Susanna Wesley was the mother of John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodist movement. Catherine Fordham shares Susanna’s life story including her marriage to Samuel Wesley, her support of his work, and providing a stable home and education for their children at the Epworth Rectory.
Madeleine Gray, Collections Assistant with North Lincolnshire Museums Service, explores the history of the suffragette movement, and how suffragettes used fashion to emphasise their cause. Non-members £4.
Martin Watts, from the Wagoners’ Museum at Sledmere, describes the importance of horses for the army in the First World War, and the role of Wagoners’ Special Reserve’s veterinary hospitals and mobile veterinary units. The talk includes a special screening of a short new film of the Museum’s own preserved ambulance.
Liz Bennet reviews the efforts of the local community, in partnership with North Lincolnshire Council and Barton Town Council, to care for the Park which now has a Green Flag Award recognising it as one of the UK’s very best green spaces. The talk will commence at 8pm.
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.
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.
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.
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
Full details will be available here in the summer and on the Heritage Open Days website (heritagelincolnshire.org).
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...
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...
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.