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Lily Violet Bryant 1882-1965 The Society’s AGM meeting took place on Thursday November 14th, followed by a talk from one of our society members…

The November meeting of Peterborough Local History Society is on Thursday 14th, at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough…

Our next meeting will take place on Thursday 10th October at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF.…

The members at the Septembers meeting of the Peterborough Local History Society welcomed Chris Porsz  the ‘Paramedic Paparazzo’ once more. The last time Chris…

Our next meeting will take place on Thursday 12th September at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF.…

A Invitation to Cotterstock Village Hall TIM STUBBS IS BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND Tim returns to Cotterstock, bringing his new one man show “Reflections…

Heritage Open Days at St Johns Church In Cathedral Square  Open Days in  St Margarets Church Fletton

By Julie Nicholson The evening of Thursday 9th May was a fine and dry one. Indeed, as the fifty-one members and guests of Peterborough…

The pandemic caused us to cancel our annual charity event in 2020, just weeks before it was due to take place. We decided that…

Thursday evening, April 11th, was another well attended meeting of the Local History Society to hear the evenings speaker, Doctor Martyn Thomas, a retired…

The April meeting of Peterborough Local History Society is on Thursday 11th, at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] A Brief look at the History of Horrrell’s Dairies  Talk given by Marcus Horrell On Thursday evening March 14th at the Peterborough…

The March meeting of Peterborough Local History Society is on Thursday 14th, at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough…

By Julie Nicholson Forty people braved the weather, on what was a really miserable, cold, wet evening, to hear the speaker at the February…

Who they were?  Why they settled there? What became of them? By local author and historian, Linda Ball Who were these evangelical preachers who…

Great news, after a gap of three years our annual charity event is returning. Please support us and add the date to your diary.…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_1006729" align="alignleft" width="263"] Chris Close, Chairman of the Collyweston Historical & Preservation Society.[/caption] The January 2024 meeting of the Peterborough Local History…

By Julie Nicholson What a great end to the year for Peterborough Local History Society! Our December meeting certainly concluded the programme for 2023…

The  well attended November meeting of the Local History Society at St Andrews Church began with the society’s AGM. The formal meeting went swiftly…

Thomas Clarkson Steam Bus Pioneer.  The October meeting of the Local History Society convened in St Andrew’s Church at 7.30pm and was well attended…

For our September meeting, we were promised a visual trip around our city, looking at places people have called home and that’s certainly what…

What a fantastic summer it has been for the Society! We’ve enjoyed four of the very best summer outings that we have ever had.…

After four successful summer visits in the wider community, September sees the society back at St Andrews United Reform Church in Netherton, Peterborough. The…

Come and see us in St. John’s Church on Cathedral Square this weekend. See photographs of old Peterborough and learn more about the Society’s…

The evening of May 11th the last monthly meeting before the three annual Summer visits was a particularly wet evening but, despite the weather,…

Our next meeting will take place on Thursday 11th May at 7.30 pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3…

On a light spring evening in April, the Monthly meeting of the Peterborough Local History Society was very well attended with several new members…

Our April meeting will take place on Thursday 13th, at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF .…

The talk by Peter Daldorph on Thursday the 9th of March was a snapshot of a wealth of information found in records of the Cambridgeshire…

Our March meeting will take place this coming Thursday evening (9th March) at 7.30 pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton,…

The February meeting of The Local History Society was well attended. Our Speaker, Deljit Singh, a Peterborian with Asian Sikh ancestry, is a locally…

Our February meeting will take place on Thursday 9th, at 7.30pm. We’re delighted to welcome Del Sing, with “Magical History Tours of Peterborough”. Del,…

The Whittlesea Festival of the Straw bear is enacted on the Tuesday after Plough Monday. The first Monday after Twelfth Night. There seems to…

Our January meeting will take place this coming Thursday evening (12th January) at 7.30 pm. We’re delighted to welcome Brian Kell, with “43 years…

The Committee would like to extend Seasons Greetings to all the members of the Peterborough Local History Society. Looking back on 2022, as Christmas…

