Meeting will be held in the Annex of the Richmond Library just off Kew Green {Click here for details} unless occassionally they will be clearly marked as 'Zoom'. Non-members are welcome to attend with a small donation. In fact most of our members now prefer this new library venue to the Vestry rooms that we used pre-Covid.
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Lectures & Events for Autumn 2026
11 September, 2026		The Roman Gardens of Londinium London is one of the most thoroughly excavated Roman towns in the Western Empire but reporting tends to focus on evidence of buildings, roads and other structural remains. This talk will look at the spaces in between, examining the botanical landscape, and the evidence for gardens in Londinium. We will look at the plants, tools, garden design, and how this changed over time. We will also think about social and cultural aspects of Roman gardens, how these spaces were used, and by whom. We will also see how this evidence is retrieved, the role of an archaeobotanist, and some highlights from recent research and community projects.		Dr Sadie Watson, UKRI Research Leadership Fellow, MOLA
9 October, 2026		AI and the Historian (details to follow)		Mark Lucas
13 November, 2026		Mapping Verulamium: highlights from the recent geophysical surveys of the Roman city The Community Archaeology Geophysics Society has been undertaking surveys on the Roman city of Verulamium since 2013. We have now completed over 1.1km2 of magnetometry survey and 35ha of Ground Penetrating Radar along with Earth Resistance survey and magnetic susceptibility. The talk will briefly introduce the techniques we used in as non-technical manner as possible, before going to discuss some of the findings from the surveys including the town aqueduct and some remarkable private and public buildings.		Kris Lockyear (University College, London)
11 December, 2026		Petrological and spatial analysis of the Flamsteed staircase in the White Tower (Abstract to follow)		Alfred R. J. Hawkins, Curator of Historic Buildings (HM Tower of London)