Now until Friday 4 July
Go to www.chesterhouseestate.org.uk for more information about the Irchester Field School run in partnership with the ARC and the University of Leicester. Bookings already being taken.
Friday 4 July Talk: A Walk around Kettering Martin Rose.
Talks are at 7.30pm in Village Hall, Barton Seagrave. Visitors £6.
Saturday 5 July, Saturday 12 July, Sunday 20 July, Saturday 26 July, Sunday 7 September.
Walk in the footsteps of those who took part in the Battle of Naseby in 1645. Tours last 4 hours and prices start at £25, booking essential. Go to www.naseby.com for more information.
Wednesday 6 July 10.00am-4.00pm Battle of Northampton 1460 Battle Day at Delapre Abbey.
Thursday 31 July Artillery in battle during the British Civil Wars by Simon Marsh.
Thursday 25 September Writing Historical Fiction by Charles Cordell.
Thursday 30 October The Spendthrift Election by Graham Evans.
Thursday 27 November Eleanor of Aquitaine by Sara Cockerill.
Talks start at 7.30pm at Delapre Abbey, on the outskirts of Northampton, NN4 8AW. Go to www.delapreabbey.org and www.northantsbattles.com for more information.
Opens Sundays, Mondays & Tuesdays until 30 September, 10.30am-4.00pm.
July Exhibition: Tudor Gowns.
Sunday 6 July Independence Day Celebrations.
Sulgrave Manor, Manor Road, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2SD. Go to www.sulgravemanor.org.uk for more information.
Mondays: 7 and 21 July, 4 and 18 August, 8 and 22 September, 6 and 20 October. Archaeological Collections Store Tours starting at 11.00am and 1.00pm.
Wrest Park is in Silsoe, Bedfordshire, MK45 4HR. Go to www.english-heritage.org.uk for more information, prices and opening times.
TBC July. If any HiFARS member has something to raise with the committee please email hifars@gmx.co.uk before the meeting.
Tuesday 8 July at 2.00pm Tea and talk: The History & Art of Punch & Judy by Professor Diamond.
Saturday 4 October 10.00am-4.00pm Workshops Ancient Craft: Flint knapping.
Saturday 4 October 10.00am-4.00pm Workshops Ancient Craft: Bronze Age jewellery.
Go to www.stanwicklakes.org.uk for information and to book a place.
Wednesday 9 July Newton Medieval Cemetery by Dale Munn.
Wednesday 6 August The Harpole Burial - One year on by Chris Chinnock.
Wednesday 10 September tbc
Talks start at 7.30pm and are held in St Andrew's Church Rooms, Crown Street, Kettering, NN16 8QA. ISE members £4, visitors £5, all welcome. Go to www.ise-dig.co.uk for more information.
Thursday 10 July Unusual Happenings Tour.
Monday 25 August Garden History Tour.
Friday 6 - Saturday 7 June Divorced, Beheaded, Died An Audience with King Henry VIII - live theatre production.
Go to www.delapreabbey.org for more information and ticket details for the tours, Family Fun Days, Friends of Northampton Castle Play Days, and other events. Delapre Abbey is on the outskirts of Northampton, NN4 8AW, car parking is FREE.
Now until Sunday 7 September 2025 A British Museum Touring Exhibition: Gladiators of Britain.
Starts in September 2025 Exhibition: A History of Northamptonshire in 100 Objects.
Go to www.northamptonmuseums.com and www.britishmuseum.org for more information. The lecture tickets are £20 each.
Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday Priestgate Vaults Tours.
Go to www.peterboroughmuseum.org for more information about events and tours.
Friday 11 July at 7.30pm Music Night in Chichele College - Northampton Male Voice Choir.
Saturday 30 August from 9.00am Town-wide Garage Sale.
Saturday 13 September Horticultural Show in Chichele College.
September tbc, 11.00am-5.00pm Heritage Day at Rushden Lakes - stalls and guided bus tours.
Friday 10 October Fashion Show in the Bede House.
Sunday 9 November at 10.45am Service of Remembrance on the Market Square.
Saturday 22 November 11.00am-6.00pm Sparkle Santa's grotto, fun fair, stalls, refreshments and entertainment, lights switch on at 5.00pm.
