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).

October 2009

Thursday 1st    
For a Sheep or a Lamb: The Criminal Justice System in the 18th Century - Dr. Drew Gray Raunds & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Tuesday 6th    
AGM, followed by History Quiz by John Braybrook Syresham & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 7th    
Oddfellows and other Friendly Societies - Ron Greenall Brackley & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Vikings in Northamptonshire - John Brown Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
     
Thursday 8th    
Spires, Saints and Martyrs - S Copperwheat Harpole Heritage Group 7.30 pm
     
Friday 9th    
AGM plus The Wolverton & Stoney Stratford Tramway - Robert Ayers NIAG 7.30 pm
     
Saturday 10th    
Celebrating 10 years of Harpole Heritage Group Harpole Heritage Group 10.30 am to 4.00 pm
     
Tuesday 13th    
The Royal Manor of Kingsthorpe - Colin Spears, Blue Badge Guide Northampton Museum & Art Gallery 1.00 to 1.30 pm
     
Wednesday 14th    
The Archaeological work of the National Trust - Gary Marshall Towcester & District LHS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 15th    
Milestones and Turnpike Roads - Michael Knight Thrapston District HS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 16th    
The Sellick Taylor Evening - ‘Trust Me’ I was an Estate Agent - Mike Neville(admission by ticket only) Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 21st    
Sir Frank Markham: The Early Years - Elizabeth Thompson Wolverton & District Arch & HS 7.30 pm
     
Monday 26th    
Fawsley and the Knightley Family Revisited - Colin Eaton Weedon Bec HS 7.30 pm
     
AGM Wellingborough Arch & HS 7.30 pm
     
‘They Called it the Crime of the Century’ - John Woolley Middleton Cheney HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 28th    
The Celts in Roman Britain - Steve & Jo Parish Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 7.30 pm
     
Forty Years On - Dr Bull (former GP from Blisworth) Roade LHS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 30th    
Memories of Schooldays - Audience participation Blisworth Hertiage Society 7.30 pm

November 2009

Tuesday 3rd    
The lost villages of Northamptonshire - Deborah Hayter Syresham & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 4th    
Brackley by gaslight - John Clarke Brackley & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Fawsley and the Knightleys Revisited - Colin Eaton Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
     
Thursday 5th    
The Tower of London - slide and lecture - Kevin Harrison Raunds & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Tuesday 10th    
Selected Poetry & Prose - Chameleon Writer’s Group Northampton Museum & Art Gallery 1.00 to 1.30 pm
     
Thursday 12th    
Annual Dinner and Quiz with Mick Frost Harpole Heritage Group 7.30 pm
     
Friday 13th    
Eurostar, Record Breaking Train - Alan Scott NIAG 7.30 pm
     
Saturday 11th    
AGM and Annual lecture: Sir William Fitzwilliam, Castellan of Fotheringhay - William Craven Friends of Fotheringhay 2.30 pm 3.00 pm
     
Wednesday 11th    
The Historic Deer Parks of Northamptonshire - Rod Conlon Towcester & District LHS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 13th    
Local Newspapers as a source for historical research - David Parker Oundle Historical Society 8.00 pm
     
Wednesday 18th    
The Clattering of the Stagecoach - Ann Leaver Wolverton & District Arch & HS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 19th    
Food Glorious Food: A History of Food, Feating and Food Production in Northamptonshrie from 1837 - Jon-Paul Carr Thrapston District HS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 20th    
A Pictorial View of old Higham - Eric Fowell Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Monday 23rd    
Mummers and Mince Pies Middleton Cheney HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 25th    
Northamptonshire's Wildlife Trust - John Farebrother Roade LHS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 27th    
Dig for Victory - DVD of agriculture in WWII Blisworth Hertiage Society 7.30 pm
     
Monday 30th    
Northampton Castle Rediscovered - Brian Giggins Weedon Bec HS 7.30 pm
     
A History of Pantomime - Serena Hancock Wellingborough Arch & HS 7.30 pm

December 2009

Tuesday 1st    
Wassail evening with seasonal refreshments Syresham & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 2nd    
What the Great Goth Gilbert Scott learned in this area - Ed Grimsdale Brackley & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Annual Supper Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
     
Thursday 3rd    
Members evening - Society memories Raunds & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Tuesday 8th    
Chess and Northampton Connections - Chess Point Services Northampton Museum & Art Gallery 1.00 to 1.30 pm
     
Wednesday 9th    
Christmas meeting Towcester & District LHS 7.30 pm
     
Shopping in the 18h Century - Professor Jon Stobart Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 11th    
Northamptonshire Gardens - Jenny Burt NIAG 7.30 pm
     
