Events Calendar
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Behind the Facade
Presented by Martin Smith
A look at the architecture of the former town of Folkingham and how what you see on the outside is not always the full story.
Admission £4.00 SLHA Members £3.00 Pay on the door or book through Eventbrite
Wednesday 10 January, 2024
7.30pm
St Hugh's Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln LN2 5AQ
Sunday Special
1. Uncovering the Story of early Gainsborough Leigh Brocklehurst
2. Highlights of the Lincoln Local List Richard Croft
3. Boston’s Overlooked Treasure- Construction of the Corporation Building Neil Wright
Admission £4.00. SLHA Members £3.00. Pay on the door.
Sunday 21 January, 2024
2.30pm
The Old School, Nettleham LN2 2PE
Tour of the Lincolnshire County Council Museum Store *** SOLD OUT ***
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Led by Dawn Heywood (Senior Collections Development Officer) and Rebecca Craven (Collections Development Officer). See behind the scenes where much of the County's archaeology collection is stored, find out how the archaeology gets from the field to the museum and discover other fascinating museum collections in store.
Monday 22 January, 2024
10.30am-12.30pm
Lincolnshire Archives 2, St Rumbold's St, Lincoln LN2 5AB
Download booking form: 2023MuseumStore.pdf
Halls Barton Ropery at Barton-on-Humber
Talk by Zoom
This intriguing building known as Halls Barton Ropery, dates back to 1801 although Ropemaking started on the site in 1767. This talk will explore the history of the Ropery from land purchase in 1801 to the present day, including its evolution into a popular Arts Venue known as The Ropewalk.
Presented by Liz Bennet CEO of The Ropewalk
Admission by donation
Wednesday 24 January, 2024
7.30pm
Craft: Victorian Valentines
Presented by Kathy Holland
A papercraft workshop inspired by the Victorian period. Discover how Valentines Day was celebrated in the 19th century. Using imagery and examples from the Victorian period as inspiration, and using a variety of resources, enjoy creating greeting cards, a decoupaged decorative item and your own unique ornamental paper container for a small gift.
Admission £8.50 SLHA Members £7.50 includes, equipment, materials, tea & coffee.
Please note: the room where this event will take place is on the 1st floor accessible only by stairs.
Wednesday 31 January, 2024
10.00am - 1.00pm
Jews' Court, 2-3 Steep Hill, Lincoln LN2 1LS
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Treasures of the Lincolnshire Historic Environment Record
Talk by Zoom
Presented by Richard Watts, Senior Historic Environment Officer, Lincolnshire County Council
Admission by donation
Wednesday 07 February, 2024
7.30pm
From Elsham with Love:
The story of the new pipeline to transport water from North Lincolnshire to Colchester
Presented by Katie Atkin, Stakeholder and Customer Executive for Anglian Water’s new Strategic Pipeline & Craig Snow, Project Installation and Assembly Manager for the Elsham to Lincoln section of the new pipeline.
Admission £4.00 SLHA Members £3.00
Pay on the door or book through Eventbrite
Thursday 15 February, 2024
7.30pm
St Hugh's Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln LN2 5AQ
Tour of the Usher Gallery and Art Store for SLHA Members *** SOLD OUT ***
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Meet at the Usher Gallery, Lindum Rd, Lincoln LN2 1NN
Led by Dawn Heywood (Senior Collections Development Officer) and colleagues.
Admission £9.00 each including coffee and biscuits. Pre-booking essential
Thursday 29 February, 2024
10.30am-12.30pm
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St John the Baptist Church Burringham, Lincolnshire
Talk by Zoom
Presented by Ken Redmore
Admission by donation
Wednesday 06 March, 2024
7.30pm
Celtic Inspired Craft *** SOLD OUT ***
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Presented by Kathy Holland
A papercraft workshop inspired by the beautiful patterns and imaginative creatures associated with Celtic Art. Investigate images of artefacts with Celtic designs including a selection from Lincolnshire. Use a variety of resources and techniques, including foil embossing and creative colouring to produce cards, decorate a trinket box and make decorative items.
Admission £8.50 SLHA Members £7.50 includes, equipment, materials, tea & coffee.
Please note: the room where this event will take place is on the 1st floor accessible only by stairs.
Wednesday 06 March, 2024
10.00am - 1.00pm
Jews' Court, 2-3 Steep Hill, Lincoln LN2 1LS
Visit to the North Lincolnshire Museum for SLHA Members
This visit will include presentations on important North Lincolnshire themes, and allow an exploration of the impressive North Lincolnshire Museum.
Please bring your own lunch or alternatively there is a Wetherspoons a few minutes’ walk from the Museum. Limited car parking at the Museum or in nearby Church grounds.
Admission £9.00 includes tea, coffee, and cake.
Thursday 14 March, 2024
10.15 - 2.30pm
North Lincolnshire Museum, Oswald Rd, Scunthorpe DN15 7BD
Sunday Special
1. Ruston Bucyrus Derek Broughton
2. Early Results from Excavations in Cammeringham Lisa Brundle
3. Samuel Forster of Grantham – A Distinguished Attorney – John Manterfield
Admission £4.00. SLHA Members £3.00 – Pay on the door
Sunday 17 March, 2024
2.30pm
The Old School, Nettleham LN2 2PE
The Archaeology of the SPA Water Pipeline
Presented by Helen Noakes
This talk will cover the various archaeological responses to the SPA (Strategic Pipeline Alliance) water pipeline which runs north to south across the whole length of the county.
