Our autumn-winter-spring meetings offers lectures and discussions on vernacular building recording topics. All are designed to be both entertaining and educational.

If you are not already a WBSG member, you will be welcome as a guest. The fee for guests is £5.

Unless stated otherwise, physical meetings are at Wivelsfield Church Hall, Church Lane, RH17 7RD. Church Lane is on the left off the A2112, north of the Baldocks Renault garage roundabout. The car park is on the left next to the church, and the hall is further up on the right.

Monday 25^th November 7.45pm Zoom meeting. (Please register using the 'contact us' button at the top of the page)

Ben Jervis – ‘The Material Culture of Medieval English Rural Households’.

This talk summarises some of the findings of the research project ‘Living Standards and Material Culture in English Rural Households c1300–1600’ (funded by the Leverhulme Trust) which examined the kinds of objects used by non-elite rural households in medieval England the consumption choices of these households, drawing on a mix of archaeological and historical data. Ben Jervis is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the University of Leicester where he currently leads the research project ‘Urban Life in a Time of Crisis: Enduring Urbanism in Later Medieval England’.

 

There is no cost for WBSG members attending these talks.

The talks are open to the Public, at a cost of £5. Hot drinks and biscuits are provided at the physical meetings, but please bring a packed lunch

Guests at Physical meetings can pay at the door, for guests wanting to book for the Zoom talks please use the 'contact us' button at the top to request payment details.