Presented by the Reverend N Panting

On the 14th and 15th of October 1216 the ailing King John stayed at Sleaford.
Four days later he died at Newark Castle in the midst of a great storm.

This talk tells of his final journey.

The Grand Sluice, Boston - Neil Wright
Captain William Cust ... unfortunately killed by a Cannon Ball - John Manterfield
Portable Antiquities and Persistent Places - Adam Daubney

SLHA Members free admission; Non-members £3.00

Everyone Welcome

Presented by Dr Chris King

Members free - Non-members £3.00

The first of our monthly coffee mornings!

* Meet fellow members
* Learn all the news
* Find a new interest
* Make new friends

Tea, coffee, cakes & biscuits
(at a modest charge)

Family event for all ages

* Discover which toys and games people in the past played with, and compare with nowadays.
* Have fun making your own toys and games as many people did in times gone by.
* Share memories and images of games and playground games from Lincolnshire.
* Play games and enter competitions

An illustrated talk by Nigel Digby

Members Free - Non-members £3.00

The second of our monthly coffee mornings.

Meet fellow members and find out what's going on.

The SLHA Building Recording Group

Visits to several vernacular buildings in the town

Talks on Grantham's little known but significant old buildings and how they might be recorded

Conference Fee: £22.50 for SLHA members and £25.00 for non-members
this includes lunch and refreshments

The Story of the Arch and Arch - Pearl Wheatley
Stamp End Railway Bridge - Barry Barton
Sixhills Priory - Chris Page

SLHA Members free admission
Non-members £3.00

Everyone welcome

The travels of John Byng

Presented by Marion Ellis

A talk by Chris Caswell

Members free - non-members £3.00

The third of our monthly coffee mornings.

Chance to talk about the Society and perhaps buy a good second-hand Lincolnshire book -
as well as have a good cup of coffee.

Family Event

Craft activities inspired by 'Treasures of Lincolnshire'

* Make a face pot
* Create jewellery
* Decorate a treasure box
* and more ...

Admission free; £1.00 charge for some activities

Children must be accompanied

Presented by Angus Townley

Members free - Non-members £3.00

A Talk with a Film

presented by T Barnett

Visits to Sites and Buildings of special interest

led by Neil Wright

For all Society Members and their friends

An opportunity for members to visit Jews' Court and find out about the Society and the opportunities it presents.

Everyone welcome

Furtner details contact Nigel nmeburn@virginmedia.com

Hospital Provision during the Inter War Period - Nicholas Hayes

Bookings open until 5 May

A talk by Patrick Kaye

An open meeting
Members £1.00 - Non-members £5.00

A talk by Robert Turner

Tea & summing up

Travel: Car sharing – contact Ken Hollamby
Lunch: Own arrangements at local pubs & cafés 

Booking: Please let Ken Hollamby know if you plan to go: ken@abbeyside.co.uk

This is an open event arranged by SLHA Building Recording Group (RUBL)

Guided Walk led by Stewart Squires

Opening event of the 2017 Wolds Walking Festival

The route is 2.5 miles with some steep slopes and rough ground. Booking is not necessary - just turn up on the day.

Donations will be welcomed.

www.woldswalkingfestival.co.uk

Urban Life at Venta Icenorum (Caister-by-Norwich)

A talk by Dr Will Bowden

An open meeting
Admission: Members £1.00; Non-members £5.00

The Les Gostick Memorial Walk, 2017

A full day tour by car of the principal sites.

Please contact the SLHA office to express interest info@slha.org.uk

Parking at some sites is restricted so car sharing will be arranged.

Full details of the day's arrangements will be passed on to those who wish to go.

5-day study tour based at Penryn University with visits to

* Dingles Fairground Museum, Lifton
* West Penwith (archaeological tour)
* National Maritime Museum, Falmouth
* Pendennis Castle, Falmouth
* Eden Project
* Wheal Martyn Museum
* Geevor Tin Mine
* Botallack Mine

PLEASE NOTE: This event is now full booked

Meet and chat

* Tell us what you think about the Society
* Find out what's going on
* Browse in the bookshop as well

The 2017 Brackenbury Lecture

presented by Catherine Wilson, OBE

followed by full afternoon tea

N.B. Change of Venue

Bring your own picnic and enjoy a day exploring the archaeological site and the local church and neighbourhood.

Donations will be welcomed

Unique and fascinating churches in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire

Presented by Dr Richard Shaw

Theatre and Actors - including Spalding Theatre - in the Georgian Period 1750-1850

A talk by Neil Wright, author of the book recently published by SLHA

A special tour of the Archaeology Store for SLHA members including a session looking at ceramics.

The visit will include the rare opportunity to view artefacts and material generally hidden from public view in store.

Limited parking available in the Archives Car Park

Places are limited and MUST be booked in advanc

Please note: This event is now FULLY BOOKED

Summer Holiday Event

* Use clay to make a Saxon face-pot
* Design a dragonesque brooch
* Create a Roman scabbard
* Decorate your own mini treasure box

Meet and chat

* Tell us what you think about the Society
* Find out what's going on
* Browse in the bookshop as well

Meet and chat

* Tell us what you think about the Society
* Find out what's going on
* Browse in the bookshop as well

The 2017 theme: Freedom, Justice, Equality

Among the many events taking place across the county over the weekend are the following organised by SLHA:

Georgian Boston: Tyranny or Freedom - a Walk
Saturday 9 September, 10.30 - 12.00
Meet at the Ingram Memorial Statue, Market Place, Boston, PE21 6NP
Neil Wright leads a walk to sites in the town relating to agitation for reform in the 1830s

Crime and Punishment at Lincoln Castle in 1202 - a Talk
Thursday 7 and Friday 8 September, 14.00 to 15.00
At Jews' Court, 2/3 Steep Hill, Lincoln, LN2 1LS
Nigel Burn brings to life the written record of 1202 when guilt or innocence were determined by trial by order
Booking essential: contact 01522 521337

The Battle of Lincoln Fair - a Walk
Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September, 11.00 to 12.00 and 14.30 to 15.30
Meet outside the Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Burton Road, Lincoln, LN1 3LY
Join Nigel Burn to follow the steps of the Royalist army that relieved a besieged Lincoln Castle

Baron Hussey, Robert Carre, and the Lincolnshire Rising, 1536 - a Walk
Sunday 10 September, 14.00 to 15.30
Meet at Sleaford Market Place, Sleaford, NG34 7SH
Simon Pawley examines the roles of Hussey and Carre and visits Hussey's Old Place headquarters.

