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.​
GYLHAS Day Conference
Early Middle Ages in East Anglia:
Illuminating the Dark Ages
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10 May 2025, 10:00 – 16:00
Imperial Hotel, Great Yarmouth
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The period from the late 5th to early 10th centuries was known as the Dark Ages. There was little evidence to suggest otherwise until recent discoveries shed new light on the period. The Society is hosting a Day Conference to explore new evidence and modern thinking relating to this period.
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Speakers include:
Professor Katy Cubitt - UEA:
East Anglia’s Contacts with the Continent before 700CE
Professor Lesley Abrams - Oxford:
Scandinavian Settlement of Norfolk
Dr Keith Ruiter - University of Suffolk:
Law and Scandinavian Society
Professor Rory Naismith - Cambridge University:
The Late Anglo-Saxon Period
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Tickets cost £33.50 and include buffet lunch, morning & afternoon refreshments. Bursaries considered for students and low-income applicants. More detials to follow soon...