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Lectures & Events

Sandwich History Society holds talks or lectures throughout the year.

Guildhall Museum Guildhall Museum

Upcoming Lectures

All Lectures are held in the Guildhall at Sandwich, 6.30pm for 7pm start.

Thursday, 22nd May 2025

Martin Heard (Independent Art Historian)

‘JMW Turner and John Constable’ (celebrating Joseph Mallord William Turner RA on the 250th Anniversary of his birth in 1775 in comparison with his contemporary John Constable.) This lecture will be held in the Delf Room at the Guildhall jointly with The Arts Society, Sandwich. Costs for non-members will be £5.

Thursday, 11th September 2025

Adrian Phillips (Published Historian of the Twentieth Century)

Churchill’s Bandits: The Relationships that Sustained Sir Winston in the War and Wilderness

Wednesday, 22ndOctober 2025

Dr. Cassandra Harrington (Art Historian of the Middle Ages)

Unmasking the 'Green Man: Foliate Heads and Masks in Gothic Art

Thursday, 13th November 2025

Pat Wilson (Playwright and local historian)

A Forest of Flags: the Scandalous Sandwich By-election of 1880

Thursday, 8th January 2026

AGM and ‘Open Forum’ - short presentations by members

Wednesday, 18th February 2026

Luke Farrell (PhD Candidate, University of Kent)

Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Tour of Kent 1573: including her stay in Sandwich

Thursday, 13th March 2026

Jean Garforth and Lynne O'Donoghue (Researchers on St. Clement’s Church)

Echoes of the Past - St Clement's Churchyard: Its History and People

Wednesday, 16th April 2026

Geoff Doel & James Frost (Kentish Folklorists and Cultural Historians)

Medieval Mummers, Mystery Plays & Pageants: with a focus on Beelzebub!

Wednesday, 28th May 2026

Dr. Sheila Sweetinburgh (Leading Medievalist and Historian of Kent)

The 'lost' St Bartholomew's Day Procession of 1532: an Exploration of Discord in Henrician Sandwich

 

Please click on PDF below to download our latest programme for 2024-25 - note there are some changes

2024-25 Programme File Uploaded: 4 February 2025 1 MB