History

Oxted & District History Society’s summer outing

By Stuart Paterson Julia and Roger Cornish ably organised the society’s summer outing in July, to Chatham Dockyard and to…

The rooms where the English Reformation began Visitors to Hever can now see, feel and even smell what home life…

What’s in a name? It could be argued that when a rose is named it is given a personality, a…

Countryside management volunteer Martin DeFreitas, who goes by the name ‘Urban Countryman’ online, has produced a series of photographs of…

As we enter April, I looked through the museum’s collection to see if there were any significant anniversaries coming up.…

October is Black History Month in the UK and the museum is looking at the life of the abolitionist, William…

By Azra Wilkinson All credit to the cast of this engaging play for giving such a committed performance despite a…

By Peter Connolly, curator of East Surrey Museum August is high summer: the schools are out and many people are…

This month, the museum is looking at local summer fairs and fetes. To this day, a number of towns and…

A career as an art historian, a husband with Tudor connections and many years of reading and research provided novelist…

As a history lover, especially of the Tudor times, I recently felt extremely privileged to be invited to Hever Castle…

Celebrities are well known for knocking years off their age as they get older, but now a medieval castle in…