Events Programme 2012
Talks
All talks are at 7.30pm at Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Beaumont St, Hexham. Free to members, £2 to non-members (includes light refreshments)
January 10
Richard Young
Traditional Northumbrian Buildings
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February 14
Dr Diana Newton
The Cult of Saint Cuthbert and the Reformation
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March 13
Dr Leo Gooch
John Lord Lumley – Elizabethan Conspirator and Collector
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April 17 NB - This is the 3rd Tuesday of the Month
Paul Frodsham
North Pennines Archaeology – Recent Work & Future Plans
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May 8 TOM CORFE MEMORIAL LECTURE
Dr Angus Winchester
The Harvest of the Hills: the History of Common Land in Upland Northern England
We are delighted that Dr. Winchester, Senior Lecturer in History at Lancaster University, will join us to speak on the use of common lands in our uplands during the medieval and early modern period.
September 11
Dr Ian Roberts
Rural Northumberland at War
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October 9
Joseph Hardwick
Rev. Waddilove & the Mission to Upper Canada
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November 13 (AGM)
David Southern
Just who was Cushy Butterfield?
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Hexham Local History Society Outings 2012
These are primarily intended for members, so to download the forms members will need to apply for member access to the web site.
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Dates for your diary. Full details and booking arrangements below. If you are a member, please click on a form icon to download the relevant form.
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AFTERNOON VISIT TO CAPHEATON HALL AND GARDENS Date: Saturday 12th May 2012 Time: 1.00pm to approximately 6.00 pm/6.30pm Capheaton has been the main Swinburne seat since 1270. The present house is a Grade 1 Listed Building, built in 1668 for Sir John Swinburne close to the site of the original castle. The present owners, William and Eliza Browne – Swinburne, will give us a guided tour of the house and provide us with a detailed account of its very interesting history from 1270 through the Restoration and Jacobean periods to date. Tea or coffee and cake, included in the cost of the outing, will be served after the tour and you will be able to view the gardens until we leave for home around 5.30pm. |
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HALF DAY VISIT TO THE THEATRE ROYAL AND THE TYNESIDE CINEMA Date: Saturday 9th June 2012 Time: 8.45am to approximately 2.00pm Our visit starts at the newly restored and refurbished Theatre Royal which is 175 years old this year. The tour will be a combination of the Restoration and Backstage Tours and will last one hour from 10am to 11am. At 11.15am our second tour of the nearby Tyneside Cinema will start. It has also been renovated recently. Heritage guides will tell us about the history of the cinema and we will be shown a short newsreel on the 40s or 50s. The cinema has a café and a bar. We will leave for home around 1.30pm. |
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FULL DAY VISIT TO KELSO ABBEY AND FLOORS CASTLE Date: Saturday 7th July 2012 Time: 9.30am to approximately 6.45pm/7.15pm The market town of Kelso came into being as a direct result of the creation of Kelso Abbey in 1128. The town is very attractive with elegant Georgian buildings and a French style cobbled market square. We will stop here to visit what remains of the Abbey and to have lunch before going on to Floors Castle for our tour at 2pm. There are a number of cafes, bars, restaurants and hotels in which to have lunch. Floors Castle is the largest inhabited house in Scotland. In 1721 William Adam was commissioned by the 1st Duke of Roxburghe to make additions to the eastern end of an existing tower-house to create a plain, but symmetrical, Georgian country house. For the 6th Duke, William Playfair, the leading architect in Edinburgh, remodelled the castle using the style of Heriot’s Hospital in Edinburgh as his inspiration. The result is a romantic fairytale castle with its roofscape of turrets, pinnacles and cupolas. Within the castle there are many fine paintings and pieces of French furniture from the 17thand 18th centuries along with Oriental and European porcelain. In the castle grounds are the Courtyard Restaurant, the Terrace Café at the Walled Gardens, a produce shop and a garden centre. We will leave for home at around 5.30 pm. |
The outings will go ahead if there are 30 acceptances. If the required number of bookings is not reached all monies will be repaid to the applicants. Should any members book and need to cancel, they will be reimbursed only if their places are taken by others.
NB: To ease administration please send separate cheques for each outing.
Membership enquiries to Yvonne Purdy, tel 01434 601237 (secretary@hexhamhistorian.org)