Saturday, 4 October

Exploring Essex History: Crime and Society

By Victoria County History Essex

An exciting in-person afternoon event exploring research about crime and society in Anglo Saxon, early modern and eighteenth-century Essex

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Location

Galleywood Heritage Centre

Off Margaretting Road Galleywood CM2 8TR United Kingdom

Agenda

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Welcome and announcements

Ken Crowe, Chairman of VCH Essex Trust

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

'Curious Quest for Quamstowe': judicial execution in medieval Essex

Simon Coxall

2:00 PM - 2:40 PM

Witchcraft in Essex

Professor Alison Rowlands

2:40 PM - 3:30 PM

Afternoon Tea and Cake, Booksale and Raffle

3:30 PM - 4:10 PM

'The Many Headed Monster': popular protest in early modern Essex

Professor John Walter

4:10 PM - 4:50 PM

Highwaymen in Essex

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

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Highlights

4 hours
In person
Free venue parking

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

Community • Historic

Join us for an exciting in-person afternoon event exploring research about crime and society in Anglo Saxon, early modern and eighteenth-century Essex. There will be a series of four fascinating talks with a mid-afternoon break for tea and cake (included in the ticket price), a booksale and raffle.

Please note lunch will not be provided; please eat beforehand or bring your own.

The venue will be open to delegates from 12:30 pm and the conference starts promptly at 1:00 pm.

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Victoria County History Essex

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