East Yorkshire Local History Society

Forthcoming Events

Visit to Knedlington Old Hall (one of two tours)

16 May: Guided Tour by Phil Thomas Includes Tea and Cake. Knedlington Old Hall is a small East Yorkshire gentry house, built between 1649 and 1660. Cost: £8.00 per person. Max ... (read more...)

Visit to Knedlington Old Hall (one of two tours)

23 May: Guided Tour by Phil Thomas Includes Tea and Cake. Knedlington Old Hall is a small East Yorkshire gentry house, built between 1649 and 1660. Cost: £8.00 per person Max ... (read more...)

Day Visit to Pickering. 10.00 - 1730

26 Jun: Morning Programme: Guided Tour of Pickering by John Kinghorn and visit to the Beck Isle Museum, followed by a Buffet Lunch at the 'Black Swan'. Afternoon Programme: Guided Tour ... (read more...)

Visit to LEVEN

3 Jul: Morning Tour led by Mary Carrick: Introduction and explanatory walk along the Leven Canal, local vernacular architecture and Church, followed by a buffet lunch at the 'New Inn'. Afternoon ... (read more...)

Talk and Guided Tour of Skirlaugh St. Augustine's Parish Church

19 Jul: Skirlaugh Parish Church is a Grade 1 Listed Building, featuring fine examples of Perpendicular Architecture, it was commissioned to be built 1401 and 1404 by Walter Skirlaw who became ... (read more...)

Visit to Sutton/Wawne Museum and Guided Tour of Sutton

15 Aug: Museum address: - 25 Church Street HU7 4TL and opposite the street called Highfield and the Sutton Village Care Home. 11.00am Visit to Museum Includes Tea/Coffee and Biscuits Lunch ... (read more...)

Local History Book Fair

20 Sep: Venue: Hull Minster (formerly Holy Trinity Parish Church), 10 King St, Hull, HU1 2JJ 10.00am – 3.30pm This year the Book Fair will form part of the annual Heritage ... (read more...)

Talks and Presentations

25 Oct: Toll Gavel United Church Hall (behind the church), Toll Gavel, Beverley HU17 9AA 1.30pm ‘The Life and Death of the Hull and Leith Paddle Steamer “Pegasus” 1835 – 1843’ ... (read more...)

Talks and Presentations

7 Nov: The Champney Treasure House, Champney Road, Beverley. HU17 8HE 1.30pm ‘Birds, Bats & Belfries’; Revd Francis Orpen Morris, an East Yorkshire Parson-Naturalist, Wildlife Campaigner, Author, and Vicar of Nunburnholme. ... (read more...)