Talk - Worksop and District History in Pictures (Worksop)

Our secretary, Pam Cook will be giving a talk on the local places of interest around Worksop. 
 
The talk starts at 7.30pm on Thursday 4th December at the Innings public house, Prospect, Worksop S81 0RS. Entry is only £3 and there will be a bar on. There is also a large free car park outside.

Talk: The History of English Law (Worksop)

Priories Historical Society's own Mike Langley gives a whirlwind tour of the evolution of the English legal system from pre-Anglo-Saxon times to the present day.

With some curious and interesting facts along the way -such as what did the term to be "hung, drawn and quartered" really mean, the true story of "Sweet Fanny Adams" and the man who beat the hangman's rope- "three times Lucky Lee".

The talk starts at 7.30pm on Thursday 6th November at the Innings public house, Prospect, Worksop S81 0RS. Entry is only £3 and there will be a bar on. plenty of parking outside.

Talk: Tudor & Stuart Sheffield by David Templeman at Worksop

Talk by David Templeman of Sheffield Manor Lodge on the environs of Sheffield during the 16th and 17th century before the small rural town became the Steel City. 

The Innings, Worksop, S81 0RS. Starts at 7.30pm. £3 entry. bar is open and ample parking

Event - Anglo-Saxon & Norman Architecture (Worksop)

Pat McLaughlin returns to the Innings Public House in Worksop on 4th September to give a talk on  Anglo-Saxon and Norman architecture in the local area such as churches and castles

Talk starts at 7.30 pm. £3 entry fee. Bar open as normal.

Event - Explore the history of Sherwood Forest at town pub (Worksop)

The mystery and historical significance of Sherwood Forest will be the topic of conversation at The Innings pub in Worksop next week when Professor Ian D . Rotherham presents his illustrated lecture Sherwood Forest & The Dukeries - A Companion to the Land of Robin Hood.

The talk is part of a meeting for the Priory Historical Society, but all are welcome to hear Prof Rotherham’s presentation, which is based on his own book of the same title.

“Sherwood Forest is arguably the most famous historic landscape in the world, immortalised through storytelling, mythology, romantic books, and ultimately by Hollywood,” said Prof Rotherham.

“This is the setting for Robin Hood, Little John and the rest of the Merry Men.”

“Yet behind the glamorous legends are equally fascinating places, people and histories.

“After the break-up of the Royal Hunting Forest came the famous establishment of great halls, houses and parks for the aristocracy, the so-called Dukeries, and then industry, with deep coal mining, wartime military training, and 20th Century forestry.”

“From the 19th Century onwards, the region was a notable tourism, which continues today as visitors from around the world come to experience the forest’s nature, history and myth.

Copies of the book will be on sale on the night, which takes place next Thursday (5th June) at 7.30pm.

 

From:  http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/worksop-explore-the-history-of-sherwood-forest-at-town-pub-1-6639560

Events - Priories Historical Society Talks 2014

Thursday April 3^rd

CONTRACEPTION THROUGH THE AGES by Joan Grundy

This entertaining talk dispels any notion that 20^th century invention. The Greeks, Arabs, Egyptians all used differing – if highly unreliable – methods but some of these led the way for today's modern methods. Hear how Britain lagged behind the rest of the world in discussing contraception and about the pioneering work of Marie Stopes in the 1920s.

Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

 

Thursday May 1^st 

FOOTPADS, KINGS & HIGHWAYMEN by Ian Morgan, Author

The A1 renowned as being the route from London to Edinburgh has changed its path and even its name many times over the years, yet as the travellers pass on their way do they know just how fortunate they are? Our journey covers just 34 miles as we take the route of the old Great North Road through Nottinghamshire and in that short distance we shall see the scenes of horrific battles, the haunts of highwaymen, the sites of murder and much, much more … get ready for a rollercoaster ride of horror and humour as the stories of this ancient highway unfold.

Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

 

Thursday June 5^th 

SHERWOOD FOREST & THE DUKERIES by Prof. Ian Rotherham, author.

Sherwood Forest is the most famous historic landmark in world, immortalized through storytelling, mythology and romantic books and ultimately by Hollywood. This is the setting for Robin Hood, Little John, and the rest of the Merry Men. Yet beyond the glamorous legends are equally fascinating places, people and histories. An important and vast medieval forest and extensive heath. Great halls, houses and parks of the aristocracy the so-called Dukery. Then industry, wartime training, and forestry. Richly illustrated with images from the past: photographs, postcards, paintings and antique prints.

Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

 

AUGUST  2^nd & 3^rd

GREAT WAR DISPLAY 

Worksop Priory, Priorswell Road, Worksop

12.30 onwards 

 

September AGM

 

October 2nd 

TUDOR & STUART SHEFFIELD by David Templeman.  

Gives some idea of how Worksop would have been. The 16^th and 17^th century roots when Sheffield was a small rural town. Talk looks at how the ordinary people lived, worked and played, its surviving buildings from that period and unfortunately the last ones to be demolished, plus how the cutlery industry developed over the centuries.

Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

 

November6^th
THE HISTORY OF THE LAW IN ENGLAND by Mike Langley our treasurer.
A look at how the law has changed and shaped our Country. Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

 

December 4^th 

CHRISTMAS PARTY & A VISIT TO LOCAL HISTORICAL SITES by Pam Cook

short presentation including Mattersey; Worksop; Blyth Priories. Carlton & Throapham Churches etc.

Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

Talk - World War I by Pam Cook (Worksop)

The next Priories Historical Society meeting is on Thursday March 6th  2014 at the BCVS, next to Worksop Priory on Priorswell Road, Worksop starting at 7.30pm

Pam Cook gives a talk on World War I and looking for the story of her ancestors

Hope to see you there.