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Surrey Industrial History Group (SIHG)

Surrey Industrial History Group (SIHG) holds a fortnightly lecture series on industrial archaeology each year at the University of Surrey and two series at Leatherhead. It also arranges other meetings and visits in Surrey and farther afield and carries out research, recording and restoration projects. The SIHG Newsletter is published every two months.


"Surrey's Industrial Past"
is now available in the Online Edition
Saturday 27 April 2013 SERIAC 2013
South East Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference
Annual one-day conference; this year at Dartford Grammar School, Kent
Saturday 20 July 2013 - Reigate Community Centre at 14:00
SIHG AGM and Presentation of Conservation Award 2013
to the Wealden Cave &: Mine Society - talk by Peter Burgess
SIHG Guildford Lectures Autumn 2013
(alternate Tuesdays, 19:30-21:30)
start on 1 October at The Education Centre, Guildford Cathedral (map)
SIHG Leatherhead Lectures Autumn 2013
Thursdays 10:00-12:00
start on 3 October at The Institute, Leatherhead (map)

SIHG is a group of the Surrey Archaeological Society (SyAS) with an active membership. It grew out of an adult education course on industrial archaeology held at the University of Surrey in 1975. The Group has remained closely associated with this continuing lecture series, which spans September to March each season. In addition it is actively involved in several projects, and produces occasional publications and a regular newsletter.

The Group makes an annual award in the form of a plaque for a conservation project in the county. It maintains close contact with other bodies in Surrey, including the County Council, the Museums Group and the Local History Council.

SIHG is a founder member of the South East Region Industrial Archaeology Conference (SERIAC) and is affiliated to the national Association for Industrial Archaeology. In 1990 the Group hosted the Annual Conference of the AIA (Association for Industrial Archaeology).

Group President: Prof. Alan Crocker
Chairman: Robert Bryson
Secretary: Alan Thomas
Company No 1160052     Charity No 272098
SIHG is a Group of the
Surrey Archaeological Society
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