The society usually meets at 7.30pm in Cartmel Village Hall on 1st Thursday of the month. Free parking on site. Chargeable parking on Cartmel Park.
2021 Programme::
Wednesday 12th May 19:30. Zoom lecture entitled The Development of Tourism in Grange-over-Sands by Pat Rowland. Use the Contact Us Page to register.
2020 Programme :
POSTPONED: 2 April – Rusland Horizons Field Names Project – A member of the project team will talk about collecting and mapping field-names which are a rich source for understanding landscape history at local level.
POSTPONED: 14 May –Dr Fiona Edmonds – Cartmel, the Northern Britons and the Northumbrian Kingdom – Reader in Regional History and Director of the Regional Heritage Centre. Fiona is a historian of medieval Britain and Ireland.
POSTPONED: 21 May 14:00 – Members Research Meeting Supper Room
POSTPONED: 18 June – Lancaster Castle visit 10:30. £6.50. Booking and payment essential by 14 May.
POSTPONED: 2 July – Flax Walk 14:00. Please sign up
POSTPONED: 27 Aug – Swarthmore Hall visit. £6.50. Time to be advised. Please sign up.
POSTPONED: 3 Sept – Janet Shimmin – Margaret Fell and the Quakers in the 17th century – Janet is a Quaker and a guide at Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverston which was Margaret Fell’s home in the 17th century.
POSTPONED: 1 Oct – Simon Williams – The mystery of the chimney at Jenny Brown’s Point, Silverdale – The Chairman of Mourholme Local History Society at Silverdale. Simon has been researching why there is a chimney at Jenny Brown’s Point.
5 Nov – AGM by email.
POSTPONED: 26 Nov – Members Research Meeting 14:00 supper room
If you have any questions or suggestions for future speakers please contact Pat Rowland via the contact form on the Contact Us page.
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