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Please check the relevant websites and social media for confirmation and last-minute changes to the events listed here.
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery Talks 2024
Thursday 19 December A Christmas Talk of magic gone wrong by John Constantine.
Thursday morning talks start at 10.30am, price £3, go to www.northamptonmuseums.com for more information and tickets, booking essential.
Rushden & District History Society Talks 2024
Friday 20 December Bletchley Park: Home of the Codebreakers by Nick Crooke.
Talks start at 7.30pm at Whitefriars School, Boughton Drive, Rushden. Visitors welcome, £2.50 on the door. Go to www.rdhs.org.uk for more information.
Higham Ferrers 2024 Events
Saturday 21 December 9.00am-12 noon Christmas Celebration Coffee Morning in the Bede House, St Mary's Churchyard
Go to the Higham Ferrers Tourism website, Facebook and highamferrers-tc.gov.uk for for more information about these events. Farmers' markets on the last Saturday morning of the month on the Market Square.
Olney Archaeological Society Talks 2025
Tuesday 7 January France Under Occupation by Dr Sean Lang.
Tuesday 17 December tbc.
Tuesday 21 January Lost to the Waves: the study of the Greek and Roman harbours of Crete by Mike Curtis.
All lectures are at the Olney Centre, Olney in Buckinghamshire, 10.00am-12.00 noon. Note that some lectures are remote and will be shown on screen. Price £4 for visitors, go to www.mkheritage.org.uk/oas/ for more information and membership.
Next HiFARS committee meeting
Next date tbc. If any HiFARS member has something to raise with the committee please email hifars@gmx.co.uk before the meeting.
ISE-Dig Talks 2025
Wednesday 8 January at 7.30pm Excavation of Newton's medieval cemetery by Dale Munn.
Talks held in St Andrew's Church Rooms, Crown Street, Kettering, NN16 8QA. ISE members £4, visitors £5, all welcome. Go to www.ise-dig.co.uk for more information.
Oundle Historical Society Talks 2025
Friday 10 January 2025 Mastering Laxton's Free Grammar School Part 3 1922-2015 by Colin Pendrill
Friday 14 February 2025 Royalist Estates during the English Civil Wars by Charlotte Young
Talks start at 7.30pm in Oundle Methodist Church, Drummingwell Lane, Oundle. Visitors £2. Go to www.oundlehistoricalsociety.org.uk for more information.
HiFARS Christmas Lecture 2024
January 2025, more details will be announced soon.
Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group Talks 2025
Friday 14 February A Bit of Old England by Neil Lyon.
Friday 14 March Northamptonshire's Ironstone Railways by Mick Dix.
Talks are held in Garden Room at St Matthews Church Hall, off Kettering Road, Northampton. FREE to NIAG members, visitors welcome £3. Go to www.niag.org.uk for more information.
British Museum Exhibitions
Now until 23 February 2025 Silk Roads.
Now until 30 March 2025 Picasso: printmaker.
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG. Go to www.britishmuseum.org for more information.
HiFARS AGM
February 2025, more details will be announced soon.
Northamptonshire Heritage Forum
Sunday 27 April 2025, 10.00am-4.00pm Heritage Fair Northamptonshire North at Chester House Estate
Go to www.northamptonshireheritageforum.co.uk for more information about events and membership.
Geophysical surveying for HiFARS members
Next date tbc. Unfortunately the resistivity meter is out of action and waiting repair. If any HiFARS member wishes to join the team surveying the castle site in Higham Ferrers email hifars@gmx.co.uk for information.
UNAS Conference: Spring 2025
Sunday 11 May 2025 at Hackleton, Northamptonshire.
Go to www.unas.org.uk for more information and to book tickets nearer the time.
Kimbolton Castle: Public Open Day 2025
Next date tbc. Go to www.kimbolton.cambs.sch.uk for more information and tickets (adults £10).
Northamptonshire Film Archive Trust 2025
Next date tbc at Chester House. Tickets £6, includes tea/coffee, go to www.chesterhouseestate.org for information and booking.
Films are shown at events around the county, go to www.northamptonshirefilmarchivetrust.co.uk for more information.
Northamptonshire Archaeological Society 2025
Next date tbc
Go to www.northants-archaeology.org.uk for information.
Irchester Parish Historical Society Talks 2025
Next date tbc
Talks held in Irchester Community Library, contact: Jon-Paul Carr.
Bedford Guided Walks
Dates for 2025 tbc
Walks start at 11.00am and are between 90 minutes and 2 hours long, 1-2 miles in length. Walks are £4 and must be pre-booked. Go to www.bedfordtourguides.org for more information and booking.
