The 2016 Deerhurst Lecture will take place on Saturday 24th September 
2016 at 7.30 pm at St Mary’s Church, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. This 
year’s lecture will commemorate the millennium of the peace-meeting at 
the island of Olney by Deerhurst between Kings Edmund Ironside and Cnut 
in the autumn of 1016 following the many battles in the course of the 
year. The lecture will be given by Dr Matthew Townend of the University 
of York under the title 'The Road to Deerhurst: 1016 in English and 
Norse Sources'. Tickets will be available at the door or visit http://deerhurstfriends.co.uk.