Historic Lincolnshire: the focus of SLHA
SOCIETY FOR LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Promoting Lincolnshire's Past
The SLHA promotes an interest in Lincolnshire's past by:
- Running courses and meetings
- Arranging visits, surveys and fieldwork
- Publishing and selling books
SLHA MEMBERS RECEIVE A 20% DISCOUNT ON ALL BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY
Try the challenge of our Lincolnshire Prize Quiz this New Year
NEW SLHA PUBLICATION
Papermaking in Lincolnshire 1600-1900
Hugh Nott
63pp, paperback, £15.00 (plus £2.00 postage UK)
Examines all known papermaking sites in Lincolnshire and comments in detail on the families of papermakers. Includes site plans, photographs, watermarks and other documents not previously published.
See details of the recent launch on news page
Forthcoming events (open to all)...
HORNCASTLE WEEKEND CONFERENCE
Eat, Drink and Be Merry:
Food through the Ages
Iron Age Agriculture in Eastern England
Kate Nicholson, Leicester University
Potatoes: a History
David Hopkins, Heritage Lincolnshire
The Medieval Feast and its Preparation
Peter Brears, Museum Consultant
Wartime Food and Rationing
Dr Margaret Brooks, Imperial War Museum
Herbs and their Uses
Jayne Milner, Independent Wise Woman
Traditions in Food
Maureen Sutton
Friday, 13 (6.30 p.m.) to Sunday, 15 February (1.00 p.m.) 2009
at Horncastle College, Mareham Road, Horncastle
More programme information to follow, including Saturday afternoon visit.
Details and bookings with SLHA: phone 01522 521337, or email to slha@lincolnshirepast.org.uk, or download a Booking Form (adobe .pdf file 27kB)
SUNDAY SPECIAL
Caistor Canal: the Rise and Fall of a Provincial Waterway - Chris Padley
Tennyson: the Man and his Poetry - Joan Smith
Lincoln's Unique Tennyson Collection - Grace Timmings
Sunday, 11 January 2009, 2.30 p.m.
At Jews’ Court, Steep Hill, Lincoln
INCAPABLE OF IMPROVEMENT
The Enclosure of Sleaford 1794-96
Simon Pawley
Thursday 15 January 2009, 7.30 p.m.
At St Denys's Church Room, Market Place, Sleaford
FLARE Meeting
ROUND-UP OF RECENT RESEARCH
AND PUBLICATIONS
Michael J Jones, City of Lincoln Archaeologist
Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 7.30 p.m.
At St Hugh’s Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln
THE EVOLUTION OF THE DRAINAGE PUMPING ENGINE
John Honnor
Friday 30 January 2009 at 7.30 p.m.
at St John's Church Lounge, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding
See the Society's full 2009 Events Calendar here
