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Events
The Marlow Society endeavours to run a variety of events to cover our main focus of interests, and some which are purely social but provide that important point of contact in a diverse Society like ours.
We hold presentations in the main hall in Liston Hall, Marlow five times a year. Two of these are organised by our very active Local History group and the others are of more general interest.
In addition the Local History Group holds monthly workshops. These take place on a Monday evening in the Garden Room at Liston Hall.
Over the summer months a selection of interesting walks around Marlow are organised, which are very popular - see the Walks Group page for more information and the Local History Group Programme (further down this page) for times of specific walks.
Full dates and details on forthcoming (and some past) events:
THE MARLOW SOCIETY Local History Group (LHG) Programme
AIM = Archaeology in Marlow, MAS = Marlow Archaeology, LHG = Local History Group, MS = Marlow Society.
The listing below includes some events that are organised by groups other than LHG.
Current and Future Events:
Mon 17-Feb-20
8.00pm
Garden Room, Liston Hall
Virtual Tour of Historic High Wycombe
Speaker/Contact (category)
William Reid, High Wycombe Society
Tue 24-Mar-20
8.00pm
Liston Hall
The Thames from Oxford to Windsor: Shaping History through the Centuries
Speaker/Contact (category)
Peter Halman (LHG)
Wed 22-Apr-20
8.00pm
Liston Hall
The Marlow Donkey and old Marlow Station
Speaker/Contact (category)
Michael Eagleton (LHG)
Tue 5-May-20*
time tbd
Visit to Freebody's Boatyard
Speaker/Contact (category)
*Date is provisional
Mon 18-May-20
8.00pm
Garden Room, Liston Hall
Insights into Marlow's past (a repeat of last August's lecture - Admission Free)
Speaker/Contact (category)
Members of LHG (LHG, GR)
Tue 9-Jun-20
time tbd
Visit to Penn House
Tue 7-Jul-20
time tbd
Visit to Rousham House
Mon 17-Aug-20
8.00pm
Garden Room, Liston Hall
World War II at Hughenden Manor
Speaker/Contact (category)
Fritha Irwin (LHG, GR)
Tue 27-Oct-20
8.00pm
Garden Room, Liston Hall
The Upper Thames Patrol, the River Home Guard
Speaker/Contact (category)
Bill King (LHG, GR)
Mon 16-Nov-20
8.00pm
Garden Room, Liston Hall
Venal, Expensive and Faithless: Marlow as a pocket borough
Speaker/Contact (category)
Janet Smith (LHG, GR)
Some Past Events:
Sat 6-Apr-19
11.00am
Meet at church
Bisham Church Tour
Speaker/Contact (category)
John Harper 01628 624677
Thur 9-May-19
7.30pm
Liston Hall
Annual General Meeting
Speaker/Contact (category)
All Members Welcome
Sun 19-May-19
2.00pm
meet at Marlow Museum, Court Garden
Town Walk
Speaker/Contact (category)
Geoff Wood (LHGW)
Sun 23-Jun-19
12.30pm-5.30pm
Bisham
Bisham Gardens Open Day
Speaker/Contact (category)
Small charge for ticket. (Date supercedes the one shown in Marlow Society newsletter)
Tues 25-Jun-19
Amersham Museum
Speaker/Contact (category)
Book early with Peter Bailey 01628 476610 (LHGV)
Sat 29-Jun-19
2.00pm
meet at Marlow Museum, Court Garden
Town Walk
Speaker/Contact (category)
Geoff Wood (LHGW)
Tues 9-Jul-19
time tbd
Hall Barn Gardens
Speaker/Contact (category)
Book early with Adam Baxter - adambaxter@sky.com (LHGV)
Thur 11-Jul-19
8.00pm
Liston Hall
Buckinghamshire's Saxon Prince: The burial at Taplow
Speaker/Contact (category)
Leslie Webster - former Keeper, Dept of Prehistory & Europe, British Museum (MAS)
Sun 21-Jul-19
2.00pm
meet at Marlow Museum, Court Garden
Town Walk
Speaker/Contact (category)
Geoff Wood (LHGW)
Sat 17-Aug-19
2.00pm
meet at Marlow Museum, Court Garden
Victorian Marlow Walk
Speaker/Contact (category)
Geoff Wood (LHGW)
Mon 19-Aug-19
8.00pm
Garden Room, Liston Hall
Insights into Marlow's Past
Speaker/Contact (category)
Members of LHG (GR)
Thur 12-Sep-19
8.00pm
Liston Hall
Anglo-Saxon Estates and Defences: thoughts on Wessex and the Thames Valley
Speaker/Contact (category)
Dr Ryan Lavelle - Reader in Early Medieval History, University of Winchester (MAS/AIM)
Sun 15-Sep-19
2.00pm
meet at Marlow Museum, Court Garden
Town Walk
Speaker/Contact (category)
Geoff Wood (LHGW)
Sat 12-Oct-19
2.00pm
meet at Marlow Museum, Court Garden
Town Walk
Speaker/Contact (category)
Geoff Wood (LHGW)
Thur 17-Oct-19
8.00pm
Garden Room, Liston Hall
Bucks Archaeological Sites from the Air
Speaker/Contact (category)
Mike Farley (AIM)
Thur 24-Oct-19
8.00pm
Liston Hall
Roman roads in Britain
Speaker/Contact (category)
Paddy Lambert (MAS)
Tues 29-Oct-19
8.00pm
Liston Hall
The Great Bath Road
Speaker/Contact (category)
Julian Hunt (MS/LHG)
Tues 26-Nov-19
8.00pm
Liston Hall
Boat building and steam on the Thames
Speaker/Contact (category)
Neil Garside (MS/LHG)
(AIM) For AIM Talks (8.00pm, Liston Hall, Chapel St.) a charge of £3.00 per AIM member /£4.50 per non-member is made.
(MAS) For MAS Talks (8.00pm, Liston Hall, Chapel St.) a charge of £3.00 per MAS member /£4.50 per non-member /£1.50 per student is made.
(MS) (LHG) For MS/LHG Lectures in the main hall (8.00pm, Liston Hall, Chapel St.) a charge of £2.50 per member /£4.00 per non-member is made.
(LHG, GR) For Garden Room Talks (8.00pm, Garden Room, Liston Hall, Chapel St.) a charge of £1.50 per member /£3.00 per non-member is made.
(LHGW) For LHG Walks, a charge of £2.50 per person is made. Children are not charged.
There is no need to book for lectures, talks or walks - just turn up and pay on the day.
(LHGV) For LHG Visits, which often include a pub lunch and car-sharing, booking is required. Any charge will be advised at the time of booking.
Other events, e.g. Walks and Visits may be arranged during the year and all may be subject to late change.
For further information on any of the LHG Talks or lectures, contact
tmslocalhistorygroup@ marlowsociety.org.uk
For walks details or a private group to be arranged contact
tmswalks@marlowsociety.org.uk
