Author Archives: Val

Unearthing Hounslow

Monday, 21 January 7.30pm at The Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 This illustrated talk will look at the recent community archaeology project in Brentford and 2012 excavations on the edge of Syon Park. The talk will be given by Kathryn Creed, Archaeology Learning Programme Manager and Glynn Davies, Archaeology Collections Manager (Volunteers), Museum […]

LAMAS Award 2012

The Society is proud to announce that issue 20 of the Brentford & Chiswick Local History Journal has won the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society’s 2012 award for the best Journal in the Greater London area. Fourteen journals were submitted by local history societies affiliated to LAMAS and seven were shortlisted for further consideration. They […]

Diana Willment

One of our long-standing members, Diana Willment, died in November 2012. She lived on Brentford Dock – her interest in the dock, in industrial archaeology and the river led her to become a volunteer at the Kew Bridge Steam Museum and with Thames Landscape Strategy. She became concerned about changes taking place in Brentford and started […]

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