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Phyllida Shelley Drawing and Print Making

‘Creative Mindfulness’ Art Sessions inspired by the Excavations – Tuesdays and Thursdays 3-4pm

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Phyllida will also guide ‘Creative Mindfulness’ – mindfulness art sessions inspired by the excavations.

Come and create mindfully in a beautiful setting and connect with your meditative practice, forming peaceful connections between the past and the present. A choice of 10 dates on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in August 3pm – 4pm. Again, all materials will be provided; maximum of 10 participants per session; places £2. Book via www.ticketsource.co.uk .

Phyllida will be on site most days during the dig. Her own work will be on display. We believe that artistic creation inspired by the excavations is a valuable way of letting people connect with the archaeology and the early history of Cookham.

Suitable for 14yrs and above.

Phyllida Shelley Drawing and Print Making

‘Down to Earth’ Drawing and Printing Workshops – Saturdays 10am-1pm

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FCA is sponsoring Phyllida Shelley as Artist in Residence during the dig season.

She will be running “Down to Earth” drawing and printing workshops on a choice of Saturday mornings 10am-1pm from August 5th: an opportunity to make drawings and prints inspired by the archaeological excavation of Cookham Abbey.

A maximum of 10 places at each workshop; all materials provided; suitable for beginners and experienced artists. Places £10. Book at www.ticketsource.co.uk. At ‘Find event’ search for Cookham Abbey) – places £10.

Suitable for 14yrs and above.

Cookham Dig Site Visit

Cookham Abbey Site Tours

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The volunteers will be joined by University of Reading students from Monday 7th August for 4 weeks. We will be exploring the industrial/craft-working zone and the burial area we found last year.

There will be guided tours on Saturdays at 2pm and 3pm, with places booked to help us manage visitor numbers. Go to www.ticketsource.co.uk/ . At ‘Find event’, search for Cookham Abbey.

Tours are free, but donations welcome – donations will be split 50:50 between Friends of Cookham Abbey and student welfare. We will post regular updates via the FCA Facebook page.

You can visit the site any time during working hours (Monday-Saturday 9-5) and our students will be very happy to show you the trenches and our finds. No need to book; Saturdays tend to be very busy. We regret that no visitor parking is available on site (Blue Badges only).

We look forward to welcoming you to the dig.

Queen Cynethryth coin

An Evening with BBC Historian Dr Janina Ramirez

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We held this fund-raising dinner in April, with guest speaker Dr Janina Ramirez. The event was an amazing success, with over 200 guests. We raised over £8,000’

Dr Janina Ramirez talked about her latest book Femina covering the great women written out of our Medieval History, including Cookham’s very own Saxon Queen Cynethryth. The evening celebrated the excavations at Cookham Abbey which are of exciting national interest with a once-in-a-generation discovery of a lost Saxon Abbey and home of a Queen, as featured on the BBC’s Digging for Britain.

Leading BBC historian and Oxford professor, Dr Janina Ramirez talked about her latest Sunday Times bestselling book, Femina, which reveals those forgotten but powerful medieval women including Cookham’s very own Saxon Queen Cynethryth, the abbess at Cookham Abbey.