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Professor Mark Bailey returns, this time to talk about the evolution of the Suffolk coast and its ports from 1200 to 1600 A.D.
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A personal 60-year journey on Orford Ness. David Warren explains his connection with the Ness starting as a Scientific Assistant to becoming an independent military researcher.
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In 2014 the Colchester Archeological Trust undertook a major excavation at the Williams and Griffin, now Fenwick, department store on Colchester High Street. The Trust uncovered evidence of the Boudican Revolt, including the remains of a house, which had been destroyed by fire, and the remarkable Fenwick Treasure. The Treasure… Read More >

Woodwoses or wildmen - men covered in thick fur, sometimes carrying clubs - are a common sight in Suffolk's churches, carved in stone on fonts, on porches or on church towers. It's a mystery why there are so many woodwoses in Suffolk and so few elsewhere. There are some Medieval… Read More >

The discovery of the remains of King Richard III raised fascinating new questions. The scoliosis exhibited by the last Plantagenet King's skeleton revealed that the twisted physique of Shakespeare's 'Black Legend' did have at least some basis in fact. But how could such a diminutive person, suffering from a significant… Read More >

Lost gardens have a strong romantic appeal - things of beauty that have been allowed to slip away from us. In this talk, Edward Martin the archaeologist and landscape historian will show how seemingly unimportant mounds of earth and neglected ponds can, with the help of maps, old photographs and… Read More >

Peter Gutteridge's talk will tell the story of Nelson's early life from his birth in 1758 in the small north Norfolk village of Burnham Thorpe through to the Battle of Cape Saint Vincent on 14 February 1797 which established him as one of the nation's great heros. The talk will… Read More >

The ill-fated marriage of Charles Forth and Elizabeth Jerningham The story told in this talk involves two families: the long-established Jerninghams of Somerleyton and the newly emergent Forths of Butley Priory. When Robert Forth's eldest son Charles was allegedly allured into marrying Elizabeth Jerningham, he was scandalised. He reluctantly accepted… Read More >

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT To be added to the waiting list please email us at info@orfordmuseum.org.uk. In 1942, over 400 inhabitants of the countryside between Orford, Snape and Slaughden were compulsorily evicted from their homes by the War Office and not allowed to return until 1947/48. In the interim,… Read More >

The tree of life is the most wondrous demonstration of evolution in all its magnificent splendour. Except it's not a tree at all. Geneaology and family trees are the ties that bind us to our ancestors, descendants and local history. They're not trees either. In this talk Adam will take… Read More >

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. To be added to the waiting list, please email info@orfordmuseum.org.uk Sir Alex Younger was for 30 years a career intelligence officer in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service. He served in Europe, the Middle East and Afghanistan. He was appointed as Director of Counter Terrorism from… Read More >

"Of what use is decisive victory in battle if we bleed to death as a result of it" B.H. Liddle Hart Iain Murison joined the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1984 and served for 30 years in conflicts including N. Ireland, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. This presentation discusses the Afghan… Read More >