Author Archives: Ruiha Smalley

Rose Hill, Sittingbourne

In the spring of 2015 the Heritage Lottery gave Kent County Council funding for the Woodland Wildlife Hidden Histories Project. This enabled community archaeology to be undertaken at Rose Hill, Sittingbourne. Those involved included Grove Park Primary School, the North Downs … Continue reading →

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Medieval Canterbury weekend: 1-3 April, 2006

Medieval Canterbury was internationally important as the site of St Thomas’ shrine, and was on the main highway between London and mainland Europe. It is an ideal setting for a weekend programme of lectures and guided visits that showcase recent … Continue reading →

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News for November

On Thursday 26th we will be going to Keycol to help another local group – the Newington Group – weigh and count the Roman pottery assemblage uncovered during our work on the site. We will be applying for funding to … Continue reading →

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England’s Places archives

One of the most well-known collections in the Historic England Archive, the Architectural Reed Box Collection, has now been scanned and made available online. The collection consists of over 600,000 photographic prints taken of cities, towns and villages around England, … Continue reading →

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World War II: ‘Wartime Domesday’ book showing life in 1939 to be made publicly available online

In a move that will transform the study of key aspects of 20th century British social history, one of the country’s most important data collections is being made available to historians and the general public from 2 November. Historical researchers have … Continue reading →

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