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Dr Abby Armstrong

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Medieval Historian. Postdoctoral Researcher @ Cluster of Excellence "Understanding Written Artefacts", Universität Hamburg. All views are my own. She/her.

 Hamburg/Heidelberg, Germany
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Joined October 2015
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Canterbury deer parks and education in Tudor Faversham - KCHH

Canterbury deer parks and education in Tudor Faversham - KCHH

Forthcoming history events, plus exploring Canterbury deer parks and education in Tudor Faversham

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Catherine Richardson’s Renaissance Lecture kchh.org/catherine-richardso…

Catherine Richardson's Renaissance Lecture - KCHH

Featuring Professor Richardson's Renaissance Lecture on the 'middling sort', as well as some forthcoming events.

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Round up of last weekend’s Medieval Canterbury Weekend kchh.org/canterbury-medieval…
Canterbury Medieval Weekend 2026 - KCHH

Canterbury Medieval Weekend 2026 - KCHH

The Canterbury Medieval Weekend 2026 was a great success.

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Medieval Kent – shipbuilding, coins and the Canterbury Blackfriars kchh.org/medieval-kent-shipb…
Medieval Kent - shipbuilding, coins and the Canterbury Blackfriars - KCHH

Medieval Kent - shipbuilding, coins and the Canterbury Blackfriars - KCHH

Investigating medieval Kent through shipbuilding in the Cinque Ports, Kent's coin hoards and the Canterbury Blackfriars

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Exploring aspects of Kent’s past kchh.org/exploring-aspects-o…
Exploring aspects of Kent's past - KCHH

Exploring aspects of Kent's past - KCHH

Before I come to the main report about the highly successful ‘Exploring Kent History’ day that took place yesterday (Saturday 14th February) in Special Collections and Archives at the University of...

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Sheila's latest kchh.org/why-kent-maps-and-f…
Why Kent maps (and friars) are exciting - KCHH

Why Kent maps (and friars) are exciting - KCHH

Jason explores the Faversham oyster maps to investigate producers and audiences in terms of visual communication.

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Busy start to 2026 kchh.org/2026-canterbury-med…
2026 - Canterbury Medieval Weekend and much more - KCHH

2026 - Canterbury Medieval Weekend and much more - KCHH

Canterbury Medieval Weekend and many other exciting events in 2026.

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Kent History Postgraduates plus Gloucester kchh.org/kent-history-postgr…
Kent History Postgraduates plus Gloucester - KCHH

Kent History Postgraduates plus Gloucester - KCHH

The Kent History Postgraduates group is back, plus the memorial service in Gloucester for Peter Hobbs

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Lots of exciting Kent MEMS events in 2026 kchh.org/lots-of-exciting-ke…
Lots of exciting Kent MEMS events in 2026 - KCHH

Lots of exciting Kent MEMS events in 2026 - KCHH

Lots of exciting events in 2026 involving members of the Kent MEMS community and organisations across Kent.

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Stop press - Canterbury Medieval Weekend 2026 - KCHH

Stop press - Canterbury Medieval Weekend 2026 - KCHH

Lots to explore on the Canterbury Medieval Weekend 2026 website

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Medway History Showcase and forthcoming events - KCHH

Medway History Showcase and forthcoming events - KCHH

Reporting on the Medway History Showcase 25 and Southern History Society conference, plus notices on forthcoming events.

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Dover’s Maison Dieu and other heritage in Kent kchh.org/dovers-maison-dieu-…

Dover's Maison Dieu and other heritage in Kent - KCHH

At Dover's Maison Dieu, Kieron Hoyle gave a fascinating talk on the new habour works and victualling yard in Elizabethan Dover. Additionally, there is a round-up on history and heritage events...

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Conserving Heritage – in Kent and Canterbury kchh.org/conserving-heritage…

Conserving Heritage - in Kent and Canterbury - KCHH

Victoria Stevens gives the Michael Nightingale Memorial Lecture for 2025, plus the major problems facing Eastbridge Hospital, an iconic medieval building in Canterbury.

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Sheila’s blog with a fantastic line up for the next medieval Canterbury weekend kchh.org/history-lectures-in…
History lectures in Canterbury - KCHH

History lectures in Canterbury - KCHH

Forthcoming Nightingale Lecture and Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2026, including Helen Castor and Marc Morris.

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Sheila’s blog is back! As are The Nightingale, Chough and Phoenix are back! kchh.org/the-nightingale-cho…
The Nightingale, Chough and Phoenix are back! - KCHH

The Nightingale, Chough and Phoenix are back! - KCHH

Nightingale Lecture; CAMEMS; Kent MEMS; Medway History Showcase; Brook Rural Museum

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Sheila’s last CCCU blog The Nightingale, the Chough and the Phoenix – flying together in Canterbury and Kent blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenth…
The Nightingale, the Chough and the Phoenix – flying together in Canterbury and Kent | Centre for...

The Nightingale, the Chough and the Phoenix – flying together in Canterbury and Kent | Centre for...

From my perspective, this is the last CKHH blog. Consequently, I would just like to say that when Matthew Crockatt said back in 2014 the best way to build an audience was to post regularly and often,...

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Exciting news – for Kent history and heritage blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenth…
Exciting news – for Kent history and heritage | Centre for Kent History and Heritage

Exciting news – for Kent history and heritage | Centre for Kent History and Heritage

To a large extent this has been a week of meetings and preparations for events next week in Canterbury, not least because for much of the Middle Ages and under the early Tudor monarchs, the eve (6th...

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From Medway to Dover – exploring history and heritage in Kent blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenth…
From Medway to Dover – exploring history and heritage in Kent | Centre for Kent History and Heritage

From Medway to Dover – exploring history and heritage in Kent | Centre for Kent History and Heritage

Firstly, congratulations to Dr Kaye Sowden who has received confirmation that her doctoral thesis on the history of early modern Pluckley has been signed off by her examiners and is therefore now...

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Kent History Postgraduates – from oysters to gold rings blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenth…
Kent History Postgraduates – from oysters to gold rings | Centre for Kent History and Heritage

Kent History Postgraduates – from oysters to gold rings | Centre for Kent History and Heritage

Now that we are in June, I thought I would highlight some of the forthcoming events involving Kent History Postgraduates and others associated with the CKHH before I report on Jason Mazzocchi’s...

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Rachel Koopmans and Becket and Benedict blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenth…
Rachel Koopmans and Becket and Benedict | Centre for Kent History and Heritage

Rachel Koopmans and Becket and Benedict | Centre for Kent History and Heritage

Before I report on the events involving the CKHH this week, that is the Becket Lecture and the Becket and Benedict workshop in the chapter house and cathedral, I thought I would bring a few notices...

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