Events Calendar
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A Ring-fort, a Sanctuary and a Roman Town
Evening Talk by Zoom
Archaeological Discoveries in East Yorkshire.
Presented by Peter Halkon, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at Hull University.
Bookings are through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-ring-fort-a-sanctuary-and-a-roman-town-tickets-219370702677
Wednesday 12 January, 2022
7.30pm
Sunday Special
Sunday Special - Organised by the Local History Team
N.B. This is face to face REAL meeting!
• A Hayes & Sons – A Farm Railway Stewart Squires
• A Novel Investigative Methodology Richard Croft
• Portable Antiquities Update Adam Daubney
Everyone Welcome - Admission £4.00 SLHA Members £3.00.
No need to book – cash preferred – please pay on the door, open from 2.15pm
Sunday 23 January, 2022
2.30pm
Nettleham Old School Rooms, Mill Hill, Nettleham LN2 2RX
‘Revolutionary Lincoln? A City in turmoil, 1911’
Evening Talk by Zoom
Presented by Dr Andrew Walker
Admission £4.00 - NB Admission £3.00 for members using promo-code in Winter mailing. Bookings are through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/revolutionary-lincoln-a-city-in-turmoil-1911-tickets-222965294197
Wednesday 26 January, 2022
7.30pm
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Vikings Ahoy!
A fun-packed half-term activity event. Come and join us for a morning of craft activities with a Viking theme. Topics will include making a shield in card, creating a Viking head in clay, a long-boat in card, creating Viking inspired jewellery using craft materials, plus experiment with writing in runes!.
Activities £1.00 each – no need to book
Everyone welcome. Children MUST be accompanied
Tuesday 15 February, 2022
10.00am – 12.00 noon
Jubilee Town Hall, High St, Kirton-in-Lindsey DN21 4LZ
The Ruston in the Blue Lagoon
Evening Talk by Zoom
The story of the world’s oldest working excavator, a steam navvy made in Lincoln by Ruston Proctor & Co in 1909.
Presented by Andy Blow
Admission £4.00 - NB Admission £3.00 for members using promo-code in Winter Diary Dates. Bookings are through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ruston-in-the-blue-lagoon-tickets-222706630527
Wednesday 16 February, 2022
7.30pm
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Gainsborough – Revisiting the Past for a Vision of the Future
Evening Talk by Zoom
Presented by Jonathan Lee and Theresa Workman of the Gainsborough Townscape Heritage Initiative.
Admission £4.00 - NB Admission £3.00 for members using promo code in Winter mailing. Bookings are through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gainsborough-revisiting-the-past-for-a-vision-of-the-future-tickets-222964401527
Wednesday 02 March, 2022
7.30pm
Sunday Special
Sunday Special Organised by the SLHA Building Recording Team
• Greyfriars Update Katy Jayne Lintott - additional topics TBC
Everyone Welcome - Admission £4.00 - SLHA Members £3.00. No need to book – cash preferred – please pay on the door, open from 2.15pm
Sunday 13 March, 2022
2.30pm
Nettleham Old School Rooms, Mill Hill, Nettleham LN2 2RX
Moonshine, the Rural Dream and Building Provision for Smallholders ...
Moonshine, the Rural Dream and Building Provision for Smallholders in early twentieth-century Lincolnshire
Presented by Dr Shirley Brook
The speaker has a particular interest in the cultural determinants of form in the buildings of different times and places. This talk will consider social and political pressure for access to land for landless labourers, building provision for small farms and the influence of an idealised view of the English countryside on housing in the fens and marshland of Lincolnshire in the early twentieth-century.
Admission £4.00 (£3.00 for SLHA members)
Bookings by Eventbrite or pay on the door by cash or cheque
Wednesday 16 March, 2022
7.30pm
LINCOLN: St Hugh's Hall, Monks Road, LN2 5AQ
Shirley Brook began her study of history as a part-time, mature student, enrolling in Dr Jim Johnston’s class for a Certificate in Local History from the University of Nottingham. Further study led to a BA(Hons) in Regional and Local History from the University of Hull followed by a post-graduate research scholarship culminating in a PhD for her 2005 thesis, The Buildings of High Farming: Lincolnshire Farm Buildings 1840 – 1914. Shirley worked as a tutor for the University of Hull and Bishop Grosseteste University where she helped to establish the Heritage Studies degree course on which she was a part-time tutor for many years. She is currently Vice Chair of the History of Lincolnshire Committee.
