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At our March 2019 meeting David Grayston gave us a fascinating illustrated talk on how aerial photography can show the geology and archaeology of the Tendring Peninsular

The photos showed signs of ring ditches, barrows, enclosures and roads, all visible in crop markings, when seen from above. 

David explained how the underlying clay held water, with the overlying gravel allowing it to drain through, how the geography of the region had changed over the millennia and how aerial photography can reveal so much.  

Phyllis M Hendy (died March 2018). Local History Recorder and Archivist for St. Osyth and District Councillor and Parish Councillor for many years.

At our meeting in October 2018, TDLHR member Roger Kennell gave an illustrated talk about the settlements off the old A133 and how the churches and halls are so often found away from the main settlements which had eventually gravitated to the main road from Clacton to Colchester and London.