Go to the Higham Ferrers Tourism website, Facebook and highamferrers-tc.gov.uk for for more information about these events. Farmers' markets on the last Saturday morning of the month on the Market Square.
Saturday 12 July Visit to Lilford Hall.
Friday 12 September Nene Valley Dresses 1750-1950 Sharn Matthews.
Friday 10 October Cotterstock Hall and its owners 1650-1820 by David Bond.
Friday 14 November BB's Summer on the Nene by David Osborne.
Talks start at 7.30pm in Oundle Methodist Church, Drummingwell Lane, Oundle. Visitors £5. Go to www.oundlehistoricalsociety.org.uk for more information.
Thursday 17 July 100 Years of 'Aunti' by Dave Andrews.
Thursday morning talks start at 10.30am, price £3.50, booking essential. Go to www.northamptonmuseums.com for more information and tickets.
Friday 18 July Roman Pottery by Paul Smith.
Talks start at 7.30pm at Whitefriars School, Boughton Drive, Rushden NN10 9HX. Visitors welcome, £2.50 on the door. Go to www.rdhs.org.uk for more information.
Saturdays 19 July - 13 September
An epic tale of England, two thousand years of history in 90 minutes at Bishop Aukland, County Durham, DL14 7SF. Go to www.11arches.com for more information.
Saturday 19 July - Sunday 3 August
Theme: Archaeology and Wellbeing. Go to www.archaeologyuk.org for more information and local events.
Thursday 24 July at 7.00pm Online talk: This is Archaeology - bronze, beer and boats, bringing prehistoric archaeology to life at Stanwick Lakes.
Saturday 26 July at 10.00am Youth Archaeology Activity Day at Chester House Estate, free but booking necessary.
Sunday 20 July English Civil War Day.
Go to www.rockinghamcastle.com for more information.
Friday 25 July Northampton's Victorian inventors and inventions by John Paul Carr.
Friday 29 August Bog bodies by David Brown.
Friday 26 September Living in the Middle East by Paul Mackay.
Friday 31 October Six of Higham's men you may have forgotten by Richard Oberman.
Friday 28 November History of Christmas food by Ria Jefferies.
Talks start at 9.30am, doors open at 9.00am, in the Bede House, Higham Ferrers. Members £3, Visitors £4, includes refreshments, new members welcome. Go to www.highamchichelesociety.co.uk for more information. The annual subscription is £5 and due at the May meeting.
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 July in Chichele College, Higham Ferrers.
Monday 28 July To the Manor Born by Derek Blunt.
Talks are at 7.30pm in the Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon, NN9 5JP. FLHS members £2.50, visitors £3.50. Go to www.tingdenetofinedon.co.uk for more information.
Wednesday 30 July and 24 September 1.00pm-3.00pm Portable Antiquities Scheme for Bedfordshire session. FREE but booking essential.
Tuesday 2 September Lunchtime Talk Seizing the Skies by Richard Moon.
Tuesday 4 November Lunchtime Talk Thomas Patch by Hugh Belsey.
The Higgins, Castle Lane, Bedford MK40 3XD. Go to www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk for more information.
Saturday 9 August Annual Summer walk in Nottinghamshire.
Wednesday 24 September Conference on Fieldwalking.
Saturday 25 October Conference in Leicester on Cathedral Excavations.
Talks are at 7.30pm in the Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon, NN9 5JP. FLHS members £2.50, visitors £3.50. Go to www.tingdenetofinedon.co.uk for more information.
Friday 15 August and Friday 17 October, 10.30am-1.30pm Finds Day with Northamptonshire Finds Liaison Officer Eleanore Cox.
FREE drop-in session at the Tourism Hub near the entrance to Cineworld, Rushden Lakes.
Saturday 16 - Saturday 30 August Summer Excavation at Nassington - volunteers needed.
Date tbc for next meeting/talk.
Meetings at 7.30pm in Fletton House, Fletton Way, Glapthorn Road, Oundle PE8 4JA. Go to www.midnag.org.uk or Facebook for more information.
Until 7 September 2025 Hiroshige: artist of the open road.
Until 19 October 2025 Ancient India: living tradition.
Until 29 June 2025 War rugs: Afghanistan's knotted history.
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG. Go to www.britishmuseum.org for more information.
Friday 12 - Sunday 21 September
Go to www.heritageopendays.org.uk for more information.
