Romsley & Hunnington History Society -

Programme 2024/25

Our monthly meetings are held in the Church Hall, Romsley, starting at 7.30pm:

2024

• 24 September 2024: Alms Houses – A home for the poor. Speaker: Ned Williams 
• 22 October 2024: Sir William Marshall: England's Greatest Knight. Speaker: Max Keen
  
• 26 November 2024:  Worcestershire Medal Service, Bromsgrove. Speaker: Karen Cook
  (Gladman & Norman, bespoke medal & enamel craftsmen since 1910)

2025

• 25 February 2025: Eleanor of Aquitaine. Speaker: Howard Robinson
• 25 March 2025: Surnames: Their history and meanings. Speaker: Richard Churchley
• 22 April 2025: To Murder a Priest: The Popish Plot and Worcestershire. Speaker: Douglas Smith
• 27 May 2025: A.G.M. followed by Jean Cockin – A Journey into Egypt 2009
• 24 June 2025: Defiance, Drama and Dominoes: Prisoners of war in Britain during the French Revolution. Speaker: Professor Kate Astbury, University of Warwick
• 28 September 2025: The Sinking of the Titanic. Speaker: Paul & Helen Harding
• 28 October 2025: The Visit of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams to the Leasowes and Hagley Hall. Speaker: Julian Hunt
• 25 November 2025: From Christmas Past to Christmas Present. Speaker: Mary Bodfish

For the latest local history events across the county see the Worcestershire Local History Forum website.