Other Events Across the County

Solihull Local History Circle: Quintin Watt - The rise and demise of the Bromsgrove Guild. An illustrated History of the Metalworkers to HM the King.   7.15 pm.  Solihull Methodist Church Hall, Station Road, Solihull.  

Brandon, Bretford and Wolston History Group, Wartime Christmas, Jane Arnold.  7.30 pm. Brandon Club.  £2 for members and £3 for non-members.

Welford and Weston History Society.  Scratching the Surface - Medieval Graffiti in Warwaickshire Churches, David Freke

Nuneaton Local History Group.  Nuneaton: Winters Past: Remembering Local Winters of Yesteryear.  Holy Trinity Church, Fifield Close, Attleborough, Nuneaton, cV11 4tS, Doors open 10.30 am for an 11 am start.  Admission £4.

Marton Local History Group.  Marton area from old maps and LIDAR.  Marton Village Hall, 7.30 pm.

Leamington History Society William Philpott: The Chamberlain Political Dynasty, 7.30 pm at the Oddfellows Hall, New Street, Leamington Spa.

Stoneleigh History Society.  Christine Cluley - Cicely Neale. Cicely was born in Westwood Heath in 1879, the daughter of the Headmaster, Edwin Neale. She went on to be a gifted teacher herself, and a leading local suffragette. 7.30 pm Stoneleigh Village Hall.  Non members: £3

Lapworth Local History Group, The Sweet Life in Bournville, Bob Booth, 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Stoneleigh History Society Christine Cluley - Cicely Neale. Cicely was born in Westwood Heath in 1879, the daughter of the Headmaster, Edwin Neale. She went on to be a gifted teacher herself, and a leading local suffragette.

The Unexpected Side of English Cloth Seals: 16th- to 17th-Century Finds in Central and Eastern Europe, a talk organised by CBA West Midlands, 7pm

The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology has arranged for this year’s Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture to be held both in-person at The Wardwick on The Strand in Derby city centre, and online. The lecture is relevant to the history of textile-producing regions, and will be given by Professor Maxim Mordovin of the Department of Hungarian Medieval and Early Modern Archaeology, Etővős Loránd University.

Attendance is free, either at the museum or online, but places must be booked. There is an Eventbrite link for booking on the Society’s website. 

Kineton History Society. Members' Christmas Treats.  Meet in Kineton Village Hall, 7.30 pm, Non members £3.

Rugby Archaeological Society.  Mike Southall, Finding Walton.  Sometimes it seems that we know more about Roman history than we do about more recent times. Mike sets about reviewing the information available, on the village of Walton-by-Kimcote, Leicestershire, while adding to it anecdotal evidence, desk-based research and test pitting to reveal history long since forgotten.  Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, 2nd Floor Education Room, arrival from 10 am, starts at 10.15 am.  Or contact ireneg@coventry.ac.uk for the Zoom link.  £2 per person per meeting.

CBA West Midlands: A guided tour of St John Baptist Church, Church Ln, Berkswell, Coventry CV7 7BJ.  10 am to 1 pm.  Dr John Hunt will give a guided talk on the Anglo -Norman parish church, a Grade I Listed Building with a twelfth century crypt, one of the finest parish church crypts in the country. 

The cost of the guided tour is just £10 and will include a tour of both the outside and inside of the church and the crypt.  Tea, coffee and biscuits are also included.  Visit the CBA website: St John Baptist Church webpage for more details and a booking form.

Aston Cantlow and District Local History Society.  Christmas Lunch. Venue and time to be advised.

Brandon, Bretford and Wolston History Group, Christmas Social.  7.30 pm. Brandon Club.  £2 for members and £3 for non-members.

Long Compton History Society, A Victorian Christmas, Tim Healey, 7.30 pm Long Compton Village Hall; non members £3

Stoneleigh History Society Christmas Social.

Stoneleigh History Society.  Christmas Social. 7.30 pm Stoneleigh Village Hall.  Non members: £3

Alcester and District Local History Society.  A Tudor Christmas, From Time to Time, 7.30 pm, St Benedicts Catholic High School, Alcester, B49 6PX.  £1.50 for members, £3 for non members.

Bidford and District History Society. Churchill as a Soldier of the 4th Hussars, Speaker: David Walker. Former Curator Hussars Museum, Crawford Hall, Bidford, 7.30 pm.  

Solihull Local History Circle: Christmas Meeting.  7.15 pm.  Solihull Methodist Church Hall, Station Road, Solihull.  

