Weaverham History Society

The restoration project of the steamship Daniel Adamson
2018-11-13 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Presented by Stuart Wood and Bob Connell and with other volunteers from the Daniel Adamson Preservation Society, we will be given insights into the preservation of this wonderful steamship now based at Liverpool.

The life and engineering of Thomas Telford
2018-10-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Michael Anthony Blackburn will be focusing on Telford’s growth and pushing the boundaries of new technology and new materials at many locations across the UK. The talk will be illustrated by his own photographs of Telford’s structures and locations.

Talk: Physick, pothecary or chirurgeon? - uncovering Cheshire’s medical men and their work.
2018-09-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Speaker: Claire Moores.
Independent history researcher

The Duke of Reichstadt
2018-07-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Our speaker this month is John Michael Corfe who will be talking about Napoleon II.
Francois Joseph Charles Bonaparte, the son of Napoleon Bonaparte was raised in Austria and taught initially to speak of his father as “the enemy”. He died at the age of 21, it is thought of tuberculosis.

Canal Boat Trip
2018-06-23 08:00 - 2018-06-24 17:00 | CW8 3BD
A trip on the Llangollen Canal from Trevor Basin over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Two alternative dates Saturday 23rd or Sunday 24th June.
Click on this link for a map:
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit-pdf/Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct_Canal_World_Heritage_Site.pdf
Please book at a History Society Meeting.

Was Cheshire historically a Northern, a Midland or a Welsh-border County?
2018-06-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Our talk this month is given by Professor Graeme White, Emeritus Professor of Local History at Chester University, Editor of the Journal of Cheshire History and President of the Chester Society for Landscape History.
Professor White has written many books on medieval history including one on Cheshire’s own Magna Carta.

Don't Forget your Ration Books!
2018-05-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
This month we have Michael Murphy, a former history teacher, giving a fascinating talk on ration books.

The Home Front in Wirral and Cheshire during the First World War
2018-04-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Mike Royden is a local historian and author who has been researching and writing about the local history of Liverpool, Merseyside, S W Lancashire and Cheshire for over 30 years. He will be bringing signed copies of his latest book, Village at War, for you to purchase.

Rediscovering Roman Northwich
2018-03-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Dr Mike Nevell is the Head of Archaeology at the University of Salford and co-editor of the Industrial Archaeological Review. He will be looking at the Roman past of Northwich that lies beneath our feet.

The Canal Duke
2018-02-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Bernard Dennis, a member of the British Longbow Society, will be talking about Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater who commissioned the building of the Bridgewater Canal, often said to be the first true canal in Britain. This canal was built by James Brindley from the estates of Francis Egerton at Worsley to carry coal to Manchester. A pioneer of naval construction, Francis Egerton is famed as the “father of British inland navigation”.

DNA and the Vikings
2018-01-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
At one time the Wirral was a mini-state with its own language – the old Viking language called Old Norse. Eleven hundred years ago when the Viking settlers arrived in the Wirral they would have seen cranes on a sandbank. “Tran” is their word for a crane and “mere” is a sandbank – hence Tranmere. Were your ancestors really Vikings? Professor Stephen Harding, Professor of Applied Biology at the University of Nottingham, will reveal the DNA connecting us with the past.

Our Christmas Event
2017-12-01 13:00 - 16:30 | CW8 3BD
This is to be a surprise – and it is something completely different!
More details to be revealed in due course, so please ignore the dates and times shown at the moment.

It's About Time
2017-11-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
This month Professor Ian Morison, who has worked at Jodrell Bank since 1965, will be talking about how the passage of time has been measured over the centuries and the problems of synchronising clocks one with another (will train timetables be mentioned perhaps?). He will also explain how Pulsars provide the most accurate clocks in the universe and how astronomers have been able to calculate when our universe began.

A Cheshire Diary from 1919 - 1930
2017-10-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
The talk this month is given by Edward Hilditch whose grandfather lived in Cheshire and kept a diary. He lived at Elworth, Sandbach and worked at Fodens. The talk this evening covers a period of relative prosperity when Edward’s grandfather gained promotion at work and was able to buy a few luxuries.

Not on Solid Ground
2017-09-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Colin Edmondson, an amateur historian, researcher and writer, will be taking a look at the effect of salt mining at Marston and Northwich.

The Knutsford Hoard
2017-07-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Vanessa Oakden, the Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Liaison Office for Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside will be telling us about the Knutsford Hoard.

The history of the chemical industry in Runcorn and Widnes
2017-06-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Dr Diana Leitch MBE telling us all about the chemical industry in Runcorn and Widnes with additional references to Northwich.

Kill or cure!
2017-05-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Pauline Lloyd will be telling us about healthcare in Manchester from Georgian times, Manchester’s first infirmary being founded in 1752, to the present day. Discover the medic with the mummy, the maternity home in a pub, a nursing heroine, the doctor who penned a thesaurus and John Dalton’s opinion of medical students!

Cheshire before the Romans
2017-04-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
This month Elizabeth Royles from the Grosvenor Museum in Chester will be telling us about pre-Roman Cheshire.

Charles Darwin
2017-03-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
After our usual short Annual General Meeting, Dr Simon la Frenais will be giving us a talk covering Darwin’s early life, the voyage of the Beagle and what happened when he came back.

Losing sight of the glory - 600 years of combat medicine
2017-02-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
Michael Crumplin, who is the Curator of the Hunterian Museum based in London’s Royal College of Surgeons, is returning to give us what is sure to be a fascinating talk on combat medicine from Azincourt to Helmand.

Samuel Oldknow and Mellor Mill
2017-01-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
We will initially be meeting Samuel Oldknow (in authentic costume) who will be telling us about Mellor Mill. This will be followed by a short talk given by Bob Humphrey-Taylor on the work of the Mellor Archaeological Trust.

Music for Yuletide 1200 - 1900
2016-12-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Owley Wood Recreation Club, Barrymore Road, Weaverham, CW8 3LS, CW8 3LS, United Kingdom
Our Christmas party for 1916 when Tom Hughes of Norton Priory Museum and Gardens will be providing a musical Yuletide extravaganza. Tickets are £8.00 which must be purchased at a prior meeting of the History Society.

The Civil War - its origins and impact both locally and nationwide
2016-11-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
A talk by Bob Thomas concentrating on what the Civil War meant for the common man.

Moving Cheshire salt and coal by rail and water
2016-10-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
How industrial railways were used to move coal and salt extracted in Cheshire, starting with the 18th century tramway and canal era and finishing with the national railway network at Winsford some 200 years later. A talk by Paul Teather with analysis, maps, contemporary photographs and some views of what can be seen today.

Music in Western Europe 1200-1500
2016-09-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD, CW8 3BD
A wonderful opportunity to hear medieval music played live – you will perhaps be a guest in a medieval great hall – and listen to a talk illustrated by music. The event is to be given by the Maranella Medieval Minstrels.
