Lectures

Where is Kingswood Abbey?

28/02/2020

Our President, Prof. Mark Horton will enlighten us on this fine late medieval gatehouse that once led into an important abbey, founded by Cistercian monks in the 12th century. The abbey was closed in 1538 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
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Royal Army Medical Corp

27/03/2020

Chris Thompson, a retired member of the Royal Army Medical Corp, will inform us of it's Formation and History.
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The Lives of Rolls and Royce

1/05/2020

Roger James will discuss the lives of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce, explains how they met and formed the Rolls-Royce Company, why it was (and is) so successful and then follows their stories to the end of their lives in 1910 and 1933 respectively.
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We're on Facebook!

Wotton Heritage Centre has a facebook page so you can have rolling updates on the activities of the Historical Society, Museum and Heritage Centre.

So What's Special About Wortley?

Dr. David Wilson of Keele University, Director of Excavations at Wortley from 1983 to 1996, gives an overview of the finding at this Roman site.

Tyndale and Venn

Hugh Phillips takes a fairly light-hearted look at their place in History.