HALH ONLINE WINTER LECTURE SERIES
January to March each year
Our 2025 lectures
Our first lecture of 2025 ,‘The Belles of Belfast: the Olympic Class Liners', was given by Dr Rudi Newman who revealed some Hertfordshire connections to the famous liners, including Titanic.
Our second lecture was entitled “Unlocking the Love-Lock" in which Dr Ceri Houlbrook examined the history and heritage of a contemporary custom.
Our third and final lecture was given by Elizabeth Eastwood, “A highwayman came riding.” Her research into several notable Hertfordshire highwaymen revealed the facts behind the myths.
Our lectures are free to view and are broadcast via Zoom. They are not recorded.
Lectures in Winter 2024
Heather Falvey, Reconstructing St Mary's, Rickmansworth, from wills
Kris Lockyear, From the Neolithic to the Second World War: archaeological survey with CAGG
Christopher Connell, George Pritchett: a Victorian architect in Bishops Stortford and elsewhere
Lectures in Winter 2023
Jon Mein, The rise and fall of Hertfordshire's many inns, 1540-1840
David Short, Using population figures to tell a story
Elizabeth Eastwood, The Cloud Capp’d Towers — the lost palaces of Hertfordshire
January to March each year
Our 2025 lectures
Our first lecture of 2025 ,‘The Belles of Belfast: the Olympic Class Liners', was given by Dr Rudi Newman who revealed some Hertfordshire connections to the famous liners, including Titanic.
Our second lecture was entitled “Unlocking the Love-Lock" in which Dr Ceri Houlbrook examined the history and heritage of a contemporary custom.
Our third and final lecture was given by Elizabeth Eastwood, “A highwayman came riding.” Her research into several notable Hertfordshire highwaymen revealed the facts behind the myths.
Our lectures are free to view and are broadcast via Zoom. They are not recorded.
Lectures in Winter 2024
Heather Falvey, Reconstructing St Mary's, Rickmansworth, from wills
Kris Lockyear, From the Neolithic to the Second World War: archaeological survey with CAGG
Christopher Connell, George Pritchett: a Victorian architect in Bishops Stortford and elsewhere
Lectures in Winter 2023
Jon Mein, The rise and fall of Hertfordshire's many inns, 1540-1840
David Short, Using population figures to tell a story
Elizabeth Eastwood, The Cloud Capp’d Towers — the lost palaces of Hertfordshire