The Spring 2021 newsletter in now available.
January 2021
Members, we now have a AAAHS Facebook Group to help fill the gap we now have in our activities.
It is private so does not show if searched for and can only be found by invitation. Members should have received an invitation, but if you have not please contact the Chairman.
The group is for the discussion of all things archaeological and historical primarily around Abingdon.
Do join and take part in this new venture of ours.
John Foreman
Chairman
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In the meantime you may be interested in some virtual archaeology. Details are available under the Links tab.
Following the latest Government advice the next three meetings in March, April and May are cancelled.
We hope to meet later in the year.
March 2020
Archive of previous News items
HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND GRANT FOR ABINGDON ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT
Since January 2019, as part of the Society's 50th anniversary project supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund, a group of volunteers has been working through the finds from past AAAHS excavations. The group was previously working on material from the Marcham 'Trendles' excavation project https://trendlesproject.com/and the work is taking place at Marcham, in a portacabin very kindly made available to us by the Trendles project.
The work involves identifying, recording and repacking finds of many different kinds. Photographs of some them can be found at this link www.noirplus.uk
Many thanks to Simon Blackmore, who leads the group working on artefacts and who took the photos.
January 2019
A Talk on Tuesday 20th November 2018 at 2.30 at Trinity Church Hall, Conduit Road OX14 1DB
Abingdon Area Archaeological & Historical Society: 50 years of uncovering Abingdon’s wonderful past. By Roger Thomas and Bob Evans.
Founded as a working group for rescue archaeology around Abingdon, then expanded in response to the rising enthusiasm for local history, the AAAHS looks back in 2018 on half a century of activity, often working closely with the Oxford Unit of Archaeology. Abingdon has a long and chequered history and the Society has been instrumental in uncovering much of it. Roger, a founder member and former chairman, and Bob, the current chair, reflect on what the society has achieved and the challenges it faces.
November 2018
On Friday 23rd November there is a special exhibition at the Bridge House Care Home:
November 2018
The Lambrick Lecture 2018
Vacancy on the AAAHS Committee
uploaded. A gentlemen's dining club of the eighteenth century - and it still exists! Look for it on:
http://www.abingdon.gov.uk/feature-articles/bear-club-abingdon
One is the Ron Chung papers; Old courts and slums of Abingdon. Ron was a resident of both the courts and ‘Hollywood’ and was able to record who lived where before the courts were removed. The papers are in the form of notes for a book that was never published.
The other, The Argyle Dairy, is by Sandra Lewis, living in Canada, who has combined family tradition with her own research to give an account of the Argyle Dairy originally set up by her great-grandparents in Victoria Road.
On the 20th of October we had a very successful talk by Air Vice-Marshal Dye. He outlined some of the characters and places that are part of our local early flying military history. Due to advance enquiries we had we expected a large attendance and on the night we nearly ran out of chairs. We were honoured to host a group from the local Abingdon Air Cadets that had seen the talk was on and wished to attend.