Details of our events through to April 2017 have now been posted on the website. Check out the programme and we look forward to seeing you soon…
New programme up on the website
Category: Talks
TALK: The World of Grasses
Wednesday, 13 July – Dr Maria Vorontsova Lawn grasses are small but they belong to the most important family of plants. Dr Maria Vorontsova, taxonomist at Kew Gardens, introduces herbarium taxonomy as carried out at Kew Gardens, its application to the study of evolution, and its relationship to our knowledge of British plants. The evening includes a practical…
Our Croydon Heritage Festival events
Details of a packed programme of events being run by Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society as part of the ever-popular Croydon Heritage Festival.
TALK: Northumberland
An illustrated talk about the county of Northumberland.
TALK: “You don’t know what you are talking about?”
Dr Ron Cox gives his final talk to the Society on the subject of local history and its evolution over the past 60 or more years.
TALK: Croydon’s connections with the slavery business
TALK: “Who Did You See At Croydon’s Empire, Grand and Davis Theatres?”
TALK: Rock of Ages: Stonemasons – The Architects of Mediaeval Europe
![Double arcading, Lincoln Cathedral [Photo: Mark Tyson]](https://croydonnaturalhistoryscientificsociety.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/lincoln-1-of-1.jpg?w=150)
TALK: London’s Sailortown in the 18th Century
TALK: Moated Sites in Surrey
![South Norwood Country Park, which contains remains of a moated site. [Wikimedia public domain: Pafcool2]](https://croydonnaturalhistoryscientificsociety.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/countrypark2.jpg?w=150)
Wednesday 10th February – Richard Savage Richard talks about these hard to find places, including the site at South Norwood dug by the CNHSS in 1972.
