Annual conference held in Seaford, and hosted by the Wealden Iron Research Group, and Jeremy Hodgkinson to outline the bloomery and
blast furnace activity that took place in the region. A demonstration smelt was carried out on the Sunday afternoon. There was also a coach trip to the Anne of Cleeves Museum in Lewes for the famous Every collection of Ironwork, Newbridge (the site of the earliest blast furnace in Britain) and Wadhurst ( iron grave slabs).