Events

For detailed information on the programmes organised by the Society select by clicking on one of the items on the left.

Non members are welcome to attend our in-person talks and a limited number of places for the online and hybrid talks are available for non members to book using Eventbrite.

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  • DAS library open

    DAS library open

    10:00 -12:00
    29/11/2025
    Strutts Centre
    Derby Road, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1UU

    Library open upstairs on the 1st floor.

  • Mrs Ella Armitage and Early Norman Castles in England revisited

    Mrs Ella Armitage and Early Norman Castles in England revisited

    11:00 -12:30
    29/11/2025
    Strutts Centre
    Derby Road, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1UU

    Speaker: David Mercer

    Mrs Armitage (1841-1931) was a pioneer archaeologist and historian in the field of castle studies. Her book The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (1912) is credited with establishing the principle that the motte-and-bailey castle was an early Norman innovation; rejecting the idea that mottes were of Anglo-Saxon date. With over a century of research into castles following this seminal thesis it is time to reassess Armitage’s legacy and provide context for the earliest castles in England.

    David Mercer read archaeology at St John’s College, Cambridge. His doctoral thesis looked at the historical development of ideas in castle studies. Since then, he has been an active member of the Castle Studies Group.

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