Christmas Event - Dialects - David Wilson Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Saturday 12th    
Christmas social Blisworth Hertiage Society 2 - 4 pm
     
Monday 14th    
Christmas Social (Change of venue) Wellingborough Arch & HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 16th    
The Development of Towcester - Brian Giggins Wolverton & District Arch & HS 7.30 pm
     
History of Pantomime - A light hearted evening of seasonal fun with mince pies and mulled wine Roade LHS 7.30 pm
     
Monday 28th    
Annual Christmas Walk - Ted Barnes Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 1.30 pm

January 2010

Saturday 2nd    
12th Night Party Raunds & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 6th    
Mediaeval travel - Rowena E Archer Brackley & District HS 7.30 pm
     
The Burning Car Mystery - Richard Moisey Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 2.30 pm
     
Friday 8th    
Girl Guiding in Oundle and District - A talk to mark the movement’s centenary - Ann Varley Oundle Historical Society 8.00 pm
     
Friday 8th    
Member’s Evening - Member’s presentations NIAG 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 13th    
Archaeological Facial Reconstruction - Dr. Martin Weaver Towcester & District LHS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday14th    
Women of the Wild West - Derrick Batten Harpole Heritage Group 7.30 pm
     
Friday 15th    
St. Pancras Station - Peter Butler Rushden & Distirct HS 7.30 pm
     
Saturday 23rd    
Members' Annual Lunch Roade LHS 12:30 for 1:00 pm
     
Monday 25th    
A Village in Wartime - Dennis Reader Middleton Cheney HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 28th    
Code Breaking at Station X - Nick Miers Brigstock Historical Society 7.45 pm

February 2010

Wednesday 3rd    
AGM + Lord Nelson and his battles - Paul Titchener Brackley & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Plessey at Caswell - Terry Waterfield Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
     
Wednesday 10th    
Ancient Woodlands and the work of the Woodland Trust - Jonathan Plowe Towcester & District LHS 7.30 pm
     
Early Modern Witchcraft and the Northamptonshire Witches - Dr. Cathy Smith Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 11th    
Smothered in the Boghouse - Brian Giggins Harpole Heritage Group 7.30 pm
     
Friday 12th    
Knuston Hall - Jon-Paul Carr Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm
     
The History of Milestones - Helen Crabtree NIAG 7.30 pm
     
Monday 22nd    
AGM + ‘Ghost Stories of Middleton Cheney’ Middleton Cheney HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 24th    
Northampton Police Museum - Richard Cowley Roade LHS 7.30 pm

March 2010

Wednesday 3rd    
Postcards round Daventry - Marcus Lewis Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
     
Wednesday 10th    
AGM Towcester & District LHS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 11th    
Discovering Faxton’s Lost Churches - Janice Morris Harpole Heritage Group 7.30 pm
     
Friday 5th    
AGM plus Northampton Castle - Brian Giggins Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 7.30 for 7.45 pm
     
Friday 12th    
AGM plus The Talbot Hotel - Ghosts & Rosettes - Alan Steward Oundle Historical Society 7.30 pm
     
Friday 12th    
A History of the Drainage of the Somerset Levels - Ian Miles NIAG 7.30 pm
     
Friday 19th    
Eleanor of the Crosses - Susanna Marshall Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 24th    
The Culworth Gang - David Hewitt Roade LHS 7.30 pm

April 2010

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
     
Friday 23rd    
The Tudors - Martin Sirot-Smith Rushden & District HS 7.30 pm

Society Contact Details

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

Blisworth Heritage Society Mr R.M. Andrews 01604 858252
Brackley & District History Society Miss Beryl Hudson 01280 703508
Brigstock Historical Society Mr C. Parish 01536 373074
Cogenhoe & Whiston Heritage Society Val & Tony Loader 01604 890862
Friends of Fotheringhay Church Judith Wilson 01932 226243
Flore Heritage Society John Smith 01327 340387
Harpole Heritage Group Jennifer Smith 01604 831294
Middleton Cheney History Society Sandra Tanner 01295 711104
NIAG Peter Perkins 01536 713256
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery   01604 838111
Oundle Historical Society Perdita Cawthorne 01832 205115
Raunds & District History Society Bryan Brittin 01933 622423
Roade Local History Society Mr W.J. Hudson 01604 863388
Rushden & District History Society Brian Shelton 01933 314241
Syresham & District History Society Keith McLean 01280 850272
Thrapston District Historical Society Eddie Sewell 01832 735248
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