Welcome 

Welcome to the Chester Archaeological Society. Our interests extend across the whole of the historic county of Cheshire, plus neighbouring areas, and embrace history, architecture and conservation as well as archaeology. Our activities include monthly lectures from the Autumn to the Spring, Summer excursions on demand, fieldwork projects, campaigning on local heritage issues, publication of an annual journal and a twice-yearly newsletter, and maintenance of our own specialist library.  

For more information, please read our History and Activities page. If you have any questions about the website, please contact Peter Carrington.  

Latest News  OO Calling all members! We should like to be able to send timely information on new activities to as many members as possible by email. If you have email (and read it frequently!) and we do not have a note of it, please consider sending the address to Phil Miles. (We will not pass on this information without your permsission).  OO Excavations in the Grosvenor Park The annual training dig for Chester University students, supported by staff of CWaC Historic Environment Team, will run until the end of May. Don't miss the open afternoon on 28 May. OOO New Exhibition at the Grosvenor Museum 'Discover a Medieval City: Places, Voices, Journeys' 4 May–22 September 2013 OO Continental Connections: Exploring Cross-Channel Relationships from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Iron Age A two-day conference at the Foresight Centre, Liverpool University, 14–15 June 2013 14-15 June 2013 The impact of Rome on the British countryside Royal Archaeological Institute Conference 2013. University of Chester, Riverside Campus, 11–13 October 2013, opened by a public lecture by  Prof Nico Roymans (University of Amsterdam).  See here for a booking form and programme. OOOO  'The New Historic City': Cheshire Society of Architects   Lecture Series 2013.   This year's series of eight public lectures has the theme of good design in historic cities. The next lecture is on 30 May. Go to www.csaparry.eventbrite.co.uk for more details and to register.  OO  Documents of the Month   A new feature giving you a flavour of some of documents that are currently inaccessible. This month: one of the Sandbach crosses, before restoration in 1816, depicted by the painter William Alexander (1767–1816).   EPOO    EPOO   Comments on Planning Proposals  We have recently commented to Cheshire West and Chester   Council on the Proposal to Remove Core Funding from CWaC Historic Environment Team and on Northgate Development Concept Scheme and have submitted objections regarding the proposed Chester Central Business Quarter and the demolition of WW II structures around the city.