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Lincolnshire Houses and Gardens
All day Conference Petwood Hotel Woodhall Spa
• Petwood House and the Peto Garden Emma Brealey
• Holyrood House: the story of a vanished mansion Patty Harris
• Life in a bygone age: Mrs Smiths Cottage, garden, and allotment Paul Smith
• Swanpool Garden Suburb – Lincoln’s Failed Dream Lesley Clarke
• Technology and the English Country House in the Long Nineteenth Century: The
case of Lincolnshire Dr Andrew Walker
• Heckington Manor: from dereliction to restoration Charles Pinchbeck
Admission £40.00 including buffet lunch, tea & coffee SLHA members £30.00 using code in December mailing or on completion of paper booking form. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lincolnshire-houses-and-gardens-tickets-222987851667
Saturday 26 March, 2022
Petwood Hotel, Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, LN10 6QG
Download booking form: 2022HousesAndGardens.pdf
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Visit to All Saints Church, Legbourne & St Helen’s, Cawthorpe
Guided Visit to All Saints Church Legbourne and St Helen’s Church at Little Cawthorpe.
A morning visit to explore two of Lincolnshire’s churches and enjoy a short guided walk of just under a mile between the two venues. Parking will be at Legbourne Village Hall LN11 8LW, which is 5 mins walk from All Saints Church. Coffee and biscuits will be provided from 10.00am at All Saints, following which, Jean Howard will give a talk and guided tour of the building.
Bookings are through Eventbrite. Admission £8.75 per person. The charge includes coffee and biscuits on arrival, a donation to both churches, a guided walk between the churches plus a talk and guided tour at both All Saints and St Helen’s.
Please note: places are limited and must be booked in advance
Tuesday 26 April, 2022
10.30am
All Saints Church, Legbourne
Saint Helen's, Little Cawthorpe Legbourne All Saints has an unusual green (copper) and white (chalk) appearance. It contains many features of historic and artistic interest including the county's best suite of windows by Preedy, some mediaeval glass and interesting needlework. The walk, which is approximately one mile, between the two churches, follows a delightful route, passing amongst other things, Legbourne's dual-powered mill. Little Cawthorpe St Helen's is a Victorian polychromatic design which was described at its unveiling as being ' a truly excellent design ......... for cheaply rebuilding a small rural church ..... the arrangements thoroughly correct'. Jean will give a talk and tour of St Helen’s, finishing at around 12.10 to walk back to Legbourne. Please note: There is disabled access to the church at Legbourne but at Little Cawthorpe there is a flight of shallow steps. There is a toilet at Legbourne Church which will be open all morning. Lunch will not be provided but you can bring a picnic or alternatively book your lunch at The Royal Oak at Little Cawthorpe 01507 600750 or at The Waggon and Horses at South Reston 01507 450364 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jean Howard is a Lincolnshire Blue Badge Guide with a particular interest in churches. She has led bus tours and residential weekends exploring the churches of Lincolnshire and her native Norfolk. She knows both these churches well as she worships at Legbourne and helps care for Little Cawthorpe church as part of her volunteer role with the Churches Conservation Trust. |
Spring Customs and Folklore
From Lent to Easter and more!
Presented by Maureen Sutton
Admission £4.00 (£3.00 for SLHA members)
Please book through Eventbrite or pay on the door
Wednesday 27 April, 2022
7.30pm
LINCOLN: St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, LN2 5AQ
May
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Humberside Airport
Presented by Charles Parker
Admission £4.00 (£3.00 for SLHA members)
No need to book - pay on the door with cash or cheque
Wednesday 18 May, 2022
7.30pm
LINCOLN: St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, LN2 5AQ
| Between the two world wars, several civil airfields were established in the Humberside area but in the post-war period none of these were suitable for development. With the advent of the North Sea oil and gas industry and the construction of the Humber Bridge, there was a need for a modern airport to serve both banks of the Humber and the former RAF Kirmington was chosen. This talk looks at the development of the former bomber airfield into a modern international airport over the last fifty years; the different types of users, and how it has become much more than just a local airport. |  |
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‘Reimagining Greyfriars – 800 Years of Stories in the Making’
Evening talk by Zoom
A chance to find out all the latest plans to bring this beautiful 13th Century friary building back into use in the heart of the city of Lincoln. Closed for over 18 years, this grade 1 listed, scheduled monument has been on the ‘At Risk Register and Heritage Lincolnshire is working in partnership with the City of Lincoln Council to open it once again to the public.
Presented by Kathy-Jayne Lintott, Senior Projects Officer, Heritage Lincolnshire
Admission by Donation. Book through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/re-imagining-greyfriars-800-years-of-stories-in-the-making-tickets-320968494407
Wednesday 01 June, 2022
7.30pm
On-Line Event (Zoom)
CANCELLED (Norwich Castle)
NORWICH CASTLE TALK
Unfortunately the above talk planned for tonight has had to be cancelled as the speaker cannot be present. The Archaeology Team hope to re-arrange the talk at a future date.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience
Wednesday 15 June, 2022
7.30pm
LINCOLN: St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, LN2 5AQ
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Tennyson’s Cornwall and Idylls of the King
Annual Brackenbury Lecture organised jointly with the Tennyson Society
‘Tennyson’s Cornwall and Idylls of the King: Poetic Research and the Diffusion of Celtic Culture’
Presented by Dr J Cheshire, University of Lincoln
The lecture will discuss Tennyson’s tours of Cornwall in 1848 and 1860 and how this informed the genesis of Idylls of the King. Dr Cheshire will argue that Tennyson simultaneously popularised and diluted the Celtic roots of Arthurian literature and that the way Victorian culture co-opted Tennyson’s poem, merged the myth with the growing admiration for the Anglo-Saxons.
