Previous Events and Lectures

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.

2024 Lectures and Visits:

  • 10th January – Zoom lecture – Coins, Cloth and Commerce at Anglo Saxon Buckden, Graeme Clark
  • 25th January – visit to Peterborough Museum, with talk on Archive Enhancement Project and workshop.
  • 13th February – Zoom lecture – Educating Huntingdonshire – School Records for the Loc Historian, Hannah Bethel-Vaughan.
  • 6th March – visit to Pepys and Old Libraries, Magdalene College, followed by a walk around Castle End, Cambridge.
  • 13th March – Robert Pepys and his house at Brampton: A newley discovered document, Ken Sneath.
  • 10th April – Benefiting the Soul – Life, Religion and the Church in Late Medieval Huntingdonshire Joanne Sear.
  • 8th May – Annual General Meeting
  • 22nd May – visit to Farm Hall, Godmanchester.
  • 7th – 9th June – Weekend visit to Wiltshire (Hughenden, Steam Museum Swindon, Avebury, Wiltshire Museum, Case Flight of Locks and Canal Museum, and Lacock Abbey and village.
  • 12th June – Zoom lecture – Finding Collyweston Palace Chris Close
  • 20th June – visit to Collyweston village and church.
  • 29th June – Society stand and display at Huntingdonshire History Festival.
  • 10th July- visit to Northamptonshire Archaeological Research Centre, d excavationsat the Chester House Estate.
  • 8th August – visit to Kimbolton church and exploration of the village
  • 26th September – Zoom lecture – Treasures of Ramsey Abbey, Ian Mason.
  • 16th October – Goodliff Presentations and lecture by Viscoountess Hinchingbrooke: Alberta Countess of Sandwich, with and AI demonstration.
  • 13th November – evening lecture – Great Staughton and its People,  Anthony Withers.
  • 18th December – Christmas Musical evening with Music by Tapestry Singers 

2023 Lectures and Visits:

  • 11th January – Zoom Lecture – Exploring Traditional Wildflower Names, Twigs Way
  • 8th February – Zoom Lecture – 1-6 Muttongate Huntingdon, the Inside Story, Emma Harris.
  • 22nd February – Presenation and Workshop by the Museum of London Archaeology on small finds from the A14 Excavations.
  • 8th March – evening lecture – Fletton – Building the Brickopolis, Sadie Macmullon.
  • 30th March – visit to Huntingdonshire Archives: Archive Sources for Landscape History.
  • 19th April – evening lecture – joint meeting with Cambridge Antiquarian Society (Ladds Lecture): Going to Church in Medieval England, especially Huntingdonshire Nicholas Orme.
  • 10th May – AGM and evening lecture – a Romano British Coin Hoard from Huntingdonshire, Claire Hardy and Rodney Scarle.
  • 7th June – visit to Needingworth village, led by Peter Cooper.
  • 28th June – visit to Doddington and Great Paxton churches.
  • 20th July – visit and boat trip to Grantham Canal at Woolsthorpe.
  • 24th August – visit to Northborough church and Manor House.
  • 2nd September – excursion (with CHCT and CALH): Lincoln Cathedral.
  • 11th October – evening lecture, Ramsey Tunnels and the Great Whyte, Clive Beeke.
  • 1st November – Goodliff Presentations and talk by Viscountess Hinchingbrooke: Introducing Alberta Countess of Sandwich
  • 10th December – Christmas Social and talk on Victorian Christmas in Huntingdonshire, Liz Sthill-Davies

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.