Great Yarmouth Local History &
Archaeological Society
Meetings and Excursions
GYLHAS hosts a monthly programme of interesting and varied talks, meetings, films and slideshows . All meetings comply Over the years the society has explored topics ranging from Concrete Cockrill to Rediscovered Archaeological Treasure. In addition to visiting speakers, members are often keen to share their own expertise and are invited to speak at selected meetings throughout the year.
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The society meets on the third Friday of the month from September to June, at 7.30pm, at Christchurch, King Street, Great Yarmouth, unless otherwise stated. Christchurch is fully accessible: on-street and public car parking spaces (free in the evenings) are available nearby.
GYLHAS Meeting and Lecture Programme 2025​
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January 17th
Members' Night:
Great Yarmouth’s Fishermen’s Hospital - by Pat Ashbourne
V2 Rockets Landing at Hopton - by Dr Ben Milner​
​February 21st
The Rise & Fall of the Yarmouth Herring Industry
Dr Mary Fewster Norfolk Historian
March 21st
The Norfolk Wool Trade 1200 -1600
By Roger Auguile -Local Historian
​April 11th
The Broads Waterside Project
Alison Yardy Senior Projects Officer (Heritage) Norfolk County Council
May 16th A.G.M.
Re-enactment of Life in the Middle Ages
Ashley Dyer & the Norwich and Norfolk Medieval Association
​​​August 22nd - Supplementary Meeting
The Black Death and its Aftermath.
Imogen Corrigan, B.A. Hons Historian, Author.
​September 19th
Queen Elizabeth I’s Progress to Norwich in 1578 (and refusal to go to Yarmouth)
Victor Morgan, BA, PhD, FRHistS
October 17th
Coastal Communities: The Archaeology of Sizewell C.
By Claire Halley, Oxford Cotswold Archaeology, Cotswold Archaeology Work in a Joint Venture on the Project with Oxford Archaeology.
November 21st
The Raising the Roof Project on Oxburgh Hall During the Covid Lockdown
Matthew Champion M.A. FRHist S.
December 19th
Christmas Meeting In-house Speaker.​