Lectures Overview
All Lectures are held in the Guildhall at Sandwich, 6.30pm for 7pm start in either the Delf Room or the Grand Jury Room. (See the Events page for more detail.)
2025-2026 Series
Wednesday, 18th February 2026
Luke Farrell (PhD Candidate, University of Kent)
Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Tour of Kent, 1573: including her stay in Sandwich
Thursday, 12th March 2026
Lynne O'Donoghue (Researcher of St Clement’s Church)
Echoes of the Past – St Clement's Churchyard: Its History and People
Wednesday, 15th April 2026
Dr Geoff Doel & James Frost (Kentish Folklorists and Cultural Historians)
Medieval Mummers, Mystery Plays & Pageants: with a focus on Beelzebub!
Wednesday, 27th May 2026
Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh (Leading Medievalist and Historian of Kent)
The “lost” St Bartholomew's Day Procession of 1532: an exploration of discord in Henrician Sandwich
2026-2027 Series
Thursday, 10th September 2026
Professor Kenneth Fincham
The Church under Charles II: conformity, controversy and St Clement’s, Sandwich
Thursday, 8th October 2026
Dr Ben Marsh
The Wrong Side of Independence: Loyalists and the American Revolution
Thursday, 12th November 2026
Dr Martin Watts
The Somme – Innocence Lost
Thursday, 14th January 2027
Annual General Meeting
Tentative speakers:
Carrie Horwood – Capturing the Past in Stone
Thursday, 11th February 2027
Dr Charles Rozier
Eadmer of Canterbury and Contemporary Views of the Norman Conquest
Thursday, 11th March 2027
Simon Mallett
Links to 1380: My Home, a Castle and an Ancestor
Thursday, 8th April 2027
Paul Pattinson
The Roman Invasion of Britain: What Do We Really Know?
Thursday, 13th May 2027
Dr Steve Tibble
Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain
