The Levens Local History Group - Meetings in 2023

2023 Speaker Programme​ 

See the table below for details of our November speaker meeting - the life in Ambleside of the feminist pioneer Harriet Martineau, author, social scientist and writer of a guide to the Lakes.

2023 Programme

January 19:   AGM & Richard Preston – World War One Medicine in Cumbria with particular reference to Auxiliary Hospitals
February 16:   Graham Brooks - Modern Farm Buildings Development, and what's in that shed.
March 23:   Dr. Rob David – Secrets of Muncaster Castle
April 20:   Dick O'Brien – The Plague in Penrith
May 18:   Mrs D. Matthews – Windermere Lake Shore Houses
June 15:   At Backbarrow Ironworks at 18.00 where the Chair of the site's Trustees, Richard Sanderson will give us a guided tour.
September 21:   Dr. Mike Winstanley – A Somewhat Noisy Tavern and Tea Garden – Debtors in Lancaster Castle. 
October 19:  Prof. Angus Winchester - Vikings, Statesmen and Herdwicks: history and myth in the Lake District
November 16:   Dr, Christopher Donaldson - Harriet Martineau