Barton-Upon-Humber
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
Claxby (West Lindsey)
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.
Gainsborough
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
Ironstone Mines of the Lincolnshire Wolds - Book Launch and
The Railway from Claxby to Ardsley - 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 a book signing (Stewart Squires' book on Ironstone Mining) and 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
Grantham
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
Harpswell
Bring your own picnic and enjoy a day exploring the archaeological site and the local church and neighbourhood.
Donations will be welcomed
Keadby
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.
Kirton in Lindsey
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
Children must be accompanied
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
Lincoln
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)
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 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
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.
Presented by Angus Townley
Members free - Non-members £3.00
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
A talk by Patrick Kaye
An open meeting
Members £1.00 - Non-members £5.00
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
Meet and chat
* Tell us what you think about the Society
* Find out what's going on
* Browse in the bookshop as well
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.
Meet in Reception at Lincolnshire Archives.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
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
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.
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
Market Rasen
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
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
Children MUST be accompanied
No need to book, just drop in
Nettleham
A Day Conference Organised by the SLHA Local Hsitory Team
Programme:
The Grantham Plague - John Manterfield
Plants that Kill and Plants that Heal - Loretta Rivett
The Illness of George III - Mike Lewis
Lincoln Asylum - Judith McLaughlin
Hospital of the Holy Innocents - David Marcombe
Hospital Provision during the Inter War Period - Nicholas Hayes
Bookings open until 5 May
Sleaford
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 travels of John Byng
Presented by Marion Ellis
A talk by Robert Turner
The Les Gostick Memorial Walk, 2017
Unique and fascinating churches in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire
Presented by Dr Richard Shaw
Spalding
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
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
Making Ice for the World's Premier Fishing Fleet
A talk by Chris Lester
Spilsby
The 2017 Brackenbury Lecture
presented by Catherine Wilson, OBE
followed by full afternoon tea
N.B. Change of Venue
Out Of County
Coffee & welcome
Introduction to Norfolk Historic Building Group
Presentation of the main results of the Walsingham study
Guided walk around the town
Visit to No. 7 Friday Market (drawing above)
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)
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
