Field Visits
The association organises a number of visits each year, one usually overseas and others in the UK.
Many field visits are also included in the Annual Conference. For further details visit the Annual conference page
Overseas
Previous trips have included: Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Spain and the USA.
The 2018 Spring Tour
Saxony
14th – 20th May 2018
We are planning a tour to Saxony probably taking in Dresden, Leipzig, the metal mining region of Erzgebirge, the brown coal area of Lusatia, the famous paddle steamers in Dresden, the ribbon weaving town of Großröhrsdorf, the Saxon Railway museum and we may take the Fichtelbergbahn narrow gauge steam railway to the highest town in Germany amongst many other visits.
The last two Spring Tours have been sold out and demand is expected to be high.
In the UK
There have been a number of visits investigating Country House Technology led by Professor Marilyn Palmer (President) and Dr Ian West.
During the late 18th and 19th centuries a variety of technological innovations were becoming available to enhance the comfort and convenience of domestic life but, far from urban centres, the great Country Houses had to be self sufficient in the provision of gas, electricity, sanitation and water supply if they wished to make use of them.
Subsequently, the decline of many country houses, together with their being donated to the National Trust, has meant that less alteration has taken place than in domestic property. In 2008 Professor Marilyn Palmer (AIA President) and Dr Ian West began studying the technology in a wide range of country houses, examining both the physical remains and the historical evidence and trying to place them in the wider context of the effects they had above and below stairs.
Previous tours have included the South West, The North West, The North East and Scottish Borders, The Welsh Borders, East Anglia and Bucks, Oxon & Surrey.
These Country House Comfort & Convenience tours are run on behalf of the Association by Heritage of Industry Ltd.
For full details visit: //www.heritageofindustry.co.uk
Email: info@heritageofindustry.co.uk
Write: Heritage of Industry Ltd, The Gables, 20 Main Road, East Hagbourne, Didcot OX11 9LN
Phone/Fax: +44 1235 352275
