The Local History Group will hear a talk on Fountains Abbey at its meeting on 16th November. Everyone welcome!
What’s on – Dringhouses Local History Group
On Thursday 19th October the History Group will hear a talk by the Civic Trust on their work in the city.
What’s on – Dringhouses Local History Group event on Thursday 15th September
At their meeting on Thursday 15th September, Dringhouses Local History Group will hear a talk on the 1942 Baedeker Raid on York.
Local History Group goes virtual
The Dringhouses Local History Group is to hold its first virtual meeting on 3 December. The talk, by Neil Moran, will focus on ‘Health Care in York Through the Ages.’
What’s on – Dringhouses Local History Group meeting, Thursday 20 February
What’s on – Dringhouses Local History Group talk on 17 October
The latest Dringhouses Local History Group talk will be held on Thursday 17 October at 7.30pm at St Edwards Church Hall.
The topic of this month’s talk is the role of female railway workers in Word War II.
What’s on – Dringhouses Local History Group talk on Thursday 20 June
The Dringhouses Local History Group will be hosting a talk titled ‘Unmentionables – a brief history of underwear’ at St Edwards Church Hall on Thursday 20 June at 7.30pm.
What’s on – Dringhouses Local History Group meeting
The Dringhouses Local History Group AGM takes place on Thursday 16th May at 7.30pm at St Edward the Confessor Community Hall. It will be followed by a presentation on the Great Western Railway.
What’s on in York: Dringhouses local history group archives on Tuesday
Tue 23 May :
9.30am – 5.30pm :
Free
Join the Dringhouses Local History Group all day, and look at the best of their archives, as part of Community Archives Month.
Learn more about the local area, from Colonel Wilkinson to the ‘Knares Mire’. Colonel George Alexander Eason Wilkinson, last Lord of the Manor of Dringhouses, was born 25 Feb 1860 and inherited the Manor of Dringhouses in 1881. Fought in South African War and WW1, with distinction. On his death in 1941, he gave Dringhouses Library to the Council and people of Dringhouses in a Deed of Gift.
Bring your local history queries and perhaps buy a copy of the fascinating ‘Discovering Dringhouses 2: More Aspects of a Local History’ or the 1624 Samuel Parson’s map of Dringhouses.
All day session, just drop in.
For more information please call Lucy on (01904) 552674 or dringhouses@exploreyork.org.uk.
What’s on in York: Community Archives Month event with Dringhouses Local History Group
Dringhouses Library :
Tue 23 May :
9.30am – 5.30pm :
Free
Join the Dringhouses Local History Group all day, and look at the best of their archives, as part of Community Archives Month.
Learn more about the local area, from Colonel Wilkinson to the ‘Knares Mire’. Colonel George Alexander Eason Wilkinson, last Lord of the Manor of Dringhouses, was born 25 Feb 1860 and inherited the Manor of Dringhouses in 1881. Fought in South African War and WW1, with distinction. On his death in 1941, he gave Dringhouses Library to the Council and people of Dringhouses in a Deed of Gift.
Bring your local history queries and perhaps buy a copy of the fascinating ‘Discovering Dringhouses 2: More Aspects of a Local History’ or the 1624 Samuel Parson’s map of Dringhouses.
All day session, just drop in.
For more information please call Lucy on (01904) 552674 or dringhouses@exploreyork.org.uk.