Admission by donation to include Afternoon Tea – no need to book
Saturday 09 July, 2022
3.00pm
Raithby Chapel, Raithby Hall, Spilsby PE23 4DW
CANCELLED : Churches Conference
WITH REGRET, THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE HOPE TO REARRANGE IT IN THE SPRING 2023
The Conference will include:
‘If Walls could Talk’ Historic Graffiti in Lincolnshire Churches Presented by Brian Porter
Medieval Glass in South Lincolnshire Churches Presented by Penny Hebgin-Barnes
Guided Visit to St Andrew’s Church
Additional presentations to be confirmed
Admission £32.00 (£25.00 for SLHA members with Promo-code in the Spring mailing)
Saturday 30 July, 2022
CANCELLED
Epworth: Wesley Memorial Church, 37, High St, DN9 1EP
Download booking form: Churches-Conference-Flyer2022.pdf
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Victorian Buildings of Barton-on-Humber
Evening Talk by Zoom
Presented by John French MBE, Chairman of the Barton-on-Humber Civic Society
John French MBE, President of Barton upon Humber Civic Society, previews his SLHA‘Victorian Legacy’ autumn tour of the town where he was born, and has lived throughout his life. Johnhas been a member of Barton Civic Society for 50 years and written much about the history of a unique group of Victorian buildings in the town centre. He was a founder member of the Queen Street School Preservation Trust which succeeded in preserving the former National & Infants School and is now the Wilderspin & National School Museum.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victorian-buildings-of-barton-on-humber-tickets-371972097557
Wednesday 03 August, 2022
7.30pm
St Wulfram’s Church and ChristChurch
Guided Visit led by Dr John Manterfield
A guided tour of St Wulfram’s Church followed by a visit to nearby ChristChurch. Explore St Wulfram’s Church, one of the largest medieval churches in the country with wonderful architecture and a myriad of stories to tell.
Admission £7.50 to include tea, coffee and biscuits and a donation to both churches
Pre-booking essential as places are limited
Tuesday 16 August, 2022
10.00am
GRANTHAM: St Wulfram’s Church, Church St, NG31 6RR
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Picture the Past – Exhibition and Tours
2022 Heritage Open Days Event
Investigate what we can learn about people and places in Lincolnshire from the past to the present day, by investigating images of many kinds. The Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology (SLHA) has access to a rich collection of images of Lincolnshire displaying a wide range of subjects including villages, buildings, people, transport, work, farming, entertainment and many more. The images range in date from the late nineteenth century onwards.
The historic county of Lincolnshire has a wonderful and colourful history, including a wealth of intriguing stories, folklore and legends. Come and enjoy the exhibition and share your knowledge and stories of Lincolnshire.
Visitors can also explore Jews' Court and find out about the history of the building and also the Society which has a very long history. For our younger visitors there will be colouring and activities on offer.
Tours of the building will be at 11.00am, 12.00pm, 1.00pm and 2.00pm subject to volunteer availability
Friday 09 September, 2022 to Monday 12 September, 2022
10.30am – 15.30pm
LINCOLN: Jews’ Court, 2-3 Steep Hill, LN2 1LS
Innovative Industries of Lincolnshire
2022 Heritage Open Days Event
Visit this on-line exhibition at http://www.slha.org.uk and explore an intriguing world of images that depict the diversity of innovative industries that developed in Lincolnshire.
Friday 09 September, 2022 to Friday 23 September, 2022
Boston’s Lost Industrial Buildings
Heritage Open Days Event - Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology in conjunction with Boston Guildhall
Illustrated talk Presented by Neil Wright (SLHA)
This illustrated talk by Neil Wright will show many buildings demolished in the last fifty years or earlier that were used in lots of different industries in Boston, some surprising. They include two ironworks that send steam engines and other products worldwide, feather factories and works that made cigars, crushed seeds for their oil, or packaged seeds for gardeners. Transport industry losses include railway offices where locomotives were designed in the 1840s, sheds to store locomotives, workshops where they were repaired, and creosote plants, riverside warehouses, dock warehouses, coal chutes, a fish quay and turnpike toll-houses.
