Bedfordshire Local History Association AGM & Conference 2025
Hosted by Colmworth & Neighbours History Society
Down to Earth – the Bedfordshire Landscape
On Saturday, 28th June 2025
At Colmworth Village Hall, Church Road, Colmworth, Bedford MK44 2JX
Programme
08.00 – 09.25 Conference opens for delegates with displays to set up
09.00 – 09.30 Conference registration (There is full disabled access)
09.30 – 10.00 BLHA AGM
Morning Session
10.05 – 10.40 Scaling the Heights: a late Iron Age/early Roman hilltop settlement overlooking Bedford Kathy Pilkinton (Albion Archaeology)
10.40 – 11.15 The Small Roman Town at Great Staughton Gary Millward MCIfA (AOC Archaeology Group)
11.15 – 11.45 Comfort/Tea
11.45 – 12.40 Tracing the Origins of Settlement Morphology and Landscape Character within the Hundred of Willey, Bedfordshire Matt Tuohy (Historic Environment Record Officer, Bedford Borough)
12.40 – 14.10 Buffet Lunch
Afternoon Session
14.10 – 14.45 Staploe to Salt Lake City Stephen Smith (CNHS)
14.45 – 15.45 Bedfordshire’s Hedgerow Landscape Stephen Coleman (formerly Historic Environment Information Officer for Central Bedfordshire Council)
15.45 – 16.15 Comfort/Tea
16.15 – 16.50 Red Sky at Night, Rick is Alight: Arson and Riot in Bedfordshire1830-1849 Bob Ricketts (BAALHS)
16.50 – 17.00 Close, but with optional walk to either Colmworth Chapel (300m South-West of the Village Hall) or the medieval dam, St Denys Church and Manor House (400m North-East of the Hall).
Delegate Booking Form
Please book your place for the CNHS Hosted Conference using the form below.
Bookings will close on 25th June, refunds for cancellations can only be made prior to this date.
If you have any questions or further information, then please contact Chris Walker,
email: chris@seiswise.com
tel: 01234 771536 / 07768 058062