Admission £4.00. SLHA Members £3.00.
Pay on the door or through Eventbrite
Wednesday 20 March, 2024
7.30pm
St Hugh's Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln LN2 5AQ
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Purgatory: Heaven's waiting room or the antechamber of Hell?
Presented by Brian Hodgkinson
Admission £4.00. SLHA Members £3.00. Pay on the door.
Wednesday 17 April, 2024
7.30pm
St Hugh's Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln LN2 5AQ
Golden Jubilee Conference, 2024
We look forward to welcoming you to a full day conference to celebrate 50 years of the SLHA.*
This conference will explore some of the exciting changes and developments that have taken place in the Society’s wide-ranging work over the last 50 years. All parts of the Society will be contributing to the event.
In addition to a selection of talks, the Conference will host a Society bookstall selling new and second-hand books and maps.
There is ample car-parking on site
Admission £32.00 SLHA members £25.00
*Although the foundations of the Society were established in 1844, the present Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology (SLHA) was established in 1974.
Saturday 20 April, 2024
9.30am - 4.30pm
Bishop Grosseteste University, Longdales Road, Lincoln LN1 3DY
Download booking form: 2024-Golden-Jubilee-Conf-Flyer.pdf
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Discovering Roman Lincoln
Presented by Dr Adam Daubney, Finds Specialist
An event arranged by SLHA and Lincoln Museum supporting Lincoln Festival of History
This talk uncovers the treasures of Roman Lincoln and explores the people who once lived here. It is a tale of legionaries, priests, families, and farmers. In this talk we also ask the intriguing question ‘What is left to be discovered?
Admission £4.00. SLHA Members £3.00
Pre-booking is advisable.
Saturday 04 May, 2024
2.30pm
Lincoln Museum, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP
Chemical Production at Flixborough
Presented by Charles Parker
Work started on a chemical plant at Flixborough before the Second World War utilising by-products from Normanby Park Steelworks, but it wasn’t completed until mid-war. Nitrogen Fertilisers Ltd operated until the 1960s when the plant was expanded to also produce Caprolactam, the feedstock for Nylon 6. The plant was progressively expanded to produce 65,000 tonnes per annum, but it was completely destroyed by a large explosion in 1974. Following a public enquiry the plant was rebuilt but the artificial fibres market changed, and it closed in the 1980s. This talk looks at the development of the plant and the market changes that affected it.
Admission £4.00. SLHA Members £3.00
Wednesday 15 May, 2024
7.30pm
St Hugh's Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln LN2 5AQ
The Lincolnshire Coast Through Music, Stories and Song
Presented by Tom Lane, Nigel Creasey and Terri Clarke
A light-hearted afternoon exploring the Lincolnshire coast through intriguing facts, stories, music and song. Find about the facts and folklore of the ancient activities of fishing and salt-making and listen to stories, songs and music of the fens, floods, and industries of the coast and near-shore. Discover stories behind the development of the coastline and listen to long-lost legends of smuggling and piracy along the coastline of the historic county of Lincolnshire.
Admission £7.50. SLHA Members £6.50
Sunday 19 May, 2024
2.30-pm to 4.30pm
Lincoln Museum, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP
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SLHA Churches Conference
A full day Conference which will include:
The Wonderful World of Mediaeval Roof Angels, by Geoff Wheatley
The Medieval Stained Glass of Tattershall, by Dr Penny Hebgin-Barnes
The Churches Conservation Trust and their Lincolnshire Churches by Peter Clegg
The Victorian Churches & Chapels of Grantham by Dr John Manterfield
A Guided Visit to the Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity.
Admission £32.00 and £25.00 for SLHA members.
Saturday 01 June, 2024
9.30am - 4.30pm
Tattershall Village Hall, Lodge Lane, Tattershall LN4 4LL
Download booking form: 2024-Churches-Conference-Flyer.pdf
Historic Building Mythbusting
Presented by Dr James Wright, FSA
James Wright, award winning buildings archaeologist, explains the development of myths about ancient buildings and investigates the underlying truths behind them.
Admission £5.00. SLHA members £4.00
Places are limited pre-booking advised.
Book through www.slha.org.uk or direct through Eventbrite.
Sunday 09 June, 2024
2.30pm
Lincoln Museum, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP
Pagans, Pennies and Power
Presented by Dr Johanne Porter
The Vikings in the East Midlands in the 9th and 10th centuries.
Admission £4.00. SLHA Members £3.00.
Wednesday 12 June, 2024
7.30pm
St Hugh's Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln LN2 5AQ
Unstitching the Postal Uniform
Presented by Joanna Espin, Curator at the Postal Museum
Join Joanna Espin, Curator at The Postal Museum, and delve into the history of the postal service by unstitching the development of postal uniforms. Meet pioneering posties, including Jean Cameron, who won the right for women to wear trousers on delivery. We’ll explore why the first postal uniform was developed, how it has changed up to the modern day and what it means to be dressed for delivery.
Admission £4.00. SLHA Members £3.00.
Wednesday 19 June, 2024
10.30am
Lincoln Museum, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP