Welcome to the West Surrey Branch of the Historical Association

Dear all, The first half of the 2019-20 programme has seen some very interesting lectures and big attendances. As I mentioned in my last newsletter, the committee made a major effort to involve schools with the selection of topics. Our decision to focus on the Tudor period was a response ...
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The Guildford Spike, linked with but deliberately separated from the nearby Guildford workhouse, was a ward for vagrants. In return for an overnight stay in squalid conditions, vagrants had to do basic manual work before, typically, going on their way to the next Spike. George Orwell gave a vivid picture ...
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Tuesday 25 February 2020: ‘Aspects of American Foreign Policy in the Nuclear Age’ - Speaker: Dr Jonathan Hunt, Lecturer of Modern Global ...
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Tuesday 17 March 2020: ‘The Crisis of the Tudor Throne 1540-60’ - Speaker: Dr Lucy Wooding, Langford Fellow and Tutor ...
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The Guildford Spike, linked with but deliberately separated from the nearby Guildford workhouse, was a ward for vagrants. In return ...
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Tuesday 28 April 2020‘Accidental Death in Tudor Surrey: How People Died Reveals Much About How They Lived’Speaker: Professor Steven Gunn, ...
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Tuesday 19 May 2020: ‘When Does an Empire Truly End? Exploring India’s Imperial Ties in the Decades after Independence’ - Speaker: Dr ...
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Brexit and the Stretching of the Constitution -The Brexit Shock in Historic Perspective by Dr Andrew Blick, Reader in Politics ...
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