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  • Society AGM

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

  • TALK: Williasm Marwood: Cobbler, Preacher, Hangman

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

    From cobbler to state executioner: hear the extraordinary story of how a local man offered his services to the national justice system in Victorian Britain and Ireland.  Convinced that his […]

    £2.00

  • William Marwood: Cobbler, Preacher, Hangman – Exhibition

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

    Running from 25th June to 30th September,William Marwood: Cobbler, Preacher, Hangman tells the story of the man who rose from humble beginnings in the Lincolnshire Wolds to become the most […]

  • Hangman’s Horncastle Tour – Horse Fair Fringe

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

    Join Horncastle History & Heritage Society for a brand new tour exploring the life of one of the town's most infamous residents, hangman William Marwood. Part of the Horncastle Horse […]

  • Horncastle Horse Fair 2026

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

    Horncastle’s community arts and heritage celebration is back for the fourth year this August, with a range of activities and events taking place in the town centre, in the build […]

  • TALK: Lincolnshire Links with New Zealand

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

    Admission charge £2 members, £5 non members

    £2.00

  • William Marwood Exhibition: Thurs, Fri, Sat until end Sept

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

    William Marwood was a famous Victorian executioner who lived and worked as a cobbler in Horncastle for many years.  Our special exhibition at the Sir Joseph Banks Centre in Horncastle […]

    Free

  • TALK: Oliver Cromwell was here?

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

    Given that the Civil Wars of the mid-seventeenth century were among the bloodiest conflicts in British history, it is unsurprising that they should live on in both popular and local […]

    £2.00

  • TALK: Medieval Standing Crosses in Lincolnshire

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

    Most, if not all, English medieval churchyards once contained one or more standing crosses of stone or timber to mark the sacred ground containing the mortal remains of its parishioners. […]

    £2.00