IAS – MIlford

Speaker: Chris Stone

Organised by the Architecture Section

Speakers: Christopher Kennedy and Aidan Ridyard

Organised by the Architecture Section

Speaker: David Rudling

The Ouse valley is a key communication route from the Channel coast, via the Downs to the wide expanse of the Weald. It traverses and encompasses landscapes and archaeological sites of both local and regional importance - all connected by the river Ouse and its valley. David will review the archaeological fieldwork that has been undertaken in the valley to investigate and record Roman-period settlements and land-use. He will look at the emergence and fates of sites such as the native settlement at Bishopstone, the villas at Newhaven, Beddingham, Barcombe and Plumpton, and the nucleated settlement at Bridge Farm, Barcombe Mills. He will also consider the main Roman roads in the valley, and the iron working sites north of Barcombe.

Dr David Rutling is the Academic Director at the Sussex School of Archaeology, having previously been Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sussex, and Director of Archaeology South-East which is part of University College London. He has directed a wide range of fieldwork on sites of various periods throughout Sussex, notable sites including Roman villas and tile kilns, Romano-Celtic temples, a Middle Bronze Age settlement site and various medieval urban sites in Hastings, Lewes and Winchelsea. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, a trustee of the Council for British Archaeology South-East, and Chairman of the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society.

Image above - Barcombe villa c AD 150 (drawing by Andy Gammon)

Speaker on Zoom

Speaker: Jennifer Browning

Speaker: Robert Mee

Organised by the Local History Section

Speaker: Colin Merrony

Organised by the Archaeological Research Group

Speaker: Richard Sheppard

Organised by the Architecture Section

Speaker: James Clark

Speaker: Amy Bracey

In February 2024 an extensive archive came up for auction. Within its pages the daily workings and the lives of the workers are documented. Drawings, photographs and letters bring to life the people who worked for Holmes of Derby - a company who expanded to other towns and to the great coach making city of London. Spanning 150 years of a 500 year coach making history, the archive is of international importance. The talk will give an insight to the company history and explore the items within the archive. Amy Bracey has a degree in Art History and Heritage Management and has worked with museum collections relating to canals, archaeology and decorative arts, but her love of carriages became a career when working for the National Trust, cataloguing their carriage collection. She now works as Project Curator for The Carriage Foundation, an educational charity, and advises museums and individuals across the globe on the care, conservation, history and research of horse-drawn carriages.