Activities
Meetings are held every month through the winter with guest
speakers covering a wide range of topics, also an annual Celebrity
Lunch with a special speaker.
In the summer, site visits are arranged to excavations,
interesting houses and churches.
Occasional day conferences are organised covering history and
archaeology in the area.
Geophysical surveys are carried out in the local areas using the
Society-owned resistivity meter, and pseudo-section equipment.
Limited excavations are mounted, normally in a rescue context.
Members carry out historical research into local topics.
Field Work and Reports
The Society has carried out excavations at Beadlow Priory, Ruxox Roman Villa, the Manor Way area of Flitwick, Ampthill By-Pass and other sites in the district. The artefacts discovered have been deposited in Bedford Museum. Many reports have been written and are available to download. Comprehensive geophysical surveys have been carried out on the castle site in Ampthill Park. Reports of archaeological work are published in Bedfordshire Archaeology (formerly Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal) and on this website.
Publications
The Society has published a number of books including:-
Flitwick: A Short History. (1973)
Ridgmont: An Edwardian Cameo. (1991). Available from the Society.
Flitwick: A Vanishing Village.( 1992)
In 2001 a publication about the 126th Coy Canadian Forestry
Corps in WW1 was faithfully reproduced. Available from the Society.
Clophill in the Great War. Those who lived and those who died. (2021) Available from the Society.
Affiliations
The Society is a member of the Council for British Archaeology, Council for Independent Archaeology, the British Association for Local History and is a founder member of the Bedfordshire Local History Association.