2026 Programme
Our 2026 Programme is filling up nicely. We have added talks on “Elizabeth Barton – The Maid of Kent”, “Chilworth’s Mills”, “Brookwood Cemetery and The London Necropolis Railway” and “Restoring the Art Deco Richmond Station” in May to July, and “The Medieval Wool Trade in…
Walking Tour of Farnham, Saturday 25th October
By our friends at SIHG, led by Richard Shenton. 10:30 start, c90 minutes, £6. For full details, see https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/sihg-event-farnham-industry-and-more-walking-tour
2025 Day Trip News
The trip to Christ’s Hospital on 24th March is now full, but there are spaces available on the “Brunel, Engineers & Railways” Tour at Kensal Green Cemetery on Sunday 27th April 2025 12:30 – see “programme” page for more details, or email programme@dlhg.org.uk
More 2025 Programme Changes
We’ve swapped around our April and May live speakers, so now on 7th April we have “George Abbot: the Archbishop of Canterbury from Surrey” by Mary Alexander and on 12th May we have “Cast-iron Firebacks: More Interesting than you’d think” by Jeremy Hodgkinson
2025 Programme Changes
Unfortunately we’ve had to postpone February 3rd’s talk on the history of Juniper Hall owing to the speaker’s medical issues; we hope to run it at a later date. Instead, John Hawks of Wandle Industrial Museum will give his talk “Jane Morris – more than…
March 2025 Afternoon Trip!
On Monday March 34th we are organising a Tour of Christ’s Hospital – “a School Like No Other”Christ’s Hospital is an absolutely unique boarding school near Horsham, Sussex, with some great architecture and an incredible history. The 3-4 tour starts at 12:45 costs £30, including…
New Zoom Talk on December 9th
We have filled the gap left by our speaker cancellation – DLHG member (and Christ Church Alumni) will speak on “Charles Dodgson and Christ Church, Oxford”. Christ Church was central to the adult life of Charles Dodgson – better known as Lewis Carrol – who…
Masters of Mirth CANCELLED
Our pre-Xmas Zoom talk by Mike Storr has been cancelled as Mike is going into hospital for an operation. early December. We’ll seek to find a replacement talk
Surrey Industrial History Group
Our friends at SIHG are re-starting live talks for the first time since Covid! First will be “”So You Think We Do Not Make Anything Anymore?” by Dr Richard Marks, at Leatherhead Oddfellows Hall, on Thursday 24th October at 2PM (doors 1:30PM). £2 for non-members.…
“Bioblitz” at Juniper Hall!
Our friends at Juniper Hall are running a new event on July 20th – a “Bioblitz” aimed at nature enthusiasts of all ages. Free but booking essential, Seehttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/juniper-hall-bioblitz-2024-tickets-919404883757BTW, DLHG have a a talk on the origins and history of Juniper Hall scheduled for 3rd February…
Zoom break!
After an excellent Zoom talk, “The 1940 anti-invasion defences between Guildford & Dorking” by Paul Ferris yesterday evening, we’re having a break from Zooming until September 16th, when we have a talk on “Surrey, Suffrage and the Arts pre WW1” by Dr Lucy Ella Rose.…
New links!
We’ve revised our links page, which now includes links to number of other local history groups, local museums and more – please have a look at https://dlhg.org.uk/revised-links/Any comments/suggestions?
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