Hertfordshire Association for Local History
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​of local history in Hertfordshire
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HALH ONLINE WINTER LECTURE SERIES
January to March each year
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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




                                                       

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