Annual Trip to Sledmere

Joseph Wright Hall Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

Members and non-members are welcome to join our trip to East Yorkshire’s “finest country house” and visit the Wagoners’ Museum.  Full details will be available in the Spring.

Heritage Open Days 2022 – Heritage without Walls

This year, the heritage festival shifts its Barton focus to the great outdoor spaces in the town - with guided walks and hidden gems to discover as part of our Heritage Without Walls programme.

Industrial Footprints at Far Ings – Heritage Open Days

Far Ings National Nature Reserve Far Ings Road, Barton upon Humber

Far Ings National Nature Reserve hasn’t always been a haven for wildlife. Explore the history of the site with a self-guided trail (available from the Visitor centre) which leads you into the industrial past.

Free

Satchel Trail for Kids at Wilderspin – Heritage Open Days

Wilderspin National School Museum 4 Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

Grab a school satchel packed with fun things for toddlers and activities for older brothers and sisters to explore the museum starting outside in the Infants’ Playground.  Free during Heritage Open Days

Free

Heritage Open Days

Joseph Wright Hall Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

Full details will be available here in the summer and on the Heritage Open Days website (heritagelincolnshire.org).

Dr. Mary Murdoch: Suffragist and Social Reformer – Heritage Open Days

Joseph Wright Hall Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

Dr. Murdoch was a Scottish medical doctor who settled in Hull in 1896 and galvanised the suffrage campaign in Hull and East Yorkshire, as part of the national movement for women to be granted the right to vote in parliamentary elections. This talk by Cecile Oxaal is part of the Civic Society 2022 Programme and... Read more...

£2

Dr. Mary Murdoch: Suffragist and Social Reformer

Joseph Wright Hall Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

Dr. Murdoch was a Scottish medical doctor who settled in Hull in 1896 and galvanised the suffrage campaign in Hull and East Yorkshire.  Cecile Oxaal explores her background, the suffrage campaign in Hull and East Yorkshire, during which the Pankhursts visited the City, and Dr Murdoch's championing of other social reforms for women, children and the... Read more...

St.Peter’s Church – Heritage Open Days

St Peter's Church Beck Hill, Barton upon Humber

The English Heritage run St Peter's Church is an archaeological and architectural treasure trove waiting for you to discover. It is home to over 2800 burials from Anglo-Saxon to Victorian times. Entry is free during Heritage Open Days 2022.

Free

Who Was Ted Lewis? – Heritage Open Days

The Ted Lewis Centre Ferrby Road, Barton upon Humber

    Ted’s biographer, Monty Martin, gives an illustrated presentation of the eventful artistic and gregarious life of novelist, Ted Lewis, including how and why he came to write Get Carter, and his other eight novels as well as is graphic art and jazz music. No fee but a contribution to the Charity would be... Read more...

Free

Samuel Wilderspin’s Outdoor Classroom – Heritage Open Days

Wilderspin National School Museum 4 Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

A Practical Lecture and Exhibition by an Agent of Mr. Wilderspin Esq; Inventor of the Infant & Training Systems of Education. The forty minutes demonstration commences outside in the Playground with an opportunity afterwards in the Schoolroom for questions about his plans for giving children religious, moral, mental, and physical education. Free to members of... Read more...

Free

The Ted Lewis Town Trail – Heritage Open Days

The Ted Lewis Centre Ferrby Road, Barton upon Humber

    Ted Lewis (1940-1982) was an artist, illustrator and writer.  He is best known for creating the character Jack Carter, the protagonist in the 1971 cult film Get Carter, starring Michael Caine. Ted’s biographer, Monty Martin, will conduct a small group around the Barton Town Centre buildings that featured in the novelist’s life and... Read more...

Free

Garden Cures – Heritage Open Days

Wilderspin National School Museum 4 Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

In 1747 John Wesley wrote about the curing properties of garden plants, complementing his concerns for people’s spiritual life with practical help for their physical wellbeing. In the setting of Samuel Wilderspin’s playground garden Catherine Fordham explains Wesley’s ideas and the curing properties of plants is a Physic Garden.

Free