LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETIES’ MEETINGS IN ESSEX (September to December, 2022) This list contains the details of meetings that I have been able to find on the internet. Some websites do not specify who their speakers will be or, upon occasion, give a full address.
Thursday, 1 September Hedingham Heritage Society (Castle Hedingham Memorial Hall) 7.30 p.m. Ian Mercer, The story of Essex in rocks.
Monday, 12 September Billericay Archaeological and Historical Society (The Fold, Arts Centre, off Laindon Road, Billericay) 8 p.m. Adrian Wright, Incidents and Accidents on East Anglian Railways.
Stebbing Local History Society (Village Hall, Mill Lane, Stebbing) 8 p.m. Sophie Jemma, Braintree Luxury Textiles with Royal Connections.
Tuesday, 13 September Foxearth and District Local History Society (Village Hall, Foxearth) 7.30 p.m. Andrew Le Sueur, A Borley Microhistory.
Tilty Archaeology and Local History Group (Upstairs Meeting Room, The Three Horseshoes, Duton Hill, Tilty) 7.45 for 8 p.m. Peter Walker, The County Maps of Essex from 1576 to the first Ordnance Survey Map of 1805.
Wednesday, 14 September Elsenham Village History Society (Elsenham Memorial Hall) 8 p.m. Quarterly Meeting. Ken Macdonald, - 100 Parishes Society.
Galleywood Historical Society (Keene Hall, Watchhouse Road, Galleywood) 7.45 for 8 p.m. William Marriage, The Chelmer Navigation.
Thursday, 15 September Chingford Historical Society (Church of England Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford) 7.30 p.m The Match Girls’ Strike (no speaker named)
Halstead and District Local History Society (Halstead Baptist Church, Hedingham Road, Halstead) 7.30 p.m. Brian Day, Films of Old Hedingham and Halstead.
Newport Local History Society (Church House, Newport) 8 p.m. Martin Rose, Henry Winstanley 1644-1703: Last Renaissance Engineer.
Tuesday, 20 September Fordham History Society (Village Hall, Fordham) 7.30 p.m. ‘Show and Tell’
Wednesday, 21 September Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society (St John’s Church Hall, E 11 1 HH) 7.45 P.M. Dominic Stinton, The Leytonstone Picture Palace.
Wednesday, 28 September Saffron Walden Historical Society (Quaker Meeting House, High Street, Saffron Walden) 7.45 p.m. Christopher Parkinson, History of Stained Glass in Essex with local examples.
Thursday, 6 October Hedingham Heritage Society (Castle Hedingham Memorial Hall) 7.30 p.m. The Essex Coast (no speaker named).
Monday, 10 October Billericay Archaeological and Historical Society (The Fold, Arts Centre, off Laindon Road, Billericay) 8 p.m. Julian Whybra, Yesterday a King.
Tuesday, 11 October Foxearth and District History Society (Village Hall, Foxearth) 7.30 p.m. Kenneth Dodds, Roman Long Melford.
Thursday, 13 October St Osyth Historical Society (Village Hall, Clacton Road, St Osyth) 7 p.m [?] Jane Pearson, Marks Hall – the decline and fall of an Essex mansion.
Tuesday, 18 October Fordham History Society (Village Hall, Fordham) 7.30 p.m. Wendy Shepherd, Fordham Photographic Grave Project.
Wednesday, 19 October Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society (St John’s Church Hall E 11 1 HH) 7. 45 P.M. Alan Simpson, A Short History of Aviation in South West Essex.
Thursday, 20 October Chingford Historical Society (Church of England Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford) 7. 30 p.m. Ilford Hospital Chapel (no speaker given)
Halstead and District Local History Society (Halstead Baptist Church, Hedingham Road, Halstead) 7.30 p.m. Eileen Penn and Malcolm Root, A Short History of Factory Terrace.
Wednesday, 26 October Saffron Walden Historical Society (Quaker Meeting House, High Street, Saffron Walden) 7.45 p.m. Anne Kettle, Discovering the Parget (sic) of Saffron Walden.
Tuesday, 8 November Tilty Archaeological and Local History Group (Upstairs Meeting Room, The Three Horseshoes, Duton Hill, Tilty) 7.45 for 8 p.m. Derek Connell, Philatelic Aspects of London.
Wednesday, 9 November Elsenham Village History Society (Elsenham Memorial Hall) 8 p.m. Quarterly Meeting.
Galleywood Historical Society (Keene Hall, Watchhouse Road, Galleywood) 7.45 for 8 p.m. Wendy Cummin, The Galleywood Soldiers of World War I.
Thursday, 10 November St Osyth Historical Society (Village Hall, Clacton Road, St Osyth) 7 p.m. Philip Crummy, Recent and Exciting Archaeological Discoveries.
Monday, 14 November Billericay Archaeological and Historical Society (The Fold, Arts Center, off Laindon Roaf, Billericay) 8 p.m. Margaret Mills, Any Mother’s Son.
Wednesday, 16 November Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society (St John’s Church Hall E 11 1 HH) 7.45 p.m. Kath and Helene [sic], The Stone Place Gallery in Leytonstone.
Thursday, 17 November Chingford Historical Society (Church of England Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford) 7.30 p.m. Julian Whybra, The Kingdom of the East Seax.
Halstead and District Local History Society (Halstead Baptist Church, Hedingham Road, Halstead) 7.30 p.m. Roger Cooke, Religious Persecution in Seventeenth-Century Essex.
Newport Local History Society (Church House, Newport) 8 p.m. David Evans, Newport’s Blue Plaques.
Thursday, 8 December Chingford Historical Society (Church of England Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford) 7.30 p.m. Acorn Films Newsreels (no speaker given).
Halstead and District Local History Society (Baptist Church, Hedingham Road, Halstead) 7.30 p.m. Images of Old and New Halstead (no speaker given).
Monday, 12 December Billericay Archaeological and Historical Society (The Fold, Arts Centre, off Laindon Road, Billericay) 8 p.m. Nick Dobson, Christmas in the Trenches.
