History Society Programme of Events 2019

Wednesday 30th January 2019	Garden Architecture at Farnborough Hall by Stephen Wass	Archaeologist Stephen Wass who will be talking about the five years he worked on the remarkable yet largely unknown landscape and park associated with Farnborough Hall in Warwickshire.
Wednesday 27th February	The History of Privies by Chris Bazeley	Using illustrations he will take us through the development of the privy from the very earliest days to modern times. Although it is a serious study, given the subject, there will also be much humour!
Wednesday 27th March	Romantic Decline: Preserving Chastleton House by Ruth Peters	Chastleton House is a rare gem of a Jacobean country house which has remained essentially unchanged for nearly 400 years. Ruth Peters, the senior house steward, discusses the delicate balance between visitor access and the careful preservation of this house for the future
Wednesday 24th April	The Sheep That Eat Men by Martin Sirot-Smith – Director Emeritus of Sulgrave Manor	In costume as Lawrence Washington, the Tudor Builder of Sulgrave Manor, Martin Sirot-Smith will tell of the Washington Family’s involvement in the wool trade, its family and business links with other great Tudor dynasties, creating, what could be called the ‘Mafia of the Wool Trade’.
Wednesday 29th May	Victorian Inventors & Inventions of Northamptonshire by Jon-Paul Carr	Jon-Paul Carter focuses on his research into some of Northamptonshire’s inventors and the equipment, machines, gadgets and gizmos they invented which contributed to the great Victorian advancement.
Wednesday 26th June	The Life & Times of the Culworth Gang by David Hewitt
Wednesday 25th September	Rainsborough, the Iron Age Fort by Andrea Gladden
Wednesday 30th October	Oxford Castle & Prison from Oxanfora to Malmaison by Alistair Duncan]
Wednesday 27th November	AGM

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