Barking and District Historical Society

LONDON & MIDDLESEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
49th Local History Conference
Saturday 22nd November 2014
10.30am – 5.00pm
Weston Theatre, Museum of London

Please Note there is no admission to the Museum  before 10.00am

Coppers, Crooks & Counsel: Law & Order in London

10.30-11.00 Doors open: displays by societies in Clore Learning Centre

11.00 Opening by John Clark, President of LAMAS

11.05 Portals of the Law; how people got access to Justice inMedieval London - Dr Penny Tucker, historical author

11.50 Law & Business in 17th century London: the Lord Mayor’sCourt and its Litigants - Prof. CW Brooks, History Dept. University of Durham

12.35 Presentation of Local History Publications Award - introduced by John Hinshelwood

12.45-2.00 Lunch break - time to view Societies’ displays on the floor above the Weston Theatre

2.00 The Police of London in Transition 1750-1850 - Jerry White,Professor of History at Birkbeck

2.45 Transported Beyond the Seas: criminal justice and theexperience of punishment in the late 18th & 19th centuries - Tim Hitchcock, Professor of Digital History,  University of Sussex

3.15 - 4.00 tea available in the foyer & the upstairs display area

4.00 London’s Prisons in the 19th Century - Alex Werner, Head of
History Collections, Museum of London

4.30 Detectives in Fiction - Dr.Kathryn Johnson of the British
Library

5.00 Close
Local history displays by societies will be on show from 10.30 am, before the conference starts at 11.00  am, in the Clore Education Centre, on the floor above the Weston Theatre, where they can be seen throughout the day, particularly during the lunch period and the afternoon break.
Those Societies that want a free exhibition table should contact, Local History Conference Display, 9 Umfreville Road, London, N4 1RY or johnhinshelwood@btinternet.com,, before the 1 November, with the name of society and a contact address, email or telephone number. Access to the Museum on the day will not be available before 10am
The Museum has disabled parking spaces for blue and orange badge holders, but they need to be booked in advance (limited space)- call box office 020 7814 5552. Otherwise there is an NCP car park beneath the Museum.
Lunch time refreshments may be purchased from the Museum’s cafes and bar, or they brought with you and can be  consumed in the Clore Learning Centre Lunch Space above the Weston Theatre.
Afternoon tea with biscuits will be provided free of charge in the theater foyer and upstairs beside  the publication display area.
Tickets available from 1 September: £12 before 31October, or £15 from 1 November. Tickets can be obtained using  the form below from Eleanor Stanier 48 Coval Road, East Sheen, London SW14 7RL: 020 8876 0252; .es@eleanorstanier.com. . Alternatively tickets can  be purchased using PayPal via the LAMAS website www.lamas.org.uk/localhistory.

Ticket Application Form

Ticket applications to: Eleanor Stanier, LAMAS Local History Conference, 48 Coval Road, East Sheen, London SW14 7RL.

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