A talk by Nigel Burn

Admission: Members - £1.00; Non-Members - £5.00

Making Ice for the World's Premier Fishing Fleet

A talk by Chris Lester

The Annual SLHA Memorial Lecture

2017 - In memory of Rex Russell (1916-2014)

Presented by David Neave

A joint event with Barton upon Humber Society

Members free - Non-members £5.00

N.B. CONFIRMATION OF VENUE

Local History Morning

Talks from authors about recent or forthcoming books:

Boston, 1086-1225: A Medieval Boom Town
(SLHA, 2017) Stephen Rigby
How a village at the time of Domesday grew within a few decades to become a leading English port

Treading the Boards: Actors and Theatres in Georgian Lincolnshire
(SLHA, 2016) Neil Wright
A lively description of the successes and failures, pleasures and hardships of the flourishing provincial theatre between 1730 and 1850

A Parson in Wartime: The Boston Diary of the Revd Arthur Hopkins, 1942-1945
(Lincoln Record Society, 2016) Nicholas Bennett, LRS editor
A vivid picture of wartime Boston and an engaging account of the life of a busy parish priest

The Ironstone Mines of the Lincolnshire Wolds
(SLHA, 2017 projected) Stewart Squires
The full story of mining in Claxby and Nettleton, recent industrial activity in an area of outstanding natural beauty

FREE entry

The Book Festival runs from Monday 25 to Saturday 30 September. Full details on the Book Festival website.

Talks, walks, activities, displays, books from across the county - all on a Lincolnshire theme.

10.30am : Early 20th Century Life along the Foss Canal - Chris Hewis
Photographs from the John Wilson Collection take you on a boat trip in the early 20th century along England's oldest canal
11.45am : The Life and Death of Pingley Prisoner of War Camp - Pat Horton
A look at the development, re-use and demise of the PoW camp, including the real life stories of those who farmed, lived and worked there.
1.15pm : A Warning to the Curious: the Excavation of Cleatham Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Kevin Leahy
This award-winning talk explains how the speaker found one of the most important burial sites in Europe and its implications for our understanding of the Anglo-Saxons
1.30pm : Kirton in Lindsey Heritage - a walk led by Martin Hollingsworth
A two-hour exploration of this ancient town looking at historic sites and their stories. Kirton is on a fairly steep hill so reasonable mobility is required.
2.30pm : Lincolnshire Folklore, Music and Song -Tom Lane, Nigel Creasey and Terri Clarke
Discover the history and traditions associated with the Lincolnshire farming year through a presentation including music and song.

Refreshments. Admission FREE but charge of £2.00 for each talk and the walk.

Joint event with Kirton in Lindsey Society

Photographs from the John Wilson Collection from Stamp End in Lincoln to Torksey

presented by Chris Hewis

Admission: £1.00 members, £5.00 non-members

Meet and chat

* Tell us what you think about the Society
* Find out what's going on
* Browse in the bookshop as well

Plus the Bronze Age Village at Must Farm

SLHA's Annual Archaeology Day Conference

Topics and Speakars will include:
Old Sleaford Revealed - Dale Trimble
Lincoln Eastern By-pass: recent excavations - Ruben Lopez
Excavations at Lincoln Bus Station - Gavin Glover
The Bronze Age Village at Must Farm, Cambridgeshire - Mark Knight
The Archaeology of the Gilbertine Order in Lincolnshire - Peter Townend
New Finds from some Lincoln Monasteries - Stuart Harrison
The Georgian Lunatic Asylum (The Lawn) - Kat Fenelly

Conference Fee: £25.00 for SLHA members and £35.00 for non-members;
this includes lunch and refreshments 

The North East Lincolnshire's Coastal Prehistoric Landscape

presented by Megan Clement and Andy Sherman

Admission: SLHA Members £1.00; Non-members £5.00

Programme

Annual General Meeting of the Society, followed by
Presentation of 2017 Flora Murray Award and other SLHA Awards

Buffet Lunch

Presentation: 'Lincoln Cathedral Connected' - Dr Anne Irving (Programme Manager)

Visits and Walks: Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Roman remains in uphill Lincoln

Charge: £7.50 for lunch and refreshments

Meet and chat

* Tell us what you think about the Society
* Find out what's going on
* Browse in the bookshop as well

The Annual SLHA Industrial Archaeology Conference

The conference is wide-ranging in its topics but has an underlying theme of transport

Trade through the Port of Gainsborough - Philip Riden
Peat Railways: Workhorses on the Moors - Bob Evens
The Railways and Tramways of the Claxby and Nettleton Mines - Stewart Squires
Dunham Bridge : Up to Date - Stephen Betteridge
Coachwork from Lincolnshire - Adam Cartwright
Stagecoach Services in Lincolnshire before the Railways - Barry Barton

The lunch break will include time to visit nearby Gainsborough Heritage Centre

Conference Fee: £22.00 for SLHA members and £32.00 for non-members;
this includes lunch and refreshments