Our Chairman, Trevor opened the 31st AGM of the Peterborough Local History Society by welcoming all the members attending and giving us a rundown…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Other local events in November on  Sunday the 6th.  Friday the 18th and Sunday the  27th. Peterborough Museum is holding a Wartime Peterborough Walk…

The November meeting of the Peterborough Local History Society is due to be held on Thursday,  November 10th. The evening will commence with our annual…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Spalding, Land of My Birth. Thursday evening October 13th saw the meeting of the Local History Society comfortably installed for the second meeting in…

The History Society's next meeting is on Thursday 13th October. The venue is the St Andrews United Reform Church. Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3…

Marholm Meanderings by Bella Craven.  On Thursday evening the 8th September the Society met in their new permanent location of St Andrews Reform Church…

Visit to Oundle School Chapel - 7 pm, Thursday 9th June Conducted tour of the chapel, which contains some of the most important and…

May 11th, a pleasent Spring evening and the last Spring meeting of 2022 for the Peterborough History Society and the last meeting to be…

Julie Murray, Marketing and Customer Care Director of Notcutts Ltd. will be our speaker. In the year that Notcutts is celebrating its 125th anniversary,…

The April meeting of the Peterborough Local History Society was very well attended and we were delighted to welcome fourteen visitors! David Lowndes shared…

Our April meeting will take place on Wednesday 20th April at 7.30 pm, at St Mark’s Church Hall, 82 Lincoln Road, Peterborough PE1 2SN.…

The March meeting of the History Society was quite a special event and was very well attended. Our speaker for the evening was none…

March Meeting. Roman archaeology of the Nene valley by Professor Stephen Upex Thursday 10th March, 7.30 pm, St Mark’s Church Hall, 82 Lincoln Road,…

The High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, the Hon Mrs Amanda Lowther gave us an informative and entertaining talk on Thursday 10th February. She provided a…

January 13th and our first meeting of 2022. The meeting, now back in St Marks church hall, was well attended for such a dark…

Our January meeting will take place this coming Thursday evening (13th January) at 7.30pm, at St Mark’s Church Hall, 82 Lincoln Road, Peterborough PE1…

As we move forward to 2022 your Committee would like to wish all its members A Very Happy Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

December, dark, damp nights, cheered by the bright colourful Christmas lights, decorating homes along our evening route to the History Society’s Christmas meeting.  Held…

Thursday evening, November 11th was the 30th AGM of the Peterborough Local History Society. Held at our alternative venue, the St Andrew’s United Reformed…

Peterborough History Society AGM this evening Thursday 11th November 7.30pm. At St Andrews Reform Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton. PE3 9RF. Car parking available at…

One Hundred and Thirty Years of The Delaine Buses of Bourne, Lincolnshire. Back to the dark nights of winter, on October 14th, this was…

Tomorrow evening, Thursday, Oct. 14th the History Society is holding its second indoor meeting since 2020. As last month the venue will be the…

Georgian Peterborough. On the evening of Thursday, September 23rd two weeks later than originally planned and after the stress of finding a new temporary…

To speak at our first indoor meeting of the Society since March 2020, we now have Stuart Orme, bringing us “Georgian Peterborough”. The Georgian…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On the evening of August 11th, the second outside visit of 2021 took place. We travelled to the market town of Spalding, just 20…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 8th July 2021 - A Walk around Titchmarsh by Julie Nicholson.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1006116" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]We enjoyed the first face-to-face meeting of Peterborough Local…

Written by Julie Nicholson, Society Secretary. Boris says we can’t meet – oh no – what do we do? That was the question the…

April 2021, and still under the threat of this dreadful Pandemics and unable to hold meetings. However, on April 8th members of the Local…

Last night December 10th should have been the Society's Christmas Social, sadly with the continuing Covid restrictions, this year's event was another destined to…

Good news! Peterborough Archives Service is now open again to customers Search room opening and closing times have been adjusted to allow us to…

Making your Physical event Virtual Thanks to the ongoing Covid19 pandemic the Country has regressed to a second, slightly less restrictive lockdown. This meant…

