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Saturday 16 May 2015 at Weston Turville Village Hall

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PROGRAMME AND SPEAKERS

9.10 am: Doors open and registration
9.45am: Introduction by Dr Richard Gem,
President of Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society
10am: Deepening understanding: Archaeology and Heritage on HS2
Helen Glass, Archaeology and Heritage Manager HS2 Limited
10.30am: Haunt of the Hippo: the Ice Age fauna of Buckinghamshire
Danielle Schreve, Professor of Quaternary Science, Royal Holloway University of London
11.00am: COFFEE
11.25am: Understanding the Chilterns' ancient landscape features with some help from Dame Mary Wolley's 1620 Chequers Estate Map
Alison Doggett, author and member of the Chiltern Conservation Board
11.55am: Grims Ditch and prehistoric landscapes
Sandy Kidd, Historic England, former Buckinghamshire County Archaeologist
12.25pm: Hartwell - an eighteenth century oasis
Richard Wheeler, National Specialist in Garden History, The National Trust
12.50pm: LUNCH BREAK UNTIL 2pm
2pm: Putting Fleet Marston Roman town in context
Mark Collard, Head of Contracts, Cotswold Archaeology
2.30pm: Stoke Mandeville old church and its setting
Mike Farley, former Buckinghamshire County Archaeologist
3pm: Doddershall, Twyford and Chetwode: the line north of Aylesbury
Peter Marsden, Chair of Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society
3.30pm: What are we going to do with all this History?
Richard de Peyer, Director, Buckinghamshire County Museum Trust
4pm: Summing up by Dr Richard Gem
4.15pm: TEA, discussion and departure