The Wolverhampton Archaeology Group seeks to promote the practice of field archaeology in and around the City of Wolverhampton. Regular meetings with invited speakers are held and field archaeology projects are undertaken.

Aims to support the Trust financially and practically. Makes grants in support of Trust activities. Opportunities for Friends to help with finds processing and sometimes at Trust excavations. Programme of lectures, visits and annual short holiday. Access to specialist library for Friends. Publishes three newsletters a year.

During 2006 we are working with the University of Sussex on the on-going excavation of Barcombe Roman Villa, as well as undertaking a number of other projects. There are opportunities for members to participate in excavation and survey work at weekends.

Organising an excavation of a multiperiod site at Kingsdale Head, Thornton in Lonsdale, June 11th – June 29th 2006

Founded in 1933, formerly the Sheffield Trades Historical Society. Monthly lecture programme and summer visits. Publishes: Journal (1,1998, 2, 2001, 3, 2004); Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of South Yorkshire, 1995; Water Power on the Sheffield Rivers, 1989 (new edition in preparation). Interests: local history and archaeology of industry. Field Recording Group contributes to various… [Continue Reading]

Planning a survey of pre-1870 buildings still surviving in the City, especially in the suburbs.

Provides a series of winter lectures, and organises visits to archaeological sites and historic buildings. Also supports the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Offers grants towards publication of research and writing up of history of local area. Published two Millennium lectures. Publishes histories of Canterbury almshouses and William Urry lectures on Thomas Becket.

Publishes two newsletters in spring and autumn. Conference in autumn. Provides grants for archaeological work and projects. Active in respect of archaeological issues of public concern.

Active fieldwork survey programme & geophysics. Major joint project with local history society researching medieval Berwick. Monthly guest lectures. Well resourced by recent lottery grant.

Programme of lectures and excursions. Publishes ‘Archaeologia Cantiana’ and records and research reports. Members’ library. Runs a training excavation.

Programme of lectures and meetings. Publishes quarterly newsletter. Carries out excavations, field walking and research. Publishes Summer and Winter Journals. Open Days at excavation site.

Two new sites given SMR numbers in Larne Area through our work over the past two years. An Iron Age Hillfort and an early Christian Rath. Three other sites still on- going which may or may not be given SMR numbers in the near future.

Group of freelance archaeologists and enthusiasts seeking to discover more of the history within the region in which they live. Investigates selected archaeological sites and themes in an area contiguous with the East Hampshire and West Sussex border. Concentrates on field reconnaissance, archive and survey work.

Programme of meetings during the year. Publishes newsletters, various archaeology and local history projects.

Archaeological and local history talks plus archaeological collections.

The group was established to formalise the excavation that Victor Pocock has been running for the last 20 years. The site has produced evidence from the Bronze Age to Roman period. The excavation season starts in late April and continues to early autumn. This excavation is only suitable for local volunteers as activity is intermittent… [Continue Reading]

WARG, the society for Winchester archaeology and local history, promotes the study of archaeology and local history in the City of Winchester and the surrounding area, through meetings, walks, field walking, excavations, excursions and other events. It also provides work parties and other support for the Winchester Museums Service and develops training activities for volunteers

Summer walks and winter talks. Members’ work published in an occasional journal. Republication of Axbridge Past and Present.

Lectures, visits and a monthly newsletter, occasional journal detailing research.