Jon Parsons is Peterborough based with an interest in local history and together works alongside Matt Tebbutt, both keen metal detectorists. In previous years Jon’s interest has been in natural history, and he has recorded many of the special ancient trees in the area on a national database. More recently he has taken up metal…
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Simon is a Senior Project Manager at MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) and based at their Northampton office. He manages large archaeological projects from inception to archive across the country, with a focus on the Midlands. He is also Ia keen supporter of MOLA’s public impact work and has appeared on recent series of Digging
We are currently putting together our lecture programme for next season. Details will be released later, but here are the dates for your diaries: Friday 25 September 2026 Friday 30 October 2026 Friday 29 January 2027 Friday 19 February 2027 Friday 19 March 2027 Friday 23 April 2027, including Annual General Meeting All lectures will
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A talk by Eleanor Cox, the Finds Liaison Officer for Northamptonshire. A round-up of archaeological finds made by members of the public across Northamptonshire and recorded onto the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) database. Ellie has both a BA and a MSc in Archaeology from the University of York, and has worked with PAS since 2011.
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The Prehistory of Street House Street House, in North East Yorkshire is remarkable for the wealth of prehistoric deposits that have been excavated in the last ten years. Starting with a Neolithic salt making site and associated settlement, excavations in the last two years have now revealed further Late Neolithic- Early Bronze Age ceremonial sites
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Initial results from the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Excavations. Between July 2022 and June 2024, MOLA undertook excavations ahead of the construction of the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvement Scheme. The sites revealed information about how Iron Age pioneers ventured into the claylands of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to expand their settlements,
General Roundup and Further Work. Many of you have been involved in our recent excavations at both of these Roman period farmsteads. Derek will provide us with a round-up of the work we have completed so far at these sites and what we have learnt about them. He will also give us an insight into
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Military architecture through the years A Talk by Jeff Hawley Alconbury Airfield’s history spans from its 1938 founding as a British Royal Air Force (RAF) satellite base through World War II and the Cold War, ending its operational life in the mid-1990s after decades of continuous American occupation. Once a strategic site for reconnaissance and