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 |
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| For a Sheep or a Lamb: The Criminal Justice System in the 18th Century
- Dr. Drew Gray |
Raunds & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Tuesday 6th |
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| AGM, followed by History Quiz by John Braybrook |
Syresham & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 7th |
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| Oddfellows and other Friendly Societies - Ron Greenall |
Brackley & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Vikings in Northamptonshire - John Brown |
Flore Heritage Society |
7.45 pm |
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| Thursday 8th |
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| Spires, Saints and Martyrs - S Copperwheat |
Harpole Heritage Group |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 9th |
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| AGM plus The Wolverton & Stoney Stratford Tramway - Robert Ayers |
NIAG |
7.30 pm |
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| Saturday 10th |
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| Celebrating 10 years of Harpole Heritage Group |
Harpole Heritage Group |
10.30 am to 4.00 pm |
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| Tuesday 13th |
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| The Royal Manor of Kingsthorpe - Colin Spears, Blue Badge Guide |
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery |
1.00 to 1.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 14th |
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| The Archaeological work of the National Trust - Gary Marshall |
Towcester & District LHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Thursday 15th |
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| Milestones and Turnpike Roads - Michael Knight |
Thrapston District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 16th |
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| The Sellick Taylor Evening - ‘Trust Me’ I was an Estate
Agent - Mike Neville(admission by ticket only) |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 21st |
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| Sir Frank Markham: The Early Years - Elizabeth Thompson |
Wolverton & District Arch & HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Monday 26th |
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| Fawsley and the Knightley Family Revisited - Colin Eaton |
Weedon Bec HS |
7.30 pm |
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| AGM |
Wellingborough Arch & HS |
7.30 pm |
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| ‘They Called it the Crime of the Century’ - John Woolley |
Middleton Cheney HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 28th |
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| The Celts in Roman Britain - Steve & Jo Parish |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Forty Years On - Dr Bull (former GP from Blisworth) |
Roade LHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 30th |
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| Memories of Schooldays - Audience participation |
Blisworth Hertiage Society |
7.30 pm |
November 2009
| Tuesday 3rd |
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| The lost villages of Northamptonshire - Deborah Hayter |
Syresham & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 4th |
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| Brackley by gaslight - John Clarke |
Brackley & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Fawsley and the Knightleys Revisited - Colin Eaton |
Flore Heritage Society |
7.45 pm |
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| Thursday 5th |
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| The Tower of London - slide and lecture - Kevin Harrison |
Raunds & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Tuesday 10th |
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| Selected Poetry & Prose - Chameleon Writer’s Group |
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery |
1.00 to 1.30 pm |
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| Thursday 12th |
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| Annual Dinner and Quiz with Mick Frost |
Harpole Heritage Group |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 13th |
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| Eurostar, Record Breaking Train - Alan Scott |
NIAG |
7.30 pm |
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| Saturday 11th |
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| AGM and Annual lecture: Sir William Fitzwilliam, Castellan of Fotheringhay
- William Craven |
Friends of Fotheringhay |
2.30 pm 3.00 pm |
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| Wednesday 11th |
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| The Historic Deer Parks of Northamptonshire - Rod Conlon |
Towcester & District LHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 13th |
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| Local Newspapers as a source for historical research - David Parker |
Oundle Historical Society |
8.00 pm |
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| Wednesday 18th |
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| The Clattering of the Stagecoach - Ann Leaver |
Wolverton & District Arch & HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Thursday 19th |
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| Food Glorious Food: A History of Food, Feating and Food Production
in Northamptonshrie from 1837 - Jon-Paul Carr |
Thrapston District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 20th |
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| A Pictorial View of old Higham - Eric Fowell |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Monday 23rd |
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| Mummers and Mince Pies |
Middleton Cheney HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 25th |
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| Northamptonshire's Wildlife Trust - John Farebrother |
Roade LHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 27th |
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| Dig for Victory - DVD of agriculture in WWII |
Blisworth Hertiage Society |
7.30 pm |
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| Monday 30th |
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| Northampton Castle Rediscovered - Brian Giggins |
Weedon Bec HS |
7.30 pm |
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| A History of Pantomime - Serena Hancock |
Wellingborough Arch & HS |
7.30 pm |
December 2009
| Tuesday 1st |
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| Wassail evening with seasonal refreshments |
Syresham & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 2nd |
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| What the Great Goth Gilbert Scott learned in this area - Ed Grimsdale |
Brackley & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Annual Supper |
Flore Heritage Society |
7.45 pm |
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| Thursday 3rd |
