The Hitchin Historical Society

Outings programme 2010

Times and venues vary. After renewing your membership, members must book in advance with the the Programme Secretary. Numbers are strictly limited so you will receive a ticket if your application is successful. A charge [indicated *] will be made for some visits and events.

March

*Wednesday 17th at 11am St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum, London. A guided tour of the museum, historic rooms and Hogarth wall paintings [limited to 20 members]

April

*Tuesday 13th at 1 pm. The Paper Trail, Hemel Hempstead, by arrangement with the Paper Trail Project. BY COACH to Frogmore Mill, the world's first mechanised paper mill, which still has a working mill [limited to 25 members]

Tuesday 20th at 7.30pm. Fig Tree Cottage, Hitchin, by kind permission of Gerry Sugars. A delightful early 19th century cottage and garden [limited to 10 members]

May

*Thursday 6th at 2.15pm. Southill Park, Southill - by kind permission of Charles Whitbread. Country mansion remodelled by Henry Holland in the Regency period [limited to 50 members]

*Wednesday 19th at 9.30am. Forty Hall, Enfield and Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. A visit BY COACH to a Jacobean house and an early industrial site and conservation area [limited to 25 members]

Tuesday 25th at 7.30pm. Maydencroft Manor, Gosmore - by kind permission of Robert and Frances Williams. A beautiful home, connected with King Henry VIII, and "Bunyan's Barn" [limited to 20 members]

June

*Tuesday 1st at 7.30pm. Woodhall Park, Watton-at-Stone - by kind permission of the Abel Smith Charitable Trust. An 18th century house with highly decorated interiors, owned for over 200 years by the Abel Smith family [limited to 20 members]

Tuesday 22nd at 7.30pm. Wymondley Priory, Little Wymondley - by kind permission of John Hope. A fascinating medieval house and impressive tithe barn [limited to 25 members]

July

*Friday 16th at 7.30pm. Hitchin Lavender, Ickleford - by arrangement with Alec and Zoë Hunter. To hear the story of lavender and to see the fields in full colour [limited to 20 members].

August

*Thursday 5th at 2.00pm. Woburn Abbey, Woburn - by kind permission of the Duke of Bedford. A special "The Ladies of Woburn" guided tour of the Abbey [limited to 24 members]

*Thursday 12th at 2.00pm. Cromer Windmill, Ardeley - by arrangement with the Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust. A windmill originally built in 1681, in use until the 1920s and now restored to working order [limited to 20 members]

September

Sunday 5th at 2pm. Archaeological walk around Hitchin - by Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Archaeology Officer. Keith has a wealth of knowledge about the town's archaeology (limited to 20 members).

Wednesday 22nd at 7.30 pm. Hitchin Museum - by arrangement with the Curator, David Hodges. A behind-the-scenes visit to see the extensive collection (limited to 15 members).