A brief outline of our next talk
Meetings take place, commencing at 7.30pm in the Crawford Hall
Programme of talks commencing September 2023
April 19th. 2024 History of Placenames in Worcestershire
Toponomy, study of placenames, provides a fascinating insight to our history. Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans created the vast majority of southern placenames between 5th and 11th centuries, based often landscape features or a particular inhabitant. Evesham had very different names in the early middle-ages.
The talk is based on 30 years of research.
Speaker: Dr Mike Jenkins. Former Curator: The Hussars Museum