The Levens Local History Group - Meetings in 2025

2025 Speaker Programme​ 

On Thursday 17 April – Kevin Grice, who in addition to being an LLHG  member is a retired barrister and former Secretary of the Kendal Historical and Archaeological Society, is now  Publications Officer and Council member at CWAAS as well as a Volunteer Supervisor for LDNPA. Kevin will talk about “the History of Brockhole”. Brockhole on Windermere is a  house built in the 1890s as a wealthy family’s home and having been a convalescent home has been in the hands the LDNP since 1966.

2025 Programme

Thursday  16 Jan – AGM – Ian Hodkinson on William Lakin Turner - 'Portrait of a Lakeland Artist'. 
Thursday  20 Feb – Dr. Rob David – “Cumbrian Icehouses and the International Trade in Ice” 
Thursday  20 Mar – Dr. Mike Winstanley - “Westmorland, Lonsdale and Amounderness Illustrated: early                19th century prints and their artists” 
Thursday 17 Apr – Kevin Grice – History of Brockhole
Thursday  15 May- Stuart Newstead – “From the Poor House to Workhouse” 
Thursday  19 Jun – OUTDOOR - Tour of Shap Abbey led by Harry Hawkins. 
Thursday  18 Sep – Dr. Sarah Rose – “Understanding Past and Place: the Role of Antiquaries in Local History”  
Thursday  16 Oct – Andy Lowe – subject TBA 
Thursday  20 Nov – Ambleside Oral History Society - subject to be arranged