Previous Society Events and Lectures

This page is under construction and will contain information and articles about previous lectures and visits the Society has made.

2017 Lectures and Visits:

• 12th January – evening lecture – Stained Glass in Huntingdonshire Churches. Revd Steven Day
• 9 February – evening lecture – Hemingford Manor House. Diana Boston
• 9 March – evening lecture – Railways in Mid Anglia. Tony Kirby
• 6 April – evening lecture – Fen Drainage, the People who Drained the Fens. Dr Philip Saunders
• 12 – 15 May – Society long weekend, exploring the Cotswolds.
• 25 May – Society AGM
• 15 June – A midsummer evening saunter around Elton
• 20 July – Visit to Leicester Cathedral and the Richard III Centre
• 9 August – Walk around St Neots and a visit to the Museum
• 13 September – Visit to Little Stanmore Church and Strawberry Hill House
• 12 October – Presidents Lecture and Goodliff Award Ceremony
• 9 November- evening lecture John Berridge of Everton and the Evangelical Revival. Nigel Pibworth
• 7 December – Society Christmas Social and Musical Evening – Huntingdon Town Hall Assembly Rooms

2016 Lectures and Visits:

• 14th January – evening lecture, “Mammoths in the Great Ouse Valley”. Dr Chris Thomas
• 11th February – evening lecture, “Roman Roads in Huntingdonshire and Peterborough: an aerial perspective”. Mr Rick Kelly.
• 10th March – evening lecture, “Revising Pevsner” Dr Charles O’Brien
• 23rd March – afternoon visit to Must Farm, Bronze Age site, archaeological excavation of one of the most important Bronze Age sites near Peterborough.
• 14th April – evening lecture, “Religious Life in mid-Victorian Huntingdonshire”, Professor David Thompson
• 13th May to 16th May, Society long weekend visiting “The Castles of Kent”.
• 26th May – Society AGM and the chance to view the recently purchased 16th Century map of Little Gidding.
• 7th June – visit to the Church of St Mary’s, Conington and the turf maze at Hilton.
• 5th July – visit to Pepys House and Hinchingbrooke House.
• 11th August – visit to Lincoln Castle and Cathedral.
• 7th September – visit to Woburn Abbey and gardens.
• 13th October – evening lecture “Excavation of the Spitfire at Holme Fen”, Anthony Haskins, archaeologist at Oxford Archaeology East.
• 10th November – Goodliff Awards 2016 and President’s Lecture, “The four disasters that made London what it is today”, Dr Simon Thurley.
• 8th December – Christmas Musical Evening and Social. An evening with the “Tapestry Singers” in the Assembly Room at Huntingdon Town Hall.

2015 Lectures and Visits:

• 8th January – evening lecture, “The Lost Forests of Medieval Huntingdonshire”, Jason Peters
• 12th February – evening lecture, “Parochial Tyranny? The Village Constable in 17th & 18th-century Huntingdonshire”, Dr Evelyn Lord.
• 12th March – evening lecture, “The Huntingdonshire Manor and its Records”, Dr Philip Saunders.
• 9th April – evening lecture, “The Secrets Behind your Front Door”, Melanie Backe-Hansen.
• 8th May to 11th May, Society long weekend visiting Shropshire.
• 21st May – Annual General Meeting in the Huntingdon Town Hall
• 27th June – visit to the area ‘In and Around Kings Cross, London’.
• 22nd July – visit to Castor House, a classic Queen Anne house and gardens
• 20th August – visit to Ramsey Walled Garden, Mortuary Chapel and Rural Museum
• 8th September – visit to Molesworth Church and Catworth
• 15th October, 2015 President’s Address, Dr Simon Thurley, “The English Market Town, past, present and future”, and Goodliff Awards presentation.
• 12th November – evening lecture, “450 Years of Education in Huntingdonshire”, Mr Peter Downes.
• 7th December – Christmas Musical Evening and Social, an evening with Hinchingbrooke School Music Group in the Assembly Room at Huntingdon Town Hall.