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Centre for Kent History and Heritage: events for 2024

11 January 2024

Firstly, Happy New Year to regular and new readers of the CKHH blog, we hope you enjoy it and come back again in future weeks. Secondly, the new website organised…

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…

MCW24 goes live plus Dover’s Maison Dieu

14 December 2023

First and foremost, the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2024 is now up and you can see the programme with links to the booking pages at: https://ckhh.org.uk/mcw and you can also reach…

Finding ‘Medieval Animals’ in Canterbury

7 December 2023

Still some finishing touches to the new CKHH website but the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2024 details are all on it which means I’m still very hopeful that the website can…

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…

Sandwich and the Arrival of the Strangers – exploring processes in history

22 November 2023

Last night (Tuesday 21 November) we were treated to a fascinating case study by Professor Alan Stewart concerning how the Strangers came to Sandwich in Elizabeth I’s reign. Consequently, this…

‘Beastly Latinists’ and the Unicorn at Canterbury

18 November 2023

Now to the second blog for the week to clear the decks for Professor Alan Stewart’s lecture on Tuesday 21 November at 5pm in The Michael Berry Lecture Theatre, Old…

Tudor Kent – at Sandwich and Lossenham

16 November 2023

For the benefit of those reading the blog for the first time as well as a reminder to regular readers, the next CKHH event will be on Tuesday, so please…

More on the Cinque Ports – exploring maritime communities

9 November 2023

I thought I would let you know that Dr Catriana Cooper’s FCAT/CKHH lecture has been rescheduled for mid-May next year and there will be details in the blog nearer the…

Aliens and Strangers – more exploration of Kent sources

1 November 2023

Stop press! An update from yesterday, we have decided due to current conditions and the weather forecast for today to postpone Dr Catrinia Cooper’s FCAT/CKHH Lecture this evening. It will…