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.
June 2018
Exhibition of Thundersley Archaeological Finds
Come to the old part of the church and see finds dug up on the Wednesday by AGES at St Peter's Field and at Kingston School and by Southend High School for Boys students at various other pits around Thundersley. You never know what might be found to tell us about the history of the village. Refreshments will be sold to visitors by the church from 10:30 to 2pm. Terry
Find out more »July 2018
Aspects of Romans in Hadleigh PLEASE NOTE DATE
Contributors to the Romans in Hadleigh project show the different aspects of Roman life they have researched
Find out more »August 2018
ILAFS Reports from Thundersley digs
Update on our finds from the digs in Thundersley and at St. Peter's.
Find out more »September 2018
Members meeting
Fun and games! Test your knowledge with our mini Roman quiz and join in some historical themed games. With tea and cake of course!
Find out more »October 2018
Stephen Pollington talk
Stephen Pollington will be giving a talk on Anglo Saxon Essex.
Find out more »November 2018
AGES AHA AGM, Roman food and a look forward to Roman Christmas
The club's AGM will take place in as short a time as possible to leave time for Carol to give a talk about "Roman Food & Some Roman Nibbles" so that we can then break for refreshments with some special Roman nibbles. After the break, Terry will give a "Roman Christmas" presentation so we can get in the mood for the coming festivities. Picture: Saturnalia from Wikipedia, CCL
Find out more »January 2019
The Origins of St. Peters
Terry will give a slide show revealing all the results from the digs on top of St. Peter's Hill in Thundersley and how they fit in with the possible origins of Thundersley itself.
Find out more »February 2019
Maldon Archaeology club at Beeleigh Abbey
A talk by Terry on the Maldon clubs experiences at Beeleigh Abbey
Find out more »March 2019
April 2019
Wimpole Hall before the giant house
Graham will be giving a talk about the dig he has participated in at Wimpole Hall.
Find out more »May 2019
Test pit dig at Lynton Road
The dig will take place starting on Wednesday (9am to 4.30pm) and concluding on the Thursday (9am to up to 5pm). Current non members may join in with the dig if they pay £5 temporary digging membership on the day when they arrive. (This temporary membership will allow participation on both days and include invitations back tomfuturenAGES meetings to hear about the results from the dig). Most equipment will then be removed at the end of Thursday, but the pit(s)…
Find out more »June 2019
Preparation for the St. Peter’s Dig
Terry will be taking us through the preparation needed fornthe upcoming dig at St Peter's church.
Find out more »July 2019
St. James the Less Summer Fair
AGES will have a stall at the summer fair. Come and meet the members.
Find out more »Test Pit dig at St. Peter’s Church
The 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) Please contact Terry Barclay if you are interested in helping with the dig.
Find out more »A review of the Lynton Road dig
Terry will review the findings from the May dig at Lynton Road .
Find out more »August 2019
“Connections – putting Essex in a national landscape”. A talk by Karen Bowman
" I have put together some instances of where our little corner of Essex has been connected to larger issues socially". Author Karen Bowman
Find out more »September 2019
Hadleigh Community Fayre
AGES will have a stall at this summer fayre again this year. Come and talk to our members.
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