Events – Lighthorne History Society

“Warwickshire Almshouses” by Anne Langley

Friday 10th November 2017, 8.00 pm, Lighthorne Village Hall.

Local historian, Anne Langley, has written a number of books and booklets on history projects she has researched, including Victorian Village Life, Brandon Silk Mill and Warwick County Asylum. Her latest book is called The British Almshouse and 2 chapters of it are of local significance. Her presentation will be based on her research. She gave the talk to the 2016 Warwick Words History Festival.

Anne is a volunteer at Warwickshire County Record Office and writes articles for the Our Warwickshire website.

AGM and “Little-Known Warwickshire” Part 2 by Alan Winterburn

Friday 9th March 2018, 7.30 pm, Lighthorne Village Hall

Alan Winterburn gave us the first part of his slide show on “Little-Known Warwickshire” in November 2016 and it was so well received by the members present that we have asked him to return and give us the second part of his presentation. Alan is extremely knowledgeable about the history of Warwickshire and his illustrated talk will be riveting, if it is of the same standard as the the first part. The AGM starts at 7.30 pm and the talk starts at 8 pm.

After several years of hard work we are pleased to report that this project is almost over and the Excel spreadsheet can be accessed here.

There remain several tombstones which were viewed by the Rev. Bloom in the early 20th century and several viewed in the 1985 B.M.S.G.H. survey which we failed to locate. These are listed, as are a few more modern burials in unmarked graves.

Reference sketch plans of grave positions are available via a link on the Archives page. All visible gravestones have been photographed and these are held in the society archive.