Warmington Heritage Group, Christmas Social

Kenilworth History and Archaeology Society. John of Gaunt: Power, Passion and Dynasty, Jan Cooper, 7.45 pm in The Senior Citizens’ Club off Abbey End Car Park, behind The Almanack in Kenilworth Town Centre. All are welcome. Entry is free for members and entry for non-members costs £2.

Aston Cantlow and District Local History Society.  "Graham Sutherland - The Verdict is Yours"  7.30 pm. Wilmcote Village Hall. 

Lighthorne History Group, All Draughts Excluded, by Colin Such, 7.30 pm Lighthorne Village Hall

Rugby Archaeological Society.  Matthew Morris, Leicester Cathedral Revealed.  Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, 2nd Floor Education Room, arrival from 10 am, starts at 10.15 am.  Or contact ireneg@coventry.ac.uk for the Zoom link.  £2 per person per meeting.

Solihull Local History Circle: Richard Millington: the Battle of Birmingham 7.15 pm.  Solihull Methodist Church Hall, Station Road, Solihull.  

Harbury Society.  Annual Meal at The Crown, Harbury. Details will be sent nearer the time.

Heirlooms And Silver Spoons: Artefacts, Objects And Local History.  A 10 week online course delivered by Dr Cathryn Enis, 2 hours per week.  For more information please visit Heirlooms And Silver Spoons: Artefacts, Objects And Local History

Warmington Heritage Group, Stephen Wass, the Civil War in Banbury, 7.30 pm, Warmington Village Hall, members free, guests: £2

Bidford and District History Society. The Medieval Wall Paintings in Stratford-upon-Avon’s Guildhall, Speaker: Lindsey Armstrong. General Manager, Shakespeare’s Schoolroom and Guildhall, Crawford Hall, Bidford, 7.30 pm.  

Kineton History Society. Peter Walters, A Little History of Coventry.  Meet in Kineton Village Hall, 7.30 pm, Non members £3.

Lapworth Local History Group, Guy of Warwick, Trevor Langley, 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Wellesbourne Local History Group, History of Wellesbourne HRI, by Professor Rosemary Collier, 7.30 pm, Wellesbourne Village Hall, entry for non members: £3

Welford and Weston History Group, Slide show: Welford during the 1960s and 1970s, Brad Plimmer and Paul Cooper

Marton Local History Group.  Warwick Metal Detecting Club.  Marton Village Hall, 7.30 pm.

Rugby Archaeological Society.  Dr Stephen Young, Update on CLASP activities.  Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, 2nd Floor Education Room, arrival from 10 am, starts at 10.15 am.  Or contact ireneg@coventry.ac.uk for the Zoom link.  £2 per person per meeting.

Kenilworth History and Archaeology Society. Kenilworth and the Great War Tanks, Sue Tall, 7.45 pm in The Senior Citizens’ Club off Abbey End Car Park, behind The Almanack in Kenilworth Town Centre. All are welcome. Entry is free for members and entry for non-members costs £2.

Warmington Heritage Group, John Hunter, A history of odd islands and some strange people: the Small Isles, 7.30 pm, Warmington Village Hall, members free, guests: £2

Bidford and District History Society. On the way to London, Vale of Evesham Roads, Speaker: David Ella Researcher and interpreter of historic maps, Crawford Hall, Bidford, 7.30 pm.  

Kineton History Society. Stephen Barker, The Battle of Edgehill 1642 Meet in Kineton Village Hall, 7.30 pm, Non members £3.

Solihull Local History Circle: Pam and David Humphries: A Virtual Tour of the Inner Circle Bus Route.  7.15 pm.  Solihull Methodist Church Hall, Station Road, Solihull.  

Harbury Society: a talk by Tricia Scott about the work of the Bat Conservation Trust.  Doors open 7.30 pm.  Meeting in the Tom Hauley Room, adjacent to All Saints' Parish Church in Harbury.  All welcome - free to Harbury Society members - guests £2.

Marton Local History Group.  The Temple family, lords of the manor of Frankton, 1580 -1680.  Marton Village Hall, 7.30 pm.

