County Calendar - events organised by Member Societies

This page provides an at-a-glance calendar of events organised by our member societies; the events are listed by date. Would-be visitors to any of the events listed below are strongly advised to contact the organiser to ensure that places are still available and for any last minute changes (if any).

April 2010

Tuesday 6th    
Town & Gown – the often acrimonious relationship between Oxford University and the City – Chris Day Syresham & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 7th    
Wall Paintings in Northamptonshire Churches - Janice Morris Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
     
Thursday 8th    
Northants Mail during World War II - Derek Smeathers Harpole Heritage Group 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 14th    
The History of the Longbow – Michael Leach Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 15th    
78 Derngate – Rob Kendall Friends of St.Michael & All Angels, Creaton 7.30 pm
     
Monday 19th    
The History of Salcey Forest – Andrew Patmore Weedon Bec History Society 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 21st    
The Spires & Squires of Northamptonshire – Chris Rowe Wolverton & District AHS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 22nd    
Charlemagne’s Dom in Aachen – William Walford The Historical Association 7.30 pm
     
Friday 23rd    
The Tudors - Martin Sirot-Smith Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Monday 26th    
Discovering The Lost Church of St.Denys, Faxton – Janice Harper Wellingborough Arch & HS 7.30 pm

May 2010

Tuesday 4th    
Medieval plants and their uses – Nina Langley & Greg Stevens Syresham & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 5th    
Ashby St. Ledgers - David Adams Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
The Great & the Good of Northamptonshire - Jacqui Minchington Brackley & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 12th    
Get Your Kicks on Route 66 – Richard Deacon Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday13th    
AGM and Martin Heath from BBC Radio Northampton Harpole Heritage Group 7.30 pm
     
Friday 21st    
AGM followed by Ladies in Green - Pat Jenkins Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Monday 24th    
A brief history of Horton’s Rococo Park – Jezza Giray Welllingborough Arch & HS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 28th    
Visit to Kimbolton Castle - Mrs Nora Butler Brigstock Historical Society 7.00 pm

June 2010

Tuesday 1st    
Banbury, Bicester & Brackley. Historical market towns – reality or nostalgia – Brian Litte Syresham & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 2nd    
Visit to Ashby St. Ledgers Flore Heritage Society TBA
Visit to Jewellery Quarter, & Soho House, Birmingham Milton Malsor HS All day
Flora Thompson country - Christine Bloxham Brackley & District HS 7:30 pm
     
Wednesday 16th    
The Medieval Gardener – Mike Brown Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 2.30 pm
     
Friday 18th    
Elton Hall – Brian Jones Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Monday 28th    
Eleanor of the Crosses – Suzi Marshall Wellingborough Arch & HS 7.30 pm

July 2010

Tuesday 6th    
High Society in Astrop – the history of Astrop Spa – Deborah Hayter Syresham & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 7th    
The History of Cogenhoe Church – The Rev.John Ouless Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 7.30 pm
Evening visit to Milton Manor, Oxfordshire Brackley & District HS TBA
     
Friday 16th    
Experiences of a Market Trader – Daisy Clark Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm

August 2010

Tuesday 3rd    
Guided walk around Adderbury Village Syresham & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 4th    
A Farmer’s Wife on a Royal Estate – Rosemary Cobbold Cognehoe & Whiston HS 7.30 pm
New excavations at Alderton Mount, post Time Team - Tom Upson Smith Brackley & District HS 7.30 pm

September 2010

Wednesday 1st    
Musical instruments of history from harp to haut bois - Richard York Brackley & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Tuesday 7th    
Growing up in the 1940s and 1950s – Malcolm Deacon Syresham & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 10th    
A workhouse Visitors Report – Liz Carter Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 15th    
Alderton: After Time Team – John Kliene Wolverton & District AHS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 16th    
Northants Postal Services in WW1 Milton Malsor HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 22nd    
Rockingham Castle and the Watsons – Mick Boyce Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 2.30 pm
     
Monday 27th    
Living in Round Houses, Iron-Age Settlement in Northamptonshire – Andy Chapman Wellingborough Arch & HS 7.30
The Life and Times of the Culworth Gang – David Hewitt Weedon Bec History Society 7.30 pm

October 2010

Tuesday 5th    
AGM. Then talk Local Farm Buildings – Max Garratt Syresham & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 15th    
Garden Gnomes – Dr. Twiggs-Way
The annual Sellick-Taylor lecture
Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 20th    
William Penn: Founding a new Buckinghamshire County – Neil Rees Wolverton & District AHS 7.30 pm
     
Monday 25th    
AGM Wellingborough Arch & HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 27th    
Cogenhoe & Whiston through maps – Ted Barnes Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 7.30 pm
     

Society Contact Details

Please contact the respective society for further details on their events.

Brackley & District History Society Mrs M. Baines 01280 701115
Brigstock Historical Society Mr C. Parish 01536 373074
Cogenhoe & Whiston Heritage Society Val & Tony Loader 01604 890862
Flore Heritage Society John Smith 01327 340387
Friends of St Michael & All Angles, Creaton Patsy Hollingum 01604 505280
Harpole Heritage Group Jennifer Smith 01604 831294
NIAG Peter Perkins 01536 713256
Oundle Historical Society Perdita Cawthorne 01832 205115
Roade Local History Society William Hudson 01604 863388
Rushden & District History Society Brian Shelton 01933 314241
The Historical Association Dr Philip Coupland 01933 390387
The Milton Malsor Historical Society John Brice 01604 858418
Syresham & District History Society Keith McLean 01280 850272
Towcester & District Local History Society David Wilcock 01327 351782
Weedon Bec History Society Julia Johns 01327 341729
Wellingborough Archaeological & Historical Society Mary Traxton 01933 224324
Wolverton & District Archaeological & Historical Society Audrey Lambert 01908 565481