Events are open to all and prior booking is not necessary except where indicated.
Details of all events are obtainable from SLHA by email slha@lincolnshirepast.org.uk or phone (01522 521337)
JANUARY 2010
OF TOWNS AND TRINKETS
The Production of Metalwork in Viking-age Lincoln
Letti ten Harkel (University of Sheffield)
Wednesday 20 January 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln
THE AGE OF STEAM: LEGACY IN THE LANDSCAPE
Malcolm Smith
Thursday 21 January 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Denys's Church Room, Market Place, Sleaford
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES
Mike Hodgson
Friday 29 January 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St John's Church Lounge, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding
GEORGIAN THEATRES IN LINCOLNSHIRE
Neil Wright
Sunday 31 January 2010 at 2.30 p.m.
At Jews' Court, Steep Hill, Lincoln
FEBRUARY 2010
THE MILITARY VICI OF WALES:
Current Knowledge Reviewed
Professor Barry Burnham (University of Wales, Lampeter)
Wednesday 17 February 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln
THE HISTORY OF BREWING
Geoff Lee
Thursday 18 February 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Denys's Church Room, Market Place, Sleaford
HORNCASTLE RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND
Changing Childhood
Children in the Workhouse - Victoria Preece
The British Schools System - Terry Ransome
Nursery Rhymes - Valerie Purton
Childhood Toys - Lesley Law
Lincolnshire Schools - Tim Lomas
Friday 19 to Sunday 21 February 2010
at Horncastle Residential College
Download a booking form (pdf document 24kb)
MEDIEVAL AND POST MEDIEVAL TILE
in Lincoln and the Local Area
Dr Anne Boyle
The first of two training workshops (see also 17 March)
Wednesday 24 February 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
at Jews' Court, Lincoln
BALLOONS, BLERIOTS AND BARNSTORMERS
Alastair Goodrum
Friday 26 February 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
at St John's Church Lounge, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding
MARCH 2010
BRITONS & ROMANS IN AN EAST YORKSHIRE LANDSCAPE
Dr Peter Halkon (University of Hull)
Wednesday 10 March 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln
MEDIEVAL AND POST MEDIEVAL TILE
in Lincoln and the Local Area
Dr Anne Boyle
The second of two training workshops (see also 24 February)
Wednesday 17 March 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
at Jews' Court, Lincoln
GRANTHAM - THE WAR YEARS
Malcolm Knapp
Thursday 18 March 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Denys's Church Room, Market Place, Sleaford
ARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCE
The End of Roman Lincolnshire
Late Roman Settlements in Lincolnshire - Dr. Steve Malone
The rural economy - Mike Wood
Changing times at the Piddington Villa - Roy Friendship-Taylor
Late Roman hoarding in East Anglia - Jude Plouviez
The use of precious metals in Late Roman Lincolnshire - Adam Daubney
Late Roman pottery in Lincolnshire - Alex Beeby
Roman to Saxon in the Fens - Tom Lane
The Demise of Roman Lincoln - Dr. Mick Jones
Dark Age, Sub-Roman, Anglo-Saxon: What should we call Lincolnshire in the 5th and 6th Centuries? - Tom Green
Saturday 20 March 2010
at University of Lincoln, Risholme Campus
Download a booking form (pdf document 26KB)
THE HISTORY OF SUTTON BRIDGE
Neil Wright
Friday 26 March 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
at St John's Church Lounge, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding
VISIT TO HOLBEACH ROC BUNKER
Also Moulton Mill and Spalding Flower Bulb Museum
Saturday 27 March (full day outing)
Meet at Holbeach Bunker at 10.00 a.m.
See details and download a booking form (pdf 28KB).