Lapworth Local History Group, New Archaeology at Baddesley Clinton, Stephen Wass, 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Council of British Archaeology: "News from the Past: the latest archaeological discoveries in the West Midlands" day school 10.00am – 4.00pm at the Priory Rooms Meeting and Conference Centre, Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6AF.  This annual event includes illustrated presentations about sites and objects from rural and urban parts of the region across a range of periods.  Bookings now open.  A full programme will be published in due course and will be available on the CBA website. CBA News from the Past webpage

Lighthorne History Group, AGM followed by Why Look at Parish Churches, by Dr John Hall, 7.30 pm Lighthorne Village Hall

Aston Cantlow and District Local History Society.  AGM  7.30 pm. Wilmcote Village Hall. 

Long Compton History Society, Place names, landscape and settlement in the Banbury region, Deborah Hayter, 7.30 pm Long Compton Village Hall; non members £3

Bidford and District History Society. The Home Guard, Defence of the country during its Darkest Days, Speaker:  David G.P. Morse, Crawford Hall, Bidford, 7.30 pm.  

Kineton History Society. AGM and Vanessa Morgan, Local Rogues and Villains of the 19th Century, Meet in Kineton Village Hall, 7.30 pm, Non members £3.

Harbury Society: Annual AGM followed by a presentation given by Bill Timson, Chair of Harbury Heritage Group: "Harbury Windmill - Past Present and Future".  Doors open 7.30 pm.  Meeting in the Tom Hauley Room, adjacent to All Saints' Parish Church in Harbury.  All welcome - free to Harbury Society members - guests £2.

Warmington Heritage Group, Jackie West, Alice and the Adventurer: the life and times of Alice and Robert Dudley 7.30 pm, Warmington Village Hall, members free, guests: £2

Solihull Local History Circle: Chris Rice: The Lunar Society.  7.15 pm.  Solihull Methodist Church Hall, Station Road, Solihull.  

Marton Local History Group.  Frankton Church Visit.  Marton Village Hall, 7.30 pm.

Welford and Weston History Group, A leap from the past: anecdotes from the Morris Dance traditions of South West Warwickshire, Simon Pipe

Lapworth Local History Group, Migration of Warwickshire Labourers, A performance by Michael Luntley and friends, 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Revisiting Worcestershire's Past. Jointly organised by Worcestershire Historical Society and the University of Worcester, St John’s Campus, Henwick Grove, Worcester.  9.30 am to 5 pm. This exciting conference is dedicated to the re-interpretation of Worcestershire’s history. It seeks to involve the broad community of those who are interested in the county’s past. The emphasis throughout will be on how the concerns of, and the methods deployed by, historians have changed over the years and upon sources and our approaches to them. Sixteen experts will deliver papers on a wide range of topics including vernacular architecture, landscape history, the liturgy at Worcester Cathedral, football in the county, Worcestershire peasants in the middle-ages, the origins of the Worcestershire gentry, Worcestershire parliamentarians in the seventeenth-century, printing and Worcestershire elections in the eighteenth-century, the history of Worcestershire ceramics, money in Worcestershire history, and Worcester in the 1950s. There will also be an exhibition of local sources provided by the Worcestershire County Council Libraries, Archive & Archaeology Service For the full programme and booking details, please contact:Mrs Joy Morgan whshonsec@gmail.com or 07872 138135

Revisiting Worcestershire's Past. Jointly organised by Worcestershire Historical Society and the University of Worcester, St John’s Campus, Henwick Grove, Worcester.  9.30 am to 5 pm. This exciting conference is dedicated to the re-interpretation of Worcestershire’s history. It seeks to involve the broad community of those who are interested in the county’s past. The emphasis throughout will be on how the concerns of, and the methods deployed by, historians have changed over the years and upon sources and our approaches to them. Sixteen experts will deliver papers on a wide range of topics including vernacular architecture, landscape history, the liturgy at Worcester Cathedral, football in the county, Worcestershire peasants in the middle-ages, the origins of the Worcestershire gentry, Worcestershire parliamentarians in the seventeenth-century, printing and Worcestershire elections in the eighteenth-century, the history of Worcestershire ceramics, money in Worcestershire history, and Worcester in the 1950s. There will also be an exhibition of local sources provided by the Worcestershire County Council Libraries, Archive & Archaeology Service For the full programme and booking details, please contact:Mrs Joy Morgan whshonsec@gmail.com or 07872 138135

Long Compton History Society, Cheltenham’s northern lights, a rival and a racecourse, Sean Callery 7.30 pm Long Compton Village Hall; non members £3

Packington Hall Tour, 2.30 pm to 4 pm, Guided tour of the ground floor of the house and the gardens by owner Georgie Guernsey (garden tours may occasionally be taken by head gardener, Danni Hudson). £25, includes refreshments.  Visit the Historic Houses website to book.

