Event - Virtual Tour Round Hardwick Hall (Oldcotes)

You can see the treasures of Hardwick Hall without the trouble of driving there on November 19th at Oldcotes Village Hall. 

Historian Maureen Taylor will give a virtual tour for those who are unable to get to Hardwick, or for those who are thinking of going and want to be well prepared for what to look for.

The power-point presentation visits the Hall room by room in the same sequence that an actual visitor would see them in. Descriptions of each room and the history of the artefacts are given in great detail.

The lives of Bess of Hardwick, her husbands and her granddaughter Arabella are interwoven into the presentation. Without them, the rich tapestry of the Hall could not be told.

The talk starts at 19.30 and tickets are £2 for members and £3 for visitors, no booking is required and free tea/coffe and biscuits are given.

Event - The Hidden History of 1066 (Oldcotes)

Mike Kelley comes to Oldcotes Village Hall to talk about what happened to the north after William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066. 

Based on his book 'The Rape of England' Mike talks about what happened to local communities and the harrying of the north.

Talk starts at 19.30 on Monday 22nd October. Tickets cost £3 or only £2 to members of Priories Historical Society. Price includes tea/coffee and a free biscuit.

Event - Priories Historical Society AGM (Oldcotes)

***MEETING CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS***

The Priories Historical Society AGM takes place at Oldcotes Village Hall on Monday 18th September at 7.30pm - all members are welcome.

The committee will be elected and the constitution will be reviewed as well as other points which will be on the day.

Event - The Luddites (Oldcotes)

Tonights PHS talk sees the University of Nottingham's John Beckett giving a talk over the 19th century near revolution which started in Nottinghamshire during 1811.

the talk is in Oldcotes Village Hall and starts at 19.30. Tickets are £3 for non-members and £2 for members and includes a drink of either tea or coffee and a biscuit.

Talk - Medieval Sherwood Forest: Outlaws and Villains (Oldcotes)

Tonight’s Priories Historical Society meeting is a talk on Medieval Sherwood Forest: Outlaws and Villains by Andy Gaunt.


The talk starts at 7.30 at Oldcotes Village Hall on the A634 SK587886. Entrance is £3 for non-members or £2 for members. There is free tea/coffee and a biscuit

Event - North Nottinghamshire Priory Churches (Oldcotes)

The first talk of 2012 for the Priories Historical Society takes place on 13th February when Pat McLaughlan returns to give a fascinating talk on North Nottinghamshire's Priory Churches.

The talk starts at 7.30pm at Oldcotes Village Hall on Maltby Road (A634). Entrance is £3 for non-members or £2 for members and includes free tea/coffee and biscuits. Membership for the society is only £5 per year.

Event - Living in Hope (Oldcotes)

The next Priories Historical Society meeting takes place on Monday 10th October and is a talk by the author and historian Sue Allen.  The lives of three women including the wife of a Napoleonic Soldier are brought back to life in this amazing talk.

Sue has also recently launched a new book.  Her website is http://www.mayflowermaid.com/

Tickets cost £3 for non members and £2 for members.  The talk starts at 7.30pm at Oldcotes Village hall on the A634 near the roundabout.

Event - Metal Detecting Lecture by Brian Booth (Oldcotes)

The meeting this Monday (Sept 12th) will be by Brian Booth from Warsop Metal Detector Society on Metal Detecting.

Starts at 7.30 at Oldcotes Village Hall, on Maltby Road (A634) just north of Worksop.  Tickets are available on the door £3 for non-members and £2 for members. Membership is only £5 per year.

News – Priories Historical Society new committee members (Oldcotes)

The Priories Historical Society are proud to announce that we have a new Chairperson; Maureen Broadhead, previously the Vice-Chairperson, will be taking over the reins with immediate effect.

Alan Gisbourne has now become the Vice Chairperson.