Hadleigh URC church…
Christmas 2021 Zoom
This will not be a full club meeting and is just a get together so that we can say Happy Christmas to one another. There will be a short PowerPoint on the Winter Solstice so we have a focal point. Rather unusually,…
AGES Members Meeting
Hadleigh United Reformed Church 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, United KingdomMORE OUT THAN IN, THE LAST FLIGHT OF HEAVENLY BODY II The 1944 B-17 Flying Fortress Canvey Crash. Local enthusiast Alan Jasper will be talking about the crash of a WW2 American bomber over Canvey and the research tracking the airmen's families.
A Full Report on the 2023 Daws Heath Road Dig
Hadleigh United Reformed Church 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, United KingdomTerry Barclay will present a Powerpoint showing the excavation, finds and results of the latest AGES dig. After the refreshment break, he will give a slideshow about some recent local archaelogical news
AGES MEMBERS ZOOM MEETING
On ZoomGraham Shuttlewood will presnt his Powerpoint on ‘Why Did I Go To Pompeii?’ After a short break midway, Terry Barclay will bring us up to date on local archaeological digs Pompeii by Winston Churchill Current and recent AGES members only will recive a…
Preparing for the May 2024 Hadleigh Dig
Hadleigh United Reformed Church 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, United KingdomPig and cattle jaws seen at recent Faunal Remains workshop Terry will give health and safety reminders and joining instructions for our forthcoming dig of 2 garden test pits on 8th and 9th May. (After the break, there will a short update on…
London Road Hadleigh Test Pit Dig
London Rd, Hadleigh nr MorrisonsThis first AGES dig of 2024 will seek to date the finds uncovered in the rear garden of a cottage that once stood on the edge of Hadleigh Common. Could this be the site of the Victorian village dump? The dig is free…
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