Solihull Local History Circle: Tracey Williams: Solihull: Back to the Future.  7.15 pm.  Solihull Methodist Church Hall, Station Road, Solihull.  

Harbury Society: Mark Newbold: An Insider's View of the NHS.  Doors open 7.30 pm.  Meeting in the Tom Hauley Room, adjacent to All Saints' Parish Church in Harbury.  All welcome - free to Harbury Society members - guests £2.

Warmington Heritage Group, Professor Sarah Richardson, Writing women back into the political history of Warwickshire, 7.30 pm, Warmington Village Hall, members free, guests: £2

Bidford and District History Society. History of Placenames in Worcestershire Speaker:  Dr Mike Jenkins Crawford Hall, Bidford, 7.30 pm.  

Lapworth Local History Group, The Warwick Bank Crash, Rick Thompson, 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Wellesbourne Local History Group, Shops of Leamington Spa, by Peter Coulls, 7.30 pm, Wellesbourne Village Hall, entry for non members: £3

Welford and Weston History Group, AGM, Quiz and a Fish & Chip Supper. Quiz set by Paul and Sue Young

Marton Local History Group.  AGM and Marton Whitehead Builders.  Marton Village Hall, 7.30 pm.

Long Compton History Society, How the Brownies helped to win World War II, including their secret work for MI9, Karen& Bret Wiles 7.30 pm Long Compton Village Hall; non members £3

Packington Hall Tour, 2.30 pm to 4 pm, Guided tour of the ground floor of the house and the gardens by owner Georgie Guernsey (garden tours may occasionally be taken by head gardener, Danni Hudson). £25, includes refreshments.  Visit the Historic Houses website to book.

Lighthorne History Group, From the Pillory to the Prison Cell, by Ginny Davis, 7.30 pm Lighthorne Village Hall

Warmington Heritage Group, The rescheduled RNLI talka by Peter Warrilow (tbc) 7.30 pm, Warmington Village Hall, members free, guests: £2

Bidford and District History Society. Six Warrior Women of the English Civil Wars, 1642-51 Speaker:  Stephen Barker Crawford Hall, Bidford, 7.30 pm.  

Marton Local History Group.  A Historic Marton Walk.  Marton Village Hall, 7.30 pm.

Solihull Local History Circle: Roy Albutt: Light and colour: Our Heritage in Stained Glass Windows.  7.15 pm.  Solihull Methodist Church Hall, Station Road, Solihull.  

Long Compton History Society, Taking the waters: The waxing and waning of the English spa 7.30 pm Long Compton Village Hall; Melanie King, non members £3

Solihull Local History Circle: Joint meeting with Solihull Archaeological Society.  Professor Andrew Hopper: English Civil War Petitions.  7.15 pm.  West Midlands Bridge Club, Warwick Road, Solihull

Packington Hall Tour, 2.30 pm to 4 pm, Guided tour of the ground floor of the house and the gardens by owner Georgie Guernsey (garden tours may occasionally be taken by head gardener, Danni Hudson). £25, includes refreshments.  Visit the Historic Houses website to book.

Bidford and District History Society. The Most Dissolute man in London Speaker:  Dr. Gillian White Crawford Hall, Bidford, 7.30 pm.  

Lighthorne History Group, Threads Through Time by Lis Mann, 7.30 pm Lighthorne Village Hall

Warmington Heritage Group, The Lighthorne walk with Colin Such.  Further details tbc

Wellesbourne Local History Group, History of the Edge Hill Light Railway, Andrew Baxter, 7.30 pm, Wellesbourne Village Hall, entry for non members: £3

Lapworth Local History Group, Transforming  a City: the work of the Civic Gospel in Birmingham, Andrew Reekes, 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Warmington Heritage Group, Stephen Wass, History of Morris Dancing, 7.30 pm, Warmington Village Hall, members free, guests: £2

Lapworth Local History Group, AGM followed by Needle Making in Worcestershire and Warwickshire, Richard Churchley, 7 pm to 10  pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Wellesbourne Local History Group Royal Cars, British Motor Museum 7.30 pm, Wellesbourne Village Hall, entry for non members: £3

Lighthorne History Group, The Gunpowder Plot in Warwickshire, by Mairie Macdonald, 7.30 pm Lighthorne Village Hall

Lapworth Local History Group, The Beauchamp Chapel, Tim Clark, 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.