This stone head with coronet was found on the site of Merton Priory, Surrey, in 1797. The diplomat and collector Sir William Hamilton FSA presented the head on behalf of the Priory’s landowner to the Society in 1802.

Mon 24 Nov @ 6.30pm online JOAN ALLEYN – NO MOUSE Join Calista Lucy, former Keeper of the Archive at Dulwich College, as she pieces together the biography of Joan Alleyn, step-daughter of The Rose's owner, Philip Henslowe, & wife of Edward Alleyn, its star actor. www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on

This image is part of a detailed account of King Edward VI’s procession in 1547 from the Tower of London to the Palace of Westminster on the day before his coronation. Unique to this scene is its recording of the City, especially Cheapside with its goldsmiths’ shops.

The next in a series of online talks hosted by the KAS, with Experimental Archaeologist Alexander Read. Alex will talk us through how he made an early Saxon sword based on one from Sarre. Join Zoom Meeting: us06web.zoom.us/j/82181595224 #Archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology

Thanks @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for “Pub Crawling Through Playhouses” - an excellent romp through playhouses and their drinking culture and cheers to @roseplayhouse.bsky.social for hosting! 🍻

The weather may be dreary today, but tomorrow looks better, so why not drop by ours at 1pm for a free talk on a long-lost painting of an 18th-century London amputation scene. www.sal.org.uk/event/amputa...

Join us online this Monday evening as Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social – President of the Marlowe Society of America, and former President of the Australian & New Zealand Shakespeare Association  – uncovers the connections between ale houses and playhouses in early modern London.

TONIGHT at 6.30pm online This should be a fascinating talk, so please do join us if you can!

This is REALLY good to see. Too many colleagues were utterly misrepresented in this awful film, & in narrative surrounding it They deserve to have their names cleared. BBC News - Substantial damages awarded to academic over Steve Coogan Richard III film - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

King Stephen died on 25th October 1154 at Dover. He was buried in the choir at Faversham Abbey alongside Queen Matilda and their son, Eustace. The exact location of his remains is unknown but after the dissolution of the Abbey he may have been reburied in the church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham.

I'm delighted, grateful, and a little dazed to be among this year's Philip Leverhulme Prize winners @leverhulme.ac.uk, and among such excellent company. A little more on my research hopes at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social press release: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...

“Car rams into” would be more accurate than “car backs into” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On Wednesday 17th October 1962, at 7.30pm, the inaugural meeting of the Faversham society was held at the Guildhall, chaired by the Mayor of Faversham, Cllr. Peter Lee-Roberts. James Doak was elected chairman and Arthur Percival, secretary. favershamsociety.org

A 13th-century oak door in Wells Cathedral for #ADoorableThursday

Ay, of a snail, for though he comes slowly, he carries his  house on his head.. As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 1 Glass at St Mary Edstaston #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday #snailsonsunday

The 14th century Jesse Window at Wells Cathedral and small fragments of broken glass salvaged and reused. #StainedGlassSunday

Back from a week staying at Gurney Manor in Somerset celebrating my husband’s birthday. The house belongs to Landmark Trust and it’s been on the wish list to stay there for a long time.

What an interesting & fabulous life described here about Dr Paul Wilkinson resident in #Faversham Lots to learn. #Archaeology #Sailing #FavershamPort favershamlife.org/dr-paul-wilk...

Betwixt being forever baffled and stunned It's exhausting being an archaeologist

The deadline for the Archaeological Achievement Awards has been extended, which means there’s still time to nominate! 🏆 That colleague who’s smashing it? The TikTok creator sparking a conversation? The project changing lives? Don’t let them go unrecognised! Closing noon 10/09👉 shorturl.at/6q5bx

@archaeobears.bsky.social this looks interesting. Roman #BoxOfficeBears

This will be very useful and I have yet to read it fully but my first moan is about the front cover image 🙄 Why are the archaeologists sitting on mud, with only partial PPE? I see they’re ‘enjoying a tea break’ so why not in a clean cabin with full facilities? This looks hugely unprofessional 😩

The hops are up for the #Faversham Hop Festival. Archeaeobotanical evidence of hops was found in the Graveney Boat, a sea going cargo boat dated c AD 900, uncovered in the estuary mud not far from Faversham in 1970. mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/graveney-boat

Guided walk-Faversham Creek in wartime and Pollocks Shipyard-11am 17th September. As part of the Maritime Heritage Trust Open Day learn about the importance of the Pollocks Shipyard and it's work in World War II. Free for Faversham Society members, otherwise £5. favershamsociety.org/events/?even...

