Before I come to ‘Maritime Kent though the Ages’ this weekend and the great array of speakers, I thought I would very briefly mention that I attended two of the […]
Bones, bodies and relics at Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone
Before I come on to two saints, one at Dover and Chichester and the other at Folkestone, I thought I would bring you some breaking news about the Tudors and […]
Maritime Kent – from Faversham oysters to Dover castle and Hythe fishermen
In some ways a great deal has happened this week and in other ways very little, a sort of treading water time before various decisions are made and implemented. On […]
Humans and Animals in Faversham and Margate
Before I report on the first phase of the ‘Medieval Faversham’ exhibition that has been installed in the Town Council’s new Heritage Hub, I want to mention the Centre’s conference […]
Tudor and Stuart Canterbury – universities working together
Last Saturday was the Kent History Federation’s 1-day conference hosted at Canterbury Christ Church by the Centre for Kent History and Heritage. To avoid clashing with the Medieval Canterbury Weekend […]
Baldwin of Canterbury and Finding Eanswythe in Folkestone
I appreciate that being Sunday, the ‘Tudor and Stuart Canterbury’ conference took place yesterday, but for that report I’m afraid you are going to have to wait until later in […]
Medieval animals and Faversham exhibition – exciting times
Things continue to be busy and it is now just over a week to the Kent History Federation 1-day conference hosted by the Centre at Canterbury Christ Church on ‘Tudor […]
Canterbury pilgrims and medieval woodland settlements
Regarding the work of the Centre, firstly I want to congratulate Dr Diane Heath on the submission of the Gender and Medieval Studies volume on Gender: Places, Spaces and Thresholds […]
Young Archaeologists as part of MCW2018
Before I get down to the news this week, and even though I don’t yet have the final figures, I thought I would update you on what I think the […]