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| Members evening - Society memories |
Raunds & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Tuesday 8th |
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| Chess and Northampton Connections - Chess Point Services |
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery |
1.00 to 1.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 9th |
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| Christmas meeting |
Towcester & District LHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Shopping in the 18h Century - Professor Jon Stobart |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 11th |
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| Northamptonshire Gardens - Jenny Burt |
NIAG |
7.30 pm |
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| Christmas Event - Dialects - David Wilson |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Saturday 12th |
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| Christmas social |
Blisworth Hertiage Society |
2 - 4 pm |
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| Monday 14th |
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| Christmas Social (Change of venue) |
Wellingborough Arch & HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 16th |
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| The Development of Towcester - Brian Giggins |
Wolverton & District Arch & HS |
7.30 pm |
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| History of Pantomime - A light hearted evening of seasonal fun with
mince pies and mulled wine |
Roade LHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Monday 28th |
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| Annual Christmas Walk - Ted Barnes |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
1.30 pm |
January 2010
| Saturday 2nd |
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| 12th Night Party |
Raunds & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 6th |
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| Mediaeval travel - Rowena E Archer |
Brackley & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| The Burning Car Mystery - Richard Moisey |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
2.30 pm |
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| Friday 8th |
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| Girl Guiding in Oundle and District - A talk to mark the movement’s
centenary - Ann Varley |
Oundle Historical Society |
8.00 pm |
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| Friday 8th |
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| Member’s Evening - Member’s presentations |
NIAG |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 13th |
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| Archaeological Facial Reconstruction - Dr. Martin Weaver |
Towcester & District LHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Thursday14th |
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| Women of the Wild West - Derrick Batten |
Harpole Heritage Group |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 15th |
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| St. Pancras Station - Peter Butler |
Rushden & Distirct HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Saturday 23rd |
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| Members' Annual Lunch |
Roade LHS |
12:30 for 1:00 pm |
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| Monday 25th |
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| A Village in Wartime - Dennis Reader |
Middleton Cheney HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 28th |
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| Code Breaking at Station X - Nick Miers |
Brigstock Historical Society |
7.45 pm |
February 2010
| Wednesday 3rd |
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| AGM + Lord Nelson and his battles - Paul Titchener |
Brackley & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Plessey at Caswell - Terry Waterfield |
Flore Heritage Society |
7.45 pm |
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| Wednesday 10th |
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| Ancient Woodlands and the work of the Woodland Trust - Jonathan Plowe |
Towcester & District LHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Early Modern Witchcraft and the Northamptonshire Witches - Dr. Cathy
Smith |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Thursday 11th |
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| Smothered in the Boghouse - Brian Giggins |
Harpole Heritage Group |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 12th |
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| Knuston Hall - Jon-Paul Carr |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| The History of Milestones - Helen Crabtree |
NIAG |
7.30 pm |
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| Monday 22nd |
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| AGM + ‘Ghost Stories of Middleton Cheney’ |
Middleton Cheney HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 24th |
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| Northampton Police Museum - Richard Cowley |
Roade LHS |
7.30 pm |
March 2010
| Wednesday 3rd |
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| Postcards round Daventry - Marcus Lewis |
Flore Heritage Society |
7.45 pm |
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| Wednesday 10th |
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| AGM |
Towcester & District LHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Thursday 11th |
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| Discovering Faxton’s Lost Churches - Janice Morris |
Harpole Heritage Group |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 5th |
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| AGM plus Northampton Castle - Brian Giggins |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
7.30 for 7.45 pm |
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| Friday 12th |
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| AGM plus The Talbot Hotel - Ghosts & Rosettes - Alan Steward |
Oundle Historical Society |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 12th |
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| A History of the Drainage of the Somerset Levels - Ian Miles |
NIAG |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 19th |
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| Eleanor of the Crosses - Susanna Marshall |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 24th |
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| The Culworth Gang - David Hewitt |
Roade LHS |
7.30 pm |
April 2010
| Wednesday 7th |
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| Wall Paintings in Northamptonshire Churches - Janice Morris |
Flore Heritage Society |
7.45 pm |
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| Thursday 8th |
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| Northants Mail during World War II - Derek Smeathers |
Harpole Heritage Group |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 23rd |
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| 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.