Unfortunately, the Government rules have prevented our plans to look at re-starting monthly meetings. At this time last month, we were awaiting details of…

On the evening of Wednesday, the 16 September members of the Local History Society were treated to an unusual Lockdown meeting. Since March our…

One again most of the committee met this week in our usual way,  and we must have had a lot to discuss because we…

Hello All,  Well, the year 2020 will be a year of history that will not be forgotten in a hurry. Since our last meeting…

It is with great regret, following the Government health guideline regarding the worldwide outbreak of the virus Covid19 that the Society has now cancelled…

Thursday night despite the fears over the Corona Virus the meeting was well attended once again. Our speaker for the evening was Doctor Colin…

Illustrated talks by Peterborough Local History Society.                              (supporting Peterborough Cathedral)…

Hello, Peterborough Local History Buffs. The Society now has progressed to a page on Social Media To find us on Facebook go to -…

February 13th.  another  damp evening in a wet, stormy month. Post Storm Ciara and before Storm Denis was due to strike, and despite the…

The January 2020 meeting of the Society was, despite the wet cold night, very well attended. Our Chairman, Trevor, as usual, introduced the meeting…

The December Christmas Social meeting of the Society  fell on a cold wet, Thursday evening. It was followed a  hectic day with the flurry…

The November meeting is the month for the Society's AGM. This was well attended and the Business part of the meeting went smoothly and…

At the well attended October meeting of the Society,  Out speaker for the evening was Mr Brian Keegan, an ex-Civil Engineer who worked in Peterborough,…

September  12th. and the Local History Society convened it monthly meetings back in the Community hall of St Marks Church for the commencement of…

By Annette Martin. We arrived at Elton church on a beautiful summer evening to meet our host Jane Brown who gave us an interesting talk…

By Peter Clarkson. Huntingdon was the destination for the second outdoor visit of 2019 on our usual Thursday evening. The visit was hosted by…

By Peter Clarkson Peterborough Local History Society’s first outdoor visit of 2019 was made on the very unseasonal cool and soggy evening of 8th…

At our May meeting on May 9th, Tom Grimes, the newly installed President of the Spalding Gentleman’s Society gave the meeting a fascinating insight…

April 24th In the Cathedral's Knights Chamber. By Julie Nicholson The Society’s annual fund-raising event on 24th April was completely sold out, with people…

April 11th 2019 Another full Hall for the April meeting. Tonight, Martyn Smith was our speaker, his subject, The Huntingdon Cycle Battalion. Martyn has…

March has commenced true to form, producing some very wild, gusty, windy weather but this hadn’t  deterred the members from attending the evenings meeting. …

 Februarys meeting on a relatively mild night for the time of the year was again well attended. Our speaker for the evening was Michael…

Wishing all our members a very Happy New Year and welcome to the first Local History Society meeting report of the year. The meeting…

After a series of successful alfresco meeting, in wonderful  Summer weather, our monthly meetings for the Autumn and Winter back in the St Marks Church Hall…

Once more our members gathered in the St Marks Church Hall for our November meeting and AGM. Despite the cold chill in the night…

Summer might be over, but the October Meeting of the Local History Society was well attended on an unseasonably warm evening. Our Speaker was…

A Space Oddity. Words and Photos by Julie Nicholson. Ok, so we weren’t quite in the orbit of “Ground Control to Major Tom” but,…

September 14th and the dark nights are back. The Peterborough Local History Society met in St Marks Church Hall for their first inside meeting…

July 12th. 2018 The Second Summer Visit. by Julie Nicholson. On a gloriously sunny evening in July, thirty-eight of our members enjoyed the second…

Our First Summer. June 14th 2018 Article and Photos by Julie Nicholson. Driving into the village of Langham, it became apparent that this was…

Thursday 14th June The first of three outside meetings. This evening is a Walk around Langham Village. is an historic Village 2 miles North…

May 10th 2018 With the advent of the first light evening meeting of the year and the attendance was good. Our speaker for the…

The 2018 Charity event was held  on April 25th in the beautifully restored historic Knights Chamber, part of the newly created Visitors and Learning…