Finedon Local Historical Society Talks 2025
Next date tbc
Talks are at 7.30pm in the Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon, NN9 5JP. FLHS members £2.50, visitors £3.50. Go to www.tingdenetofinedon.co.uk for more information.
Friends of Kettering Art Gallery & Museum 2025
Next date tbc Town Walk, £5 per person.
Kettering Museum and Gallery remain closed, go to the Friends Facebook page or www.friendskagam.org for information about their events, or visit ARTworks Creative Space in the Newlands Centre Kettering.
Sywell Aviation Museum and Sywell Aerodrome 2025
Talks (new dates tbc) are £5 and are held in the Cirrus Room at the Aviator Hotel, go to www.sywellaviationmuseum.org.uk for more information.
Higham Chichele Society Talks 2025
Next date tbc.
Talks start at 9.30am, doors open at 9.00am, in the Bede House, Higham Ferrers. Members £3, Visitors £4, includes refreshments, new members welcome. Go to www.highamchichelesociety.co.uk for more information. The annual subscription is £5 and due at the May meeting.
Abington Park Museum in Northampton 2025
Next date tbc Volunteer-led tours of the Museum, £3.50, booking recommended.
Go to www.northamptonmuseums.com for more information abour tours and exhibitions at Abington Park Museum.
Sharnbrook Local History Group Talks 2025
Next date tbc
Talks held at 2.00pm in the Methodist Church, Sharnbrook but go to www.slhg.org.uk for more information.
Finds Day at Daventry Museum 2025
Next date tbc.
Northamptonshire Finds Officer Eleanore Cox will be at Daventry Museum, free but you'll need to book a 15 minute time slot by email.
Discover Northamptonshire Visitor Hub at Rushden Lakes 2025
Next date tbc
These talks are £5 (including a hot drink) and must be booked in advance, go to www.discover-northamptonshire.co.uk for tickets and more information.
Northamptonshire Battlefield Society 2025
Next date tbc
Delapre Abbey, on the outskirts of Northampton, NN4 8AW, car parking is FREE. Go to www.delapreabbey.org for more information.
The Higgins Bedford 2025
Next date tbc Portable Antiquities Scheme for Bedfordshire session. FREE but booking essential.
The Higgins, Castle Lane, Bedford MK40 3XD. Go to www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk for more information.
Northamptonshire Records Society 2025
THE NRS are holding a series of document workshops in the NRS Library at Northamptonshire Archives, Wootton Hall Park, Northampton showcasing and explaining some of the records. Go to www.northamptonshirerecordsociety.org.uk for more information and to book a place.
Next date tbc
Stanwick Lakes, Tea & Talks 2025
Next date tbc
Go to www.stanwicklakes.org.uk for information and to book a place. Talks start at 2.00pm, prices £8-£18.50 dependent on refreshment option.
Oundle Museum 2025
Museum opens from March until October, Saturdays and Sundays only, 10.00am-4.00pm.
Oundle Museum is in Mill Road, Oundle PE8 4BW. Go to www.oundlemuseum.org.uk for more information.
CBA Talks & Lectures 2025
Next date tbc
Go to www.archaeologyuk.org for booking and more information. See also the courses, surveys, careers and jobs on offer.
Chester House Estate
Next dates tbc Tours of the ARC (Archaeological Resource Centre), at 2.00pm FREE but please book via the website.
The Chester House Estate is near Irchester in Northamptonshire. Go to www.chesterhouseestate.org.uk for more information and booking.
Delapré Abbey Events and Tours 2025
Next date tbc Candlelit Tour.
Go to www.delapreabbey.org for more information and ticket details for the tours, Family Fun Days, Friends of Northampton Castle Play Days, and other events. Delapre Abbey is on the outskirts of Northampton, NN4 8AW, car parking is FREE.
Naseby Battlefield Interactive Tours
Next date tbc
Walk in the footsteps of those who took part in the Battle of Naseby in 1645. Tours last 4 hours and prices start at £25, booking essential. Go to www.naseby.com for more information.
Wrest Park 2025
Next date tbc Archaeological Collections Store Tours.
Wrest Park is in Silsoe, Bedfordshire, MK45 4HR. Go to www.english-heritage.org.uk for more information, prices and opening times.
Brixworth Lecture 2025
Date tbc
Go to www.friendsofbrixworthchurch.org.uk for more information and tickets which are £15.
Peterborough Museum 2025
Next exhibition tbc
Go to www.peterboroughmuseum.org for more information.
