Waterside, was a self-sufficient and tightly-knit community in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At the heart of this distinctive part of the town was the Haven tributary, flowing into... 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... Read more...
A special screening with a local flavour of the Barbier directed The Serpent which was based on the Barton and Hull novel, Plender, Ted Lewis’s third novel. Ted’s boyhood friend,... Read more...
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,... Read more...
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... Read more...
Having been born into a privileged, aristocratic family, Vere Foster went on to devote his life to the social betterment of the Irish poor in the nineteenth century. Jean Cannon... Read more...
Peter Claxton examines the forces that shaped public health and housing in Hull between 1830-1914. Peter’s talk examines the relationships between central and local government, the ratepayers, the unenfranchised and... Read more...
For a town of Barton’s size we have more than our fair share of places linked to famous people. A panel of speakers including John French, Nigel Land, Monty Martin... Read more...
Barton experienced tremendous economic and social change during the nineteenth century. The growing number of people living in the town impacted on the character of the older part of the... Read more...
The Ropewalk is the only clue today that Waterside was once a busy industrial part of the town clustered around the Haven. This walk, however, reveals the full manufacturing history... Read more...
How have physical geography and people shaped the Humber landscape we see today? Landscape historian Richard Clarke explains the geomorphology of the wider Humberside region and the changes brought about... Read more...
Around a third of land in the UK should be protected for nature by the end of the decade. Dr. Jack Hatfield examines the varied histories of protected areas like... Read more...