Admission FREE – Donations welcome on the day
Pre-booking through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bostons-lost-industrial-buildings-tickets-315737518417
Saturday 10 September, 2022
1.00pm
Boston Guildhall, South St, Boston PE21 6HT
Church of St Benedict, Haltham-on-Bain, Horncastle
Heritage Open Days Event
Explore and learn about this beautiful Norman country church with a talk by Blue Badge Guide Jean Howard. This attractive greenstone church has many interesting features including boxed pews facing in different directions and an interesting Norman typanum.
The Church will be open from 10.00am – 5.00pm but closed 11.00-12.00 noon for a talk about the church by Jean Howard. Everyone is very welcome to join the talk but places are limited. Pre-booking through Eventbrite is advised.
Admission FREE - Donations welcome on the day
Parking on the roadside in the village.
Tuesday 13 September, 2022
11.00am
Church of St Benedict, Haltham-on-Bain, Horncastle
St Benedict’s Church, Scrivelsby, Horncastle
Heritage Open Days Event
Explore the wonderful history of this Church with a talk at 2.00pm by Blue Badge Guide Jean Howard. Constructed in the 13th century, the church contains a fascinating selection of monuments from 1290 which commemorate generations of the Dymoke family.
The Church will be open from 10.00am – 5.00pm for independent visits but closed 2.00 - 3.00pm for a talk by Jean Howard. Everyone is very welcome to come and listen to the talk but places are limited.
Pre-booking through Eventbrite is advised.
Admission FREE - Donations welcome on the day
Parking available. Tea and coffee on sale after talk.
Tuesday 13 September, 2022
2.00pm
St Benedict’s Church, Scrivelsby, Horncastle
Under Uricon: A celebration of Wroxeter Roman City's Social and ...
Under Uricon: A celebration of Wroxeter Roman City's Social and Cultural History
Presented by Dr Roger White, University of Birmingham
Admission £4.00 (£3.00 for SLHA members)
Pay on the door with cash or cheque
Wednesday 14 September, 2022
7.30pm
LINCOLN: St Hugh's Hall, Monks Road, LN2 5AQ
| It is a remarkable fact that Wroxeter in Shropshire, site of the Roman town of Viriconium, has a rich tradition of responses to its archaeology from poets, artists, writers and even musicians. This is unusual, especially for Roman sites, and this lecture explores both the diversity of material, and why the site has been so engaging over the centuries. It draws upon the lecturer's more than 40-year engagement with the site. |  |
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Lincolnshire Archaeology Conference
Talks will include:
Encounters with Achilles: The Trojan War as seen from Rutlan - Presented by Dr John Thomas
Roman Settlement in the Central Wolds - Presented by Dr Steve Willis
The Romano-British Pottery Industry at Market Rasen - Presented by Leigh Brocklehurst
Additional Talks TBC
Admission £32.00 (£25.00 for SLHA members with Promo-code in the Spring mailing)
Saturday 08 October, 2022
9.30am – 4.30pm
Welton Village Hall, 51 Ryland Rd, Welton, Lincoln LN2 3LU
Download booking form: Archaeology-Conf-Flyer-2022.pdf
Newton and the Apothecary
Presented by Dr A M Roos
The Grantham Corporation Minute Books and inventories from the apothecary shop of Ralph and William Clarke are analysed to illuminate neglected aspects of the life and letters of Sir Isaac Newton, particularly the influence of Lincolnshire social and intellectual networks. The talk also examines the nature of rural health provision in early modern Grantham.
Admission £4.00 (£3.00 for SLHA members with promo-code) Pay on the door
Wednesday 12 October, 2022
7.30pm
LINCOLN: St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, LN2 5AQ
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Sunday Special
• Antarctic Museum by Dave Birkett
• Hamblett and Son, Well Drillers of Nettleham by Eric Newton
• The Hearth Tax and Buildings on Early Maps by Jenne Pape
Admission £4.00 SLHA Members £3.00 Pay on the door
Sunday 13 November, 2022
2.30pm
NETTLEHAM: Old School, Mill Road, Lincoln LN2 2PE
Lincolnshire Railways - Full Day Conference
The 2022 Lincolnshire Railways Conference organised by the SLHA Industrial Archaeology Team will take place at Grantham. It will include a series of talks exploring various aspects of Lincolnshire Railways :-
Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway, Presented by Peter Balderston
North Lindsey Light Railway, Presented by Charles Parker
Immingham and Beyond, Presented by Lee Armstrong
Making Tracks through Grantham, Presented by John Clayson and Mel Smith
Scunthorpe Steel Works, Presented by Steve Stubbins
SEE ATTACHED BOOKING FORM - The closing date for bookings is the 1st November
Saturday 19 November, 2022
9.30am – 4.30pm
GRANTHAM: Guildhall Arts Centre, St Peter’s Hill, NG31 6PZ
Download booking form: Lincolnshire-Railways-Conference-2022.pdf
