Events
The winter lectures are free of charge although we welcome donations.
Winter Lectures
The lectures run during the autumn/winter months between September and April and are in-person (not online) lectures at church hall of St Mary’s Catholic Church, 45 West Street, Warwick, CV34 6AB
We open from 7pm for refreshment and socializing, meetings start at 7.30pm (till approx. 8:30pm), apart from April when we start the AGM before the talk at 7.15pm.
We also provide an additional online lecture on a Saturday afternoon in January.
Summer Lectures
In the summer, we organize outings to points of interest in Warwickshire.
Note. Outings will go ahead whatever the weather unless weather conditions make the outing unsafe. Please book with this in mind and dress appropriately.
Future Events
| Tuesday 20 October 2026 | Laura Orris, ‘Inside the Warwick Castle Archives’ |
| Tuesday 17 November 2026 | Dr Nat Alcock, ‘The Coventry Charterhouse and its History’, a follow-up to our visit this summer. |
| Thursday 26 November 2026 | Guided tour of Warwick Castle (interior) 2 pm |
| Saturday 16 January 2027 | Zoom meeting - Dr Rachel King, Curator: European Renaissance and Waddesdon Bequest, British Museum, ‘The Tudor Heart Jewel’. |
| Tuesday 16 February 2027 | TBA |
| Tuesday 16 March 2027 | Jill Kashi, ‘Mary Dormer Harris’ |
| Tuesday 20 April 2027 | The Society's AGM: Professor Chris Dyer, ‘Hedges broken, pigs unringed, playing at dice: Warwickshire villages and the “common good”, 1200-1540’. |
Recent Events
| Saturday 5 September 2026 |  West Midlands Police Museum, Birmingham 1 pm to 3.30 pm We had an enjoyable afternoon at the West Midlands Police Museum, The Lock-up, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6BJ. 3 excellent tour guides invited us to step back in time with a guided tour at the West Midlands Police Museum, housed in Birmingham's original Victorian Lock-up, built in 1891 and used as a police cell block until 2016. We learnt about the origins of the Lock-up, explored the original cells, learnt about the real Peaky Blinders and the people who served on the force, and enjoyed fascinating exhibits, interactive displays and historic police memorabilia. This unique museum offered a memorable insight into Birmingham's social and policing history and many of us were keen to return separately to explore the Museum again at our leisure. |
Meeting report: 'Getting Online for Research and Publicity'.
The winter lectures are free to WLHS members and members of affiliated Local History Societies. Donations from non members are welcomed
For a list of other societies' lectures and events, see our Other Events page.
West Midlands Police Museum
Charterhouse, Coventry
Ladbroke Village
Packington Hall
Winterbourne House