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  • 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

  • TALK: 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

  • TALK: W K Morton, Media Baron of Horncastle

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

    William Kirkham Morton was a printer and stationer in Horncastle who went on to found the Horncastle News.  The first edition of our local nespaper was printed in 1885. Robert […]

    £2

  • 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 […]