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Forthcoming online events
Exhibition: 175th Anniversary of the establishment of our Society
October 10, 2020 - January 31, 2021
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
St Albans Museum + Gallery, Town Hall, St Peter's Street, St Albans, AL1 3DH
On Saturday 10 October, the long-delayed exhibition to mark the Society's 175th anniversary opens in the St Albans Museum + Gallery in the Old Town Hall.
Lecture: John Fothergill and St Albans' interaction with the Industrial Revolution
December 1, 2020
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Zoom
Kate Morris discusses how the (hitherto) rather obscure John Fothergill of St Albans contributed his international trade connections to a partnership with Matthew Boulton, famous for the steam engines produced with James Watt which made mechanised manufacturing possible from the late 18th century.
Seminar: Slavery, St Albans and its West Indian Connections
December 17, 2020
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Zoom
Many British inhabitants were linked with slavery with the West Indies as was much of the British economy. St Albans was no exception. John Morewood will lead an examination of some known local protagonists of slavery, using amongst other sources UCL's Legacies of British Slave Ownership Database as well as local records.
Lecture: 1666 Plague, War and Hellfire
January 12, 2021
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Zoom
Using original archival research and little-known sources, historian Rebecca Rideal takes the audience on a thrilling journey through a crucial turning point in English history.
Lecture: Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester - linking the Bodleian Library and St Albans
January 19, 2021
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Zoom
Dr David Rundle recounts the munificent bequest of Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, of his book collection to Oxford, the sad fate of that library and the significance of St Albans to his bookish activities.
Seminar: Burial practices as requested in 17th and 18th centuries St Albans wills
January 21, 2021
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Zoom
Pat Howe will introduce the work of the 17th century group and Kate Morris’s research on the 18th century in relation to the rituals and preferred locations for the interments of St Albans' residents, as evidenced by their wills.
Lecture: The Light Ages: the monks and machines of Medieval St Albans
February 2, 2021
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Zoom
Dr Seb Falk uses the story of John of Westwyck, who entered the cloister when St Albans was perhaps the most powerful monastery in England, to give us an insight into the medieval worldview, and to introduce the impressive and creative sciences of the Middle Ages.
Lecture: St Albans Ordnance Survey Mapping with special reference to the centenary of the National Datum
February 9, 2021
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Zoom
Frank Iddiols will explain how the National Tidal Observatory of the Ordnance Survey (OS) established the National Datum used since 1921 before considering the various uses and types of OS mapping relating to St Albans since then.
Lecture: Industrial Letchworth: The First Garden City, 1903-20
February 16, 2021
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Zoom
Philippa Parker and Janet Capstick highlight the range of early industries in Letchworth Garden City and explain how the principal aim of the Garden City was to attract industry and provide a much better living environment for its workers than the often, miserable conditions in the great industrial cities.
Seminar: The Sopwell Project
February 18, 2021
2:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Zoom
In this seminar, Sandy Norman will share some of the more colourful and fascinating facts which have been uncovered through the Sopwell Project, which aimed to encourage past and present residents to share their memories.
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