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TOPICS:
TOLLESBURY
DIG:
HERITAGE
OPEN DAYS:
NATIONAL
ARCHAEOLOGY DAYS:
DATES
FOR YOUR DIARY:
NEW
BOOKS:
BEELEIGH:
ESSEX
PLACE NAMES:
CARRINGTON'S FARM; TOLLESBURY:
UPDATE:
February 2012;
Hello
Team!
The
dig is now closed until it re-opens for the 2012 season on Saturday
31st March 2012.
The
2012 Action Plan is currently under review.
Ed
and Terry will be in the lead on this site this year and will
welcome all diggers who want to be part of the project. If you are
new to the site and would like further info, just contact one of
them via the 'Digger's Help Line' below.
It is anticipated that
the site be open every Saturday (09:00 am until about 3:00 pm) until
late Autumn.
Diggers
Help Line: For information or to check if site will be open
(call before 09:00
on the day) contact either Ed Heigham on 07885 818951 or, if Ed is
unavailable, Terry on 07784 698380.
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NATIONAL
ARCHAEOLOGY DAYS:
21st
- 22nd July 2012:
Details to be confirmed. Watch this space for updates.
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HERITAGE
OPEN DAYS:
8th
- 11th September, 2012: Details to be confirmed. Watch this space for updates.
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DATES
FOR YOUR DIARY:
Agenda: 1.
Apologies for absence 2.
Minutes of the last AGM 3.
Reports;
(a)
Chairman's Report (b)
Secretary's Report (c)
Treasurer's Report
4.
Other Reports 5.
Election of Officers; nominations are invited for membership of the
committee. 6.
Election of Examiner of Accounts 7.
Any Other Business
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MAHG
Annual Dinner; Friday, May 4th, 2012 at the Maldon Town Hall.
Arrive 7 p.m. for 7:30 p.m. Subject matter and speaker details TBC.
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The MAHG 'Midsummer
Do'; Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 at the Scout Hut, Brickhouse
Farm, Poulton Close, Maldon, Essex CM9 6DE. Subject matter and
speaker details TBC.
To
confirm your attendance at any of these events please contact Jo Cameron, Membership
Secretary, on 01621 853323 or email your confirmation of attendance
via digup@smartemail.co.uk
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NEW
BOOKS:
MAHG
has recently published four new books;
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'A
History of Beeleigh Mill'. This is an updated version of the
original History of Beeleigh Mill book and has been written by
Grahame Thorne. It includes more engine details, a history section
by Stephen Nunn and additional information, including reports of the
fire that ultimately led to the mills destruction and an eight page
centre section containing coloured illustrations.
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'Maldon
Heybridge and the Great War (1914 - 1918)'. MAHG have again teamed
up with local historian and author Stephen Nunn. This latest study pulls together, for the first time ever, a
complete roll call of the 248 Maldon and Heybridge men who made the
ultimate sacrifice (only 146 of them are listed on the town’s main
war memorial). It
will be of special interest to local historians, genealogists,
students of the First World War and all those curious about the
heritage of the Maldon and Heybridge District.
For
further information visit the 'Books & Exhibs' page of this web
site, or simply click on the book title above.
Both
books have virtually sold out. They would make an excellent present - get
your copies NOW to avoid disappointment.
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BEELEIGH
ABBEY:
The Beeleigh
Excavation is finally at an end after nearly 5 years. Many thanks to
those who worked on the site and to Trevor Ennis who has provided
expert advice. Excavation
began in the autumn of 2001 with the kind permission of Mr & Mrs
Foyle, and with financial support from the Countryside Agency and
the Lottery Heritage Fund.
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ESSEX
PLACE NAMES PROJECT:
The Essex
Place Names Project is currently looking for volunteer
Recorders.
The purpose of
the Project,
which is a scheme of the Essex Society for Archaeology and History
is to record, parish by parish, throughout the whole of Essex, the
names of local features. Its principal aims are to:
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Record
names of roads, streets, fields, farms, houses, woods, inns,
rivers, streams, mills, together with the names of their owners and tenants.
This is achieved using old maps, tithe records, etc.
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Explore local areas in each parish where there are current or
earlier names which suggest their history, industrial or
agricultural use (milling, cloth making) or archaeological
remains (such as former buildings and burial mounds), to see if
any evidence still exists.
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Make
available this information to any person or group who wish to
use it for further research into history, archaeology,
genealogy, linguistics, philology or related subjects.
Recorders can
work singly or as groups and the work can be done at home, with some
visits to the Essex Records Office.
Compiling the
information can be done either on computer or by hand and can be
fascinating work for anyone with an interest in local history.
There are a
number of parishes around Maldon without Recorders at
present. These include:
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Althorne
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Boreham
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Great
Totham
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Great
Wigborough
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Hatfield
Peverel
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Inworth
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Little
Baddow
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Layer
Marney
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Maldon St
Mary
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Mundon
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Messing
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Tolleshunt
Major
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Tolleshunt
D'Arcy
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Tolleshunt
Knights
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Witham,
and
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Wickham
Bishops
Volunteers can
apply via the Essex Place Names web site, write to the Project
Co-ordinator (see details below).
If you let
MAHG know of your interest we can also provide further support and
assistance to anyone interested in taking part in this fascinating
project.
Further
general information is available on the Project web site, hosted by Essex
University, which can be found at:
http://www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames
Project
Coordinator, 27
Tor Bryan Ingatestone Essex CM4
9JZ
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