Letchworth Garden City Town Council
Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews (Director of NCAG Archaeology and Archaeology Officer for North Hertfordshire) gave us the results of the Church Field summer dig (which ran for 4 weeks this August) at our last meeting on October 7th. Keith has converted it to a pdf file which can be downloaded by
clicking here.
For pictures (courtesy of Christl Squires)
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North Hertfordshire Timber Supplies
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The Guardian published an article about our Community Archaeology Group on 28/08/09!!. To view, click on the following links:
www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/aug/28/g2
www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/aug/28/archaeology-heritage
www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2009/aug/26/archaeology-digs-britain
www.guardian.co.uk/science/interactive/2009/aug/27/archaeology
Results of the Summer 2009 Dig .. 11th October 2009
Letchworth Civic Trust
December Newsletter .. 15th December 2009
Test Pit News 12th November 2009
Welcome to the website of our ongoing Community Project! We are a thriving, active group with over 100 members and much local interest. For details of our future lecture programme, please
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For details of our Field Archaeology activities,
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If you are interested in becoming involved in our
activities
then please contact our Membership Secretary Pauline Gimson at ncagmembers@live.co.uk Norton has extraordinarily well preserved historical records covering 1000 years of our social history. We also have unspoilt archaeology spanning 5000 years. The Norton Community Archaeology Group (NCAG) was set up 3 years ago to further our knowledge of the village and surrounding area through practical “hands-on" historical research and archaeological excavations. Our projects will illuminate hitherto unknown aspects of the village's past and bring it to life for the inhabitants of the area. To view the archaeological background of Norton before the recent work of the group
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Our next Lecture 'Archaeological Dating Methods' Mick James (Wed January 20th 2010) will be held in the Mrs Howard Memorial Hall, Norton Way South, Letchworth, SG6 1NX at 7:30pm
What's New?
Important announcement...Change of venue! .. 15th December 2009
Spring 2010 Lecture News...for details
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21st October 2009
For an article written by our Archaeology director, Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews (Director of NCAG Archaeology and Archaeology Officer for North Hertfordshire) describing the interpretation of the Autumn 09 Test Pits
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History Group Update + Manorial Rolls Lecture 17th December 2009
Sue Flood (Hertfordshire County Archivist) gave us a superb lecture in November. (
Picture by Christl Squires)
Click on the links here for her
powerpoint presentation
plus the transcript and History Group update by
Tim Vickers
For a recent article about the progress of the History Group written by David Croft (Group Leader)
click here.
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