SUNDAY SPECIAL
MARKET RASEN VOLUNTEERS
Catherine Wilson
THE CARTHUSIANS OF EPWORTH: AXHOLME PRIORY
John Wilford
Sunday 28 March 2010 at 2.30 p.m.
at Jews' Court, Steep Hill, Lincoln
APRIL 2010
ALBANIA AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Tom Winnifrith
Wednesday 14 April 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln
RECORDING AGRICULTURAL CHANGE IN 20th CENTURY LINCOLNSHIRE
Abigail Hunt
Thursday 15 April 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Denys's Church Room, Market Place, Sleaford
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN SOUTH WITHAM
Peter Ball
Friday 23 April 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
at St John's Church Lounge, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding
BALH and SLHA LOCAL HISTORY CONFERENCE
Twentieth Century Local History
Practising 20th Century Local History - Kate Tiller
The East Midlands: does such a region really exist? - David Stocker
Lincoln and its Rural Hinterland: Markets, Fairs and the Agricultural Show - Andrew Walker
Oral History and Lincolnshire's Hidden Female Agricultural Workforce - Abigail Hunt
A Community History of the 1950s and 1960: the Ermine East Estate, Lincoln - Andrew Jackson
Twentieth-Century Prisoners of War in Lincolnshire - Claire Hall
Twentieth-Century Lincolnshire Farm Buildings - Shirley Brook
Conscientious Objectors - John Makin
Friday 23 to Sunday 25 April 2010
at University of Lincoln, Brayford Campus
SLHA members may either join in the whole weekend or attend the Saturday lectures only.
See full details of the event and download a booking form (pdf document 30KB).
Also see the BALH website
MAY 2010
CAWTHORN ROMAN 'CAMPS'
Seventy Years after Richmond
Dr Peter Wilson (English Heritage)
Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln
ANNUAL LES GOSTICK MEMORIAL WALK
Carre Street, Sleaford
Dr Simon Pawley
Thursday 20 May 2010 at 7.00 p.m.
Start at St Denys's Church Room, Market Place, Sleaford
WITCHES AND SKIMMINGTONS
Bob Sparham
Friday 28 May 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
at St John's Church Lounge, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding
JUNE 2010
SLHA A.G.M.
Saturday 5 June 2010
At Caistor Town Hall
EXCAVATING IN EGYPT
Dr Patricia Spencer (Egypt Exploration Society)
Wednesday 16 June 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln
THE BILLINGAS AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE SLEAFORD AREA
Tom Green
Thursday 17 June 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Denys's Church Room, Market Place, Sleaford
A GOOD SEND OFF
Anne Barnes
Friday 25 June 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
at St John's Church Lounge, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding
JULY 2010
Brackenbury Lecture
Revd Dr Clare Potter
Saturday 10 July 2010 at 3.00 p.m.
at Raithby Chapel near Spilsby
22nd ANNUAL W H HOSFORD MEMORIAL LECTURE
SMUGGLING ON THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST
Rod Fanthorpe
Thursday 15 July 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Denys's Church Room, Market Place, Sleaford
HISTORIC LANDSCAPES OF THE WASH
Adam Partington
Friday 16 July 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
at St John's Church Lounge, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding
AUGUST 2010
SEPTEMBER 2010
ANNUAL LEACH LECTURE
EDWARD KING BEFORE OXFORD
His early life and his 18th and 17th century ancestors
Richard Thornton
Wednesday 8 September 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At New Methodist Church, Silver Street, Coningsby
HATCHED, MATCHED AND DESPATCHED
Aspects of Registration
Mary Rudkin (Sleaford Registrar)
Thursday 16 September 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Denys's Church Room, Market Place, Sleaford
WHAT WAS HADRIAN'S WALL FOR?
New Excavations and Research
Paul Bidwell (Tyne & Wear Archaeology)
Wednesday 22 September 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln
OCTOBER 2010
EXPLORING A FINE CITY
Archaeological Research in Anglo-Scandinavian & Medieval Norwich
Brian Ayers (Butrint Foundation)
Wednesday 13 October 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln
NOVEMBER 2010
LINCOLN'S ARCHAEOLOGY:
Some New Excavations, Research and Questions
Mick Jones (City Archaeologist)
Wednesday 10 November 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln
ANNUAL GROUP BUSINESS MEETING
THE LUTTRELL PSALTER
Talk and Film
Neil Parker
Thursday 18 November 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
At St Denys's Church Room, Market Place, Sleaford
MEDICAL PROVISION IN SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE
Chris Renn
Sunday 28 November at 2.30 p.m.
At Jews' Court, Steep Hill, Lincoln
