Events

Monthly Lectures Programme – 2025/26

2025
24th September 2025 – AGM and Highworth Quiz – There will be no talk this month
22nd October 2025 – The Crimean War – by Peter Williams
26th November 2025 – Non-Conformist Chapels in Wiltshire – by James Holden
2026
28th January 2026 – Regency Dancing-talk and Display – by Rev. Goodey and his ‘team’
25th February 2026 – Last of the walks along the Thames Path – by Bill King
25th March 2026 – History of the Life Boats – by Anthony Gerrard
22nd April 2026 – Kelmscott House/William Morris  – by Kathy Haslam
27th May 2026 – The Wiltshire Uprising – by Ruth Butler
24th June 2026 – 1066 and all that – by Timothy Brain

 

Location of Monthly Lectures

St Michaels ChurchAll lecture meetings are held in St Michael’s Church, Highworth, SN6 7NA, unless otherwise stated. Meetings start at 7.30pm.

Visitors to all events  pay on the door, however, if you wish to reserve tickets in advance for our lectures or events please email us.

Members are admitted free of charge. Visitors £3.00 (cash on door).

email: tickets@highworthhistoricalsociety.org.uk

Other Events

HHS Museum, Highworth Visitor Centre, High Street, Highworth.

Ceramics by Garry Douel

This exhibition incorporates samples of pottery by Garry Douel, who taught Art and Pottery at Warneford School from 1965 to 1986.

There are also displays of Highworth Railway artefacts and photographs
and coins and banknotes of the UK.

HHS OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF FARM EQUIPMENT IS NOW OPEN

Come along to the Community Centre in The Dormers to view the impressive display of farming equipment, much of which is over 100 years old.

Free Entry.