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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  • The mystery of secret passages running beneath the landscape
    19:30 -21:00
    01/03/2024
    Darley Lane, Derby, DE1 3AX

    Speaker: James Wright – SPEAKER ON ZOOM

    Every single hamlet, village, town and city in the British Isles has a story of secret passages running beneath the landscape. The tales speak of hidden tunnels connecting the castle and the monastery, or the hermitage and the pub, or the church and the manor house. Often these are supposed to be escape tunnels, sometimes they are connected with smuggling or treasure, on other occasions the given reasons for their existence are somewhat salacious and scandalous. The folklore of Britain’s subterranean landscape is ubiquitous, but is there ever any archaeological evidence for these yarns? What are the underlying truths? Can the stories ever tell us something about how people think about their communities and heritage?

    Archaeological Research Group

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  • Repairing the river weir at Matlock
    19:30 -21:00
    08/03/2024
    Darley Lane, Derby, DE1 3AX

    Speaker: Sarah Howard – SPEAKER ON ZOOM

    Sarah Howard is a heritage management professional who has worked for local and national government heritage services, the educational charity Council for British Archaeology, and more recently for the Environment Agency as their Midlands regional advisor on avoidance and mitigation of heritage impacts from the construction of flood alleviation schemes. Sarah holds an MSc in Environmental Archaeology and a PhD in heritage management that examined the concept of sustainability and how it has been understood and applied to archaeological heritage management. Sarah contributes as a regular co-host to a podcast series on Sustainable Heritage with fellow archaeologist Mark Williams, and volunteers some of her time to the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists to help assess new members and participates in their neurodiversity network.

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  • CBA East Midlands AGM and talks
    19:00 -21:00
    12/03/2024

    The AGM will be sandwiched between two talks:

    Hannah O’Regan from the University of Nottingham on Bears and humans: a complex relationship

    David Ingham from Albion Archaeology on Cows and Crucifixion: a remarkable Roman roadside settlement in Cambridgeshire.

    Please sign in at least a couple of minutes before 7pm to make sure you don’t miss the start of the first lecture. Our AGM will be held in between the two lectures at roughly 7:50pm.

    To join the AGM and lectures:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85322137264?pwd=eXJNbTRzc0w2QnUwNExGQXpvMkFqdz09
    Meeting ID: 853 2213 7264
    Passcode: 609815

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  • Two excavations on Roman amphitheatres in Britain – Chester and Richborough
    19:30 -21:00
    15/03/2024
    Darley Lane, Derby, DE1 3AX

    Speaker: Tony Wilmot

    This talk will summarise the phenomenon of the Roman amphitheatre as experienced in Britain and will concentrate on contrasting the evidence from the amphitheatres of Chester and Richborough, both of which have been excavated within the last 20 years. It will cover variations in amphitheatre construction between the legions and the civilian centres and evidence for the nature of arena events and the behaviour of spectators. Tony Wilmott is a senior archaeologist at Historic England and has worked as a professional field archaeologist for 46 years. During this time he has excavated on many sites, mainly, but not exclusively, of Roman date. He is particularly known for his work on Hadrian’s Wall and at Richborough, and for excavations on the two amphitheatres of Chester and Richborough. He is the author of The Roman Amphitheatre in Britain and is currently working on a fully revised edition.

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  • Joan D’Arcy Lecture – The Seizure of Church Goods in Derbyshire 1552-3: a later act of Tudor Reformation destruction
    14:00 -16:00
    23/03/2024
    Derby Road, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1UU

    ‘The Temple well purged’: the Seizure of Church Goods in Derbyshire 1552-3: a later act of Tudor Reformation destruction.

    Speaker: Dr Richard Clark

    On 15 January 1553 the government of Edward VI put in place arrangements to seize the goods of churches throughout England and Wales. It had ordered these goods to be listed by each parish in the summer of 1552. The seizures in Derbyshire took place in May 1553 as Edward VI’s health began to decline and concerns about the royal succession grew.

    The talk will be based on the records, covering large parts of Derbyshire, which were produced to enable and administer these changes. These were edited by the speaker and published by the Derbyshire Record Society as Church Goods in Derbyshire 1552-1553 in 2022. They complement the doctoral studies on the impact of the Reformation on the deanery of Derby by the late Joan D’Arcy.

    1.00pm – DAS Library open with exhibitions and books for sale including publications by the DAS, the Derbyshire Record Society and other local groups
    2.00pm – main lecture
    3.00pm – break for tea, a chance to browse the Library and book sales
    3.30pm – highlights from the archives of the Derbyshire Archaeology Society (Rosemary Annable and Richard Clarke)

     

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