As mentioned at the meeting on 18th September, Adam Busiakievicz is co-organiser of this event in Alcester and is presenting a more in-depth history of Fulke Greville.
In addition Dr Christine Hodgetts, who is talking at our AGM on 30th October is also presenting on other historic gardens of Warwickshire (she will be talking about the garden at Warwick Castle at the AGM). Continue reading “Fulke Greville Festival – Alcester 28-30 September”
Our talks programme for 2019 is now published – take a look at the events on the Programme page
Warwick’s very successful History Festival is running again this year from 1st – 7th October, with another varied series of talks covering everything from AWN Pugin’s links to Warwick, the history of Austin-Healey to talks on the Suffragettes, and much in between. There are some familiar names as speakers too.
The internationally renowned Passamezzo are to perform Music, words & song from Shakespeare’s England on Wednesday 25th July, 2018 in support of the children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent at the 5th in a series of annual charity musical evenings organised by the Worsted Weavers Guild.
Tickets are available by clicking the link below or by contacting Richard Williams
I have added a new gallery of photographs from the visit to Oxford this week. Visit the Gallery page or click here
We have arranged a new event – a walking tour around Warwick – please see details on our Programme page
I have added a new gallery of photographs from the recent visit to Edgehill and Honington Hall. Visit the Gallery page or click here
I have added details of the trips planned for this year to our events calendar. Take a look at the Programme page
I have been contacted by Maureen Harris who is organising a project, which is being run through ‘The Friends of Warwickshire Record Office’ and the Dugdale Society, for volunteers from LHSs and Civic Societies etc all over Warwickshire to help with the transcription of an important series of Parliamentarian ‘Loss Accounts’ compiled for nearly 200 parishes all over Warwickshire in 1646/7.
The accounts detail the losses from parishes and named individuals from onerous war-time taxation, billeting of soldiers and plunder, as the armies marched back and forth across the county between 1642 and 1646. Maureen is looking for 1 or 2 volunteers with no or little experience of reading C17th original records or visiting record offices to help with the transcriptions after training in reading C17th hand-writing and with on-going support, visits, expert talks and background information. Continue reading “Lapworth and Rowington in the Civil War”
