2024 Meetings held in the Vestry Hall Cranbrook at 7.30pm

Thursday 4th January
The Huguenots in Kent
by
Dr. Dinah Winch
Who were these people and do they connect with the Flemish weavers of Cranbrook?

Thursday 1st February
The Folklore of Houses
by
Mark Lewis
Foundation rituals, topping out ceremonies, beliefs about windows, doors and malignant spirits are all explored

Thursday 7th March
The History of Ordnance Survey
by Colin Brown
How a world leader and icon of Britishness came into being and how it grew

Thursday 4th April
King Henry and the Battle of Lewes
by James Dickinson
A rebellion, against the monarch, headed by Simon de Montfort led to the beginnings of democracy in England

Thursday 2nd May
Ships and Shipwrecks
by Haydon Luke
Stories of the Anne and the Amsterdam, both wrecks which are in shore locally
Also AGM
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