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 |
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| Town & Gown the often acrimonious relationship between Oxford University
and the City Chris Day |
Syresham & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| 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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| Wednesday 14th |
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| The History of the Longbow Michael Leach |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Thursday 15th |
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| 78 Derngate Rob Kendall |
Friends of St.Michael & All Angels, Creaton |
7.30 pm |
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| Monday 19th |
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| The History of Salcey Forest Andrew Patmore |
Weedon Bec History Society |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 21st |
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| The Spires & Squires of Northamptonshire Chris Rowe |
Wolverton & District AHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Thursday 22nd |
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| Charlemagnes Dom in Aachen William Walford |
The Historical Association |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 23rd |
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| The Tudors - Martin Sirot-Smith |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Monday 26th |
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| Discovering The Lost Church of St.Denys, Faxton Janice Harper |
Wellingborough Arch & HS |
7.30 pm |
May 2010
| Tuesday 4th |
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| Medieval plants and their uses Nina Langley & Greg Stevens |
Syresham & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 5th |
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| 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 |
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| Wednesday 12th |
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| Get Your Kicks on Route 66 Richard Deacon |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Thursday13th |
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| AGM and Martin Heath from BBC Radio Northampton |
Harpole Heritage Group |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 21st |
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| AGM followed by Ladies in Green - Pat Jenkins |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Monday 24th |
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| A brief history of Hortons Rococo Park Jezza Giray |
Welllingborough Arch & HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Thursday 28th |
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| Visit to Kimbolton Castle - Mrs Nora Butler |
Brigstock Historical Society |
7.00 pm |
June 2010
| Tuesday 1st |
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| Banbury, Bicester & Brackley. Historical market towns reality or
nostalgia Brian Litte |
Syresham & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 2nd |
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| 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 |
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| Wednesday 16th |
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| The Medieval Gardener Mike Brown |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
2.30 pm |
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| Friday 18th |
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| Elton Hall Brian Jones |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Monday 28th |
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| Eleanor of the Crosses Suzi Marshall |
Wellingborough Arch & HS |
7.30 pm |
July 2010
| Tuesday 6th |
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| High Society in Astrop the history of Astrop Spa Deborah Hayter |
Syresham & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 7th |
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| 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 |
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| Friday 16th |
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| Experiences of a Market Trader Daisy Clark |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
August 2010
| Tuesday 3rd |
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| Guided walk around Adderbury Village |
Syresham & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 4th |
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| A Farmers 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 |
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| Musical instruments of history from harp to haut bois - Richard York |
Brackley & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Tuesday 7th |
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| Growing up in the 1940s and 1950s Malcolm Deacon |
Syresham & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 10th |
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| A workhouse Visitors Report Liz Carter |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 15th |
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| Alderton: After Time Team John Kliene |
Wolverton & District AHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Thursday 16th |
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| Northants Postal Services in WW1 |
Milton Malsor HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 22nd |
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| Rockingham Castle and the Watsons Mick Boyce |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
2.30 pm |
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| Monday 27th |
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| 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 |
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| AGM. Then talk Local Farm Buildings Max Garratt |
Syresham & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Friday 15th |
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Garden Gnomes – Dr. Twiggs-Way
The annual Sellick-Taylor lecture |
Rushden & District HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 20th |
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| William Penn: Founding a new Buckinghamshire County Neil Rees |
Wolverton & District AHS |
7.30 pm |
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| Monday 25th |
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| AGM |
Wellingborough Arch & HS |
7.30 pm |
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| Wednesday 27th |
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| Cogenhoe & Whiston through maps Ted Barnes |
Cogenhoe & Whiston HS |
7.30 pm |
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Society Contact Details
Please contact the respective society for further details on their
events.