Festival of Archaeology 2013

The Council for British Archaeology is organising another Festival of Archaeology next month which will offer "over 1,000 events nationwide, organised by museums, heritage organisations, national and country parks, universities, local societies, and community archaeologists."
There are a number of events in Nottinghamshire, including:

• Exploring Lenton Priory- A day of tours, geophysics and public displays (Saturday 13 July)
• Finds roadshow at the University of Nottingham Museum (Wednesday, 17 June)
• Talk on 'Nemi in the new Millennium from potential disposal to research phenomenon' and an exhibition of finds from the Temple of Nemi near Rome (20 July-29 September)
• An exhibition at Mansfield Museum: 'Mansfield's extraordinary antiquarian - Major Hayman Rooke' (6 July-3 August)
• Iron Age roundhouse open day at Calverton (14 July)
• Open days and archaeological exploration on the site of 18th century cotton mills on the River Leen (13-14 July)
• Archaeological excavation at Robert Miles Junior School in Bingham (22-26 July)
• Excavation open days whilst FARI Archaeology volunteers are digging test-pits in the 'Nationally Important' Late Upper Palaeolithic site near Farndon (various dates)

Nottinghamshire's Great War Roll of Honour

Nottinghamshire County Council has commissioned the county's first ever Great War Roll of Honour dedicated to the men and women of the county who died in World War I and will contain the names of 11,500 servicemen and women. The information is being compiled by a team of volunteers using war memorials, stained glass windows and plaques in buildings all over Nottinghamshire.

There will also be a Nottinghamshire Great War Centenary Exhibition at Nottingham Castle from July to November 2014. "Marking one hundred years since the outbreak of World War I, this exhibition will explore the experiences of Nottinghamshire people, at home and at war, whether by land, sea or in the air, through powerful visual images, artefacts and tours of city and county Great War landmarks."

The Roll of Honour and exhibition form part of 'From the Trent to the Trenches', a major programme of events and activities taking place in 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.

Events and exhibitions at Nottinghamshire Archives

A varied programme of events and exhibitions over the summer has been announced by Nottinghamshire Archives:

Wednesday Workshops

19 June: Records of Royalty
17 July: Apprenticeship
21 August: Hospital and asylum records

Each workshop starts at 2.30pm and costs £4.

Archive Skills Workshops

30 July: Reading Parish Registers (English)
6 August: Reading Parish Registers (Latin)
13 August: Interpreting Dates

Summer Talk

9 July: Local, National & International – RAF Ancestral Research
This talk starts at 6.30pm and is free.

Nottinghamshire’s People: Ancestral Stories from the Archives

7 June – 1 September 2013 at the Weston Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre
Admission free

Lunchtime Talks (to accompany the exhibition)

(All talks are free and can be booked by contacting the Lakeside Arts Centre Box Office on 0115 846 7777)
26 June and 9 July: Students, Sinners and Surveys
3 July: Weaving My Family Tapestry
7 August: Unlocking the Parish Chest:
14 August: Kinship and Connectedness

For further information visit the Nottinghamshire Archives Events page.