We start the new season of talks with a fascinating local investigation by Tina Lawton, a family historian from Grappenhall. Following on from the original question, “What is that stone doing by the side of the road” she discovered a tale of Victorian philanthropy. You can meet Tina at the…
Maurice Egerton gave Tatton Park to the National Trust “to educate and delight”. He left an amazing legacy here in Cheshire as well as in Kenya, where he is renowned for his schools and University and his “mini” Tatton Park. The next meeting of the Society will be held on…
The next meeting of the Society will be held on Tuesday, 9 June at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, CW8 3BD. In June we shall see the return of one of our favourite speakers, Elizabeth Morris, a performance storyteller. She will be looking at the Methodists…
How our understanding of the night sky has been depicted in art throughout history. Come and find out about the cosmos and the art of the world when our speaker for February, Steve Warbis from the Macclesfield Astronomical Society, will reveal all. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, 10…
The next meeting of the Society will be held on Tuesday, 13 January at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy on Northwich Road. This month Clive Brooks, a local historian, will be giving us an oversight of Robert Smith-Barry and his flying exploits. Robert Smith-Barry was one of the…
Welcome to the start of our new season of talks. On Tuesday, 9 September we have Jonathan Plant who has been exploring some of the prehistoric forts and enclosures which can be discovered in Cheshire, in particular along the Sandstone Ridge. So although the grassy lumps and bumps you may…
The next meeting of the Weaverham History Society will be held on Tuesday, 11 March at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD. That evening David Nellist will be reviewing the history of this major chemical works in Middlewich which was taken over by ICI –…
The 2023 Weaverham Rose Queen is Poppy Sofia Gibson. She is 14 years old and attends The County High School Leftwich. Her hobbies are football and troupe. We wish her a wonderful time for her year representing Weaverham. The history of the Weaverham Rose Fete started in the early 1900s…
