NAHRG Lecture Programme

NAHRG Lecture Programme 2026/27

Meetings take place in the Thomas Paine Lecture Theatre at the UEA at 2.30 pm
(except for the 5 December joint meeting with the NNAS at 2.15 pm in Norwich Castle).
There is a hearing loop in the lecture theatre. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Non-members are welcome to try one or two lectures before joining. Directions are below.

2026

October 17
A Danish Knight in Fifteenth Century Norfolk: Sir Andrew Ogard of Buckenham and Emneth
John Alban (retired Norfolk County Archivist)

November 21
South Norfolk ‘Homestead’ Moats
Owen Warnock (Emeritus Professor of Employment Law, UEA)

December 5
NB 2.15 start. Joint meeting with the NNAS in Norwich Castle (also on Zoom)  
Baconsthorpe Castle: Conservation of a Ruined Fifteenth Century Norfolk Manor House
Ruth Brennan (Accredited Conservation Architect)

December 12
Rejoice and Be Merry : Seasonal music across the centuries, featuring early instruments.
A presentation by Chanter’s Jigge (an early music duo), followed by festive refreshments.

2027

January 16
Global Climate Change and the Transformation of the Suffolk Coast 1100-1700
Mark Bailey (Professor of Late Medieval History, UEA)

February 20
Guton and Beyond: Landscape, Life and Loss in Norfolk’s Deserted Medieval Settlements
Jakob Reid (Independent Researcher)	

March 20 (provisional date)
From Celtic to English: Language and Place-Names in Early Norfolk
Nigel Stanley (Freelance Historian and Retired History Teacher)

April 17   AGM followed by lecture
Norfolk Archaeology: A View from the West 
Clive Bond (Visiting Research Fellow in Archaeology, University of Winchester)

July 24   NAHRG Local History Day : Norwich: ‘A Fine Old City’
A conference-style all-day event with a range of talks on Norwich history.

The Thomas Paine Centre is on the right towards the end of Chancellor's Drive from the Security Lodge.
It is signed as such over the side entrance but the main entrance is styled ‘Norwich Business School’.
There is a convenient bus stop right outside the Thomas Paine Centre building. 
The West Car Park is right beside it and is open on a pay-by-phone basis at weekends (£1.00 flat fee).
The entrance to it is on the right off Chancellor’s Drive, just after the bus shelters (ignore the ‘staff only’ sign).
The nearby Central Car Park (turn left just past Thomas Paine) accepts payment by card or coin.
The Thomas Paine Centre is marked 52 on the maps on the campus. West Car Park P3. Central Car Park P5.
A downloadable version of the campus map is available on request.

Norfolk Archaeological & Historical Research Group
www.nahrg.org.uk       enquiries@nahrg.org.uk