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PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT Our canal boat (The Richmond) departs at 2:30pm, so please gather at the Canal Basin by 2:15pm at the absolute latest. Parking is limited in the Canal Basin area so it may be better to use one of Chichester's many car parks and arrive at the Canal Basin on foot. If the weather should be poor, we can use the café run by the Canal Trust, where there is seating. There are…

We very much hope that you will join us for this event. Although the venue is larger than usual, we expect there to be a lot of interest and early booking is advised. Tea and coffee will be available from 9:30am. The conference beings at 10am.     PROGRAM OF EVENTS Introduction by Andrew Foster Andrew Foster is an ecclesiastical historian who has published widely on bishops, clergy, cathedrals, dioceses and parishes c.1540-1700.  Formerly Director of Research at the University…

At a meeting held in the very building where Harriet Johnson taught, local historian Eileen Colwell draws on national and local archives to illustrate the career of this remarkable teacher. Refreshments will be provided for after the talk. From 1897 to 1910, a small Sussex village achieved national acclaim (and some international recognition) because of the innovative teaching of Harriet Johnson, headteacher of Sompting School. While most Victorian schoolchildren sat silently at their desks, learning lessons by rote and being…

For WSAS members and their guests To be held at the West Sussex Record Office from 10:30am to 12:30pm. The event is free but we need to know numbers so please complete a booking form.  Places are limited so early application is advised. Mince pies, coffee, wine, a look at recently acquired documents, short talks on West Sussex history and a chance to ask those questions you have been itching to ask the County Archivist, Wendy Walker. Talks: During the…

During the Napoleonic Wars many thousands of French prisoners of war were held in Hampshire, on board the hulks in Portsmouth harbour, at Portchester Castle and Forton prisons, and in the parole depots such as Odiham and Alresford. But not all prisoners were content to wait for either exchange or the wars to end and escapes were planned and attempted. We are familiar with the escape stories from World War Two but these from two hundred years ago are just…

Due to the UK lockdown, this event has been cancelled. If you have already booked to attend this talk, you will be contacted and issued with a refund.

Due to the UK lockdown, this event has been cancelled. If you have already booked to attend this talk, you will be contacted and issued with a refund.