Anglo-Saxon Archives - KCHH

Exploring Kent landscapes – from cliffs to castles

2 October 2024

Firstly, just a reminder that this Saturday it is the Medway History Showcase 24 at the Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham where Kieron Hoyle and Jason Mazzocchi will be looking after…

Voices from the archive – medieval and Tudor manuscripts

26 June 2024

I thought I would provide a final reminder about events in the first week of July, before coming to the AMARC conference on Monday and Jason’s presentation to the Kent…

Upcoming Becket Lecture and much more

9 May 2024

This week I want to highlight some forthcoming events, starting with the Annual Becket Lecture, which is next Tuesday 14 May at 6pm (drinks reception from 5.30pm). Professor Elisabeth van…

Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2024

2 May 2024

Before I get to the main business for this week, I want to remind readers that the Becket Lecture is less than a fortnight away on Tuesday 14 May. It…

Countdown to MCW24, plus May lectures

24 April 2024

We are now only a couple of days away from the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2024, but if you haven’t got your tickets, you still can and details of all the…

Looking back at CKHH highlights in 2023

19 December 2023

We now have more on the ckhh website thanks to Ben Cornwell which means if you want to see our previous History Weekends, they are now all up except for…

Medieval Merchants and much more at MCW24

29 November 2023

After the excellent lecture by Professor Alan Stewart last week, this week is more a case of looking forward to 2024, although it is also important to note that Dr…

Exploring history – exciting times in Canterbury

20 September 2023

Next week is going to be very busy because not only is it the first week of term but we have the Nightingale Lecture on Tuesday evening, the Aphra Behn…

This is the 6th lost blog: Michael Wood’s Becket Lecture

6 September 2023

Just to explain, the blog ‘Looking forward and catching up with ‘Medieval Animals” from early July (number 5) is currently completely ‘gone’ until I recover the Word file on which…

Second lost blog: exploring Kent’s medieval past

6 September 2023

For news of upcoming CKHH events: Dr Diane Heath’s NLHF- funded ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ Skin and Bone, Wood and Stone conference; my ‘Kent’s Maritime Communities’ Working with Wills workshops and…