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  • Horncastle’s Horrid History – Walk

    Joseph Banks Centre 7-13 Bridge Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

    On Saturday September 13th we will be staging our Horrid History walk around Horncastle, as part of Heritage Open Days. See and hear about the fascinating history of our town, […]

  • Mud and Stud Buildings in Lincolnshire – Jenne Pape

    Horncastle Community Centre Manor House Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

    Join Jenne Pape to explore the history of Lincolnshire's beautiful traditional cottages built using the 'mud and stud' technique. Members admission is £2, and non-members £5. Tea, coffee and biscuits […]

  • The Lincolnshire Rising Walk

    Joseph Banks Centre 7-13 Bridge Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

    Join historian Nick Fox to hear more about the Lincolnshire Rising of 1536 - a major challenge to the authority of King Henry VIII.  Find out why the King called […]

    £2

  • Horncastle in World War II – Ian Marshman

    Horncastle Community Centre Manor House Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

    Join Ian Marshman for a talk based on our exhibition to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. We'll look at life during wartime, from the experience of local men […]

  • Stories of Lincolnshire: Heroic, Tragic and Bizarre – Mick Lake

    Horncastle Community Centre Manor House Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

    Join local history author Mick Lake as he shares fascinating stories from Lincolnshire, including tragic or bizarre events that happened to county folk in days gone by. Members' admision is […]

  • Christmas Party

    Horncastle Masonic Lodge Banks St, Horncastle

    Our annual Christmas party for members is always a fun event.  Features a two course festive meal and a quiz

  • The Railway that Horncastle built

    Horncastle Community Centre Manor House Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

    A  talk to coincide with our new book about the Horncastle branch railway, to be published in February.  We hope to have the book on sale for this event. Tim […]

  • Archives Open Day

    Horncastle Community Centre Manor House Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

    Come along to our annual archives open day to find out more about the history of your town.  Our experts will be on hand with original artefacts and will be […]

    £1.00

  • Ran-tanning and Riding the Stang

    Horncastle Community Centre Manor House Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

    Public disapproval used to take a very visible and audible form: "ran - tanning" or "riding the stang" consisted of a crowd gathering outside someone's house, banging pots and pans […]

    £2.00

  • Torrington’s Tour of Lincolnshire, 1791

    Horncastle Community Centre Manor House Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

    John Byng was a sometimes irascible diarist who documented his travels on horseback throughout Great Britain between 1781 and 1794.  His journeys across Lincolnshire include several testy and irritable descriptions […]

    £2.00