The Faversham Society's Summer Time Stroll - Walking with History, 6pm 3rd September. This is the final chance for an evening walk while the light still allows to discover more about #Faversham's fascinating past. £5 or free for Faversham Society members. favershamsociety.org/events/?even...

Writing this week about early modern women’s battles to manage the Curtain estate, including the hand behind this signature mark. #CurtainBook

TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE has a COVER👀 (this is a late C16 embroidered coif - never in fact assembled - in the V&A. All the crazy scale with added big cats, like an acid trip As You Like It. I love that it is a bit stained and messy.) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Do you like free workshops and performances? Longsword demonstrations? Dressing up? Then we've got the event for you! Join us for an event celebrating the historic Magna Carta on 12 September! www.sal.org.uk/event/age-of...

Pleased to buy a copy of the #Faversham 2026 calendar which contrasts the same street/place/building from days gone by with the current day. Beautifully done & lovely to see similarities & differences. If you’re visiting for #Hopfest this weekend pop in the #InformationCentre to get a copy.

Hello world, it's nice to be here! We'll be helping communities map the impact of climate change on some of our most vulnerable coastlines. We're based in Sefton, North Devon, the Swale Estuary, and Poole Harbour. See how your coast changes and help record it. Thanks to #NationalLottery players

Come and join us!

The Faversham Society’s next summer stroll is “Murder and Intrigue - the sorry tale of Alice Arden” 6.30pm 23rd July favershamsociety.org/events/?even...

Join the society on Thursday 17th July for Step in the Right Direction – Further Discoveries of the Lympne Lamp Thursday 17 July 2025 19:00 20:30 Image Credit: KENT-EE88CA, Courtesy of Kent County Council (CC-BY). More information on our website: lnkd.in/eYhyQTEm

The Faversham Fleur de Lis Museum garden is open today. At first sight it might not be the most picturesque of all the gardens open today but it’s the only one with a reconstructed shop front and a plant scheme from the 1770s.

It’s a hot but busy day at the garden market in Faversham today.

It’s Faversham Open Gardens and garden market today: favershamsociety.org/faversham-op...

1905 image of the former Black Bull inn on Finkle Street/St Sampson’s Square in York. the Hand and Heart inn is just visible to the left. The area was once known as the Thursday Market. The jettied building was probably 15th century and operated as an inn in post medieval times. It was

For anybody who wants to see my lecture at the Society of Antiquaries this week, the video is here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=fx13...

It’s your final chance to support the Star Shine walk in aid of Arthur Rank House - please don’t miss it! I’m nearly at £2000 raised - please help me reach that target! Thank you

The work Han put in to piecing this all together was incredible. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wordle 1,461 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The day has started well.

Pics, or it didn’t happen - @lostplayhouse.bsky.social it so did happen! Brilliant lunch time lecture at @antiquaries.bsky.social so many ins and outs!!

Looking forward to hearing @lostplayhouse.bsky.social talking about The Flipped Playhouse: Tracing an Early Shift in Tudor Era Playing Spaces this afternoon at @antiquaries.bsky.social

Discover the 16th-century ballad ‘Greensleeves’ in our 4 July conference and hear about it as a focal point through which to explore the interconnections of texts, textiles and material culture in early modern England. www.sal.org.uk/event/greens...

It was the Faversham Society’s AGM last night and I very pleased to say that I have been elected as new Trustee. Being the new girl on the team means I have a lot to learn but my fellow Trustees have so much experience and knowledge I’m looking forward to the challenge. favershamsociety.org

We're excited to be looking for our first ever Maker in Residence this summer! We're seeking a MiR who can inspire our audiences through their creative response to our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225. All the details are on our website, closing date 14 July. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...

The Museum of London Archaeology have just launched #Bartmanngoesglobal project! You can learn more about the project on the Museum of London Archaeology website: www.bartmanngoesglobal.org/about-us/abo... where you can also submit information on your own Bartmann Jugs!

Had a trip out to Folkestone this afternoon and Antony Gormley’s cast iron statue “Another Time XVIII 2013” on one of the old loading docks under the Harbour Arm was looking out onto a very calm sea.

If you work in the #heritage sector in any role please spend 5 minutes to complete @prospectunion.bsky.social Big Heritage Survey 2025 We want to hear from both members & non-members & the results are incredibly important for our campaigning Link below ⬇️ 📝https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/76Y6QSY