LWMFHS is attending. Our volunteers will be on hand at our stall to give research help. We will also be selling our publications, including our ever popular Parish Guides, plus maps relevant to our area and other sale items.

A talk by John Hanson. John will explore what is out there in this much underused resource and explore ideas on how to find those elusive ancestors. For LWMFHS members only. Membership starts at £12. Join Us – LWMFHS

A talk by Clare O’Grady. An important time of the year for any rural community, the Hiring, Mop or Statute Fair reached its peak popularity in the 19th Century as a way to seek and to provide employment. This talk will outline: How, when and where the fairs worked The evidence they leave behind The […]

An illustrated talk by Tudor Allen. Beating the bounds, the ancient custom of walking the boundary of a parish or borough, is still observed today in some places in the country. Tudor Allen, Senior Archivist at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, leads a virtual walk around the boundary of Camden, exploring the history to be found en route. […]

A talk by Debbie Bradley. Debbie looks at the Suffragette and Suffragists movements and how they started and introduces some of the people who were involved in the first groups.  She explains how you can research your suffragette ancestors and provide information about the prominent ladies of Norfolk who campaigned to obtain the Vote for […]

LWMFHS is attending. Our volunteers will be on hand at our stand to give research help. We will also be selling our publications, including our ever popular Parish Guides, plus maps relevant to our area and other sale items.

A talk by Andy Williamson. The definitive history of London's oldest luxury hotel, founded in Dover Street (off Piccadilly) in 1832 by James Brown. Brown's Hotel is London's oldest luxury hotel and has hosted everyone from Agatha Christie, Rudyard Kipling and Lady Byron to President Roosevelt, King Zog and Mahatma Gandhi. Opened in 1832, it […]

LWMFHS is attending. Our volunteers will be on hand at our stall to give research help. We will also be selling our publications, including our ever popular Parish Guides, plus maps relevant to our area and other sale items.

LWMFHS is attending. Our volunteers will be on hand at our stall to give research help. We will also be selling our publications, including our ever popular Parish Guides, plus maps relevant to our area and other sale items.

A talk by Simon Fowler. One of the commonest problems faced by family historians is that ancestors suddenly vanish from the records often for no seeming reason. This thought-provoking presentation looks at why this might be so. It discusses three main reasons: the genealogist might have made a mistake in their research; there is a problem […]

A talk by Ian Currie. A 1000 years of famous winters when rivers including the mighty Thames froze and remarkable events took place on the ice. For LWMFHS members only. Membership starts at £12. Join Us – LWMFHS

A talk by Nick Barratt. Nick explores the murky world of inter-war espionage and the corridors of power in the Foreign Office through the eyes of one of its key civil servants, Ernest Oldham - entrusted with tracking down a suspected mole selling secrets to the Soviets. For LWMFHS members only. Membership starts at £12. […]