Charing & District Local History Society

CDLHS will be at the Charing Village Fete.

See you there!

Committee changes - May 2026

Keith Oram, our CDLHS Chair for the last 10 years, has decided it’s time to give someone else a go, whilst, we are pleased to say, remaining on the committee. Keith has been very hard working, and dedicated to making CDLHS a friendly, welcoming, inclusive society. He spread the word about CDLHS tirelessly.

Also standing down are Pete Burton and Kerstin Muller who have worked diligently behind the scenes, such as making and putting up CDLHS posters around the villages for the last 10 years. 

Our membership numbers and attendance figures reflect all their successes.

A big thank you to the three of them, and a big welcome to Kirsten Moon as the new Chair of CDLHS, and new  committee members Sigrid (Ziggy) Van Dijk and Neil Bone.

Charing Archbishops Palace

Bookable Open Days

Spitalfields Trust
have announced a number of
Open Days at the site
for the rest of 2026.
Entry is free, but tickets must be booked.
Details can be found by clicking here

Historic England
have given a grant of £300,000
to help fund the effort to save the palace.
There is more information about this and the work involved on the Historic England website‍ ‍Click here to see it.

For more information about the Archbishops Palace and it’s history click here.