HALH Symposium
Each autumn HALH organises a Symposium on Hertfordshire history, with a number of speakers, usually with a linking theme. Local history societies from around the county have stalls where they sell their publications and display their latest research. The day is the highlight of the local history calendar in Hertfordshire, and is a great opportunity to hear local history experts, talk to fellow enthusiasts, and buy the latest publications. Coffee and tea are provided and lunch can usually be purchased in advance.
Symposium 2025
On Saturday 11 October this year we were partners with the British Association for Local History and Bedfordshire Local History Association for a regional conference Crossing Counties: Transport History in Herts, Beds and Bucks held at Barton-le-Clay Village Hall, Bedfordshire.
Speakers and topics were as follows:
Below: Joint Conference 2025
Each autumn HALH organises a Symposium on Hertfordshire history, with a number of speakers, usually with a linking theme. Local history societies from around the county have stalls where they sell their publications and display their latest research. The day is the highlight of the local history calendar in Hertfordshire, and is a great opportunity to hear local history experts, talk to fellow enthusiasts, and buy the latest publications. Coffee and tea are provided and lunch can usually be purchased in advance.
Symposium 2025
On Saturday 11 October this year we were partners with the British Association for Local History and Bedfordshire Local History Association for a regional conference Crossing Counties: Transport History in Herts, Beds and Bucks held at Barton-le-Clay Village Hall, Bedfordshire.
Speakers and topics were as follows:
- Julian Hunt - English Coaching Inns
- Dr Rudi Newman - On a ‘Wing’ and a Prayer: The British Imperial Airship Scheme 1924-30
- Fabian Hiscock - Iron and Gravel: Canal Transport in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire
- Lucy Lawrence - The Archaeology of HS2 in Buckinghamshire
- John Cartledge - One hundred years of buses in Borehamwood and Elstree
Below: Joint Conference 2025
Recent symposiums:
2024 Post-war Hertfordshire
2023 Rebels, Traitors and Eccentrics
2022 Wining and Dining in Hertfordshire
2021 Hertfordshire's Historic Waterways
2020 The Country House at War (online)
Click here for a list of our past symposiums since 1980
2024 Post-war Hertfordshire
2023 Rebels, Traitors and Eccentrics
2022 Wining and Dining in Hertfordshire
2021 Hertfordshire's Historic Waterways
2020 The Country House at War (online)
Click here for a list of our past symposiums since 1980