Sunday 21 September tbc.
More information nearer the time.
Wednesday 24 September at Grantham's Guildhall.
Dates for Autumn tbc Tours of the ARC (Archaeological Resource Centre), FREE but please book via the website.
The Chester House Estate is near Irchester in Northamptonshire. Go to www.chesterhouseestate.org for more information and booking.
Sunday 5 October at Hackleton Village Hall, Chapel Lane, Hackleton, Northampton NN7 2AH.
Sunday 5 October 1.00pm-4.00pm. Go to www.kimboltoncastle.com for more information.
Saturday 18 October History Day to be held in Higham Ferrers.
Go to www.northamptonshireheritageforum.co.uk for more information about events and membership.
Saturday 18 October in Hope Methodist Church, High Street, Higham Ferrers - more details to come.
Saturday 25 October in Leicester.
Museum open for Summer 2025 until Sunday 26 October, Saturdays and Sundays only, 1.00pm-4.00pm.
Oundle Museum is in Mill Road, Oundle PE8 4BW. Go to www.oundlemuseum.org.uk for more information. The display for 2025 is Oundle's Neighbouring Villages.
Society usually meets the second Thursday of each month, members £2, visitors £4. Go to www.irchester.org for more information.
November tbc
Go to www.friendsofbrixworthchurch.org.uk for more information and tickets which are £15.
2025 No air show planned for the Aerodrome this year.
tbc Winter talk programme.
Talks are £5 and are held in the Cirrus Room at the Aviator Hotel, go to www.sywellaviationmuseum.org.uk for more information.
Next date tbc
Talks held at 2.00pm in the Methodist Church, Sharnbrook but go to www.slhg.org.uk for more information.
Next date tbc Earls Barton Heritage Group meet in the library.
Next date tbc
Films are shown at events around the county, go to www.northamptonshirefilmarchivetrust.co.uk for more information.
Next date tbc
Go to www.northants-archaeology.org.uk for information. (New website available shortly).
Next date tbc
Wellingborough Museum, Dulley's Baths, 12 Castle Way, Wellingborough, NN8 1XB. Museum open Monday to Saturdays 10.00am-4.30pm. Go to www.wellingboroughmuseum.co.uk for more information.
Throughout Summer 2025 Walks and visits.
Talks are held in Garden Room at St Matthews Church Hall, off Kettering Road, Northampton. FREE to NIAG members, visitors welcome £3. Go to www.niag.org.uk for more information.
Next date tbc
Talks start at 7.30pm in Raunds Library, £3 includes refereshments, all welcome.
Next date tbc at 7.00pm
Go to www.erdiburn.org for more information.
Next date tbc.
Volunteer-led tours of the Museum, £3.50 each person, booking essential. Go to www.northamptonmuseums.com for more information about tours and exhibitions at Abington Park Museum.
Dates for 2025 tbc
Walks start at 11.00am and are between 90 minutes and 2 hours long, 1-2 miles in length. Walks are £4 and must be pre-booked. Go to www.bedfordtourguides.org for more information and booking.
Next date tbc.
Northamptonshire Finds Officer Eleanore Cox will be at Daventry Museum, free but you'll need to book a 15 minute time slot by email.
Next date tbc In Conversation.
Go to www.archaeologyuk.org for more information about the Council for British Archaeology online talks.
Next date tbc Town Walk, £5 per person.
Kettering Museum and Gallery remain closed, go to the Friends Facebook page or www.friendskagam.org for information about their events, or visit ARTworks Creative Space in the Newlands Centre Kettering.
Next date tbc
Lectures are at the Olney Centre, Olney in Buckinghamshire, 10.00am-12.00 noon. Note that some lectures are remote and will be shown on screen. Price £4 for visitors, go to www.mkheritage.org.uk/oas/ for more information and membership.
At the Harold Mason Centre, 120 High Street, Burton Latimer, NN15 5RH. Every Thursday and Saturday 10.00am-1.00pm, free entry.
THE NRS hold document workshops in the NRS Library at Northamptonshire Archives, Wootton Hall Park, Northampton showcasing and explaining some of the records. Go to www.northamptonshirerecordsociety.org.uk for more information and to book a place as numbers are limited.
Next date tbc.
tbc Next Carnegie Talk.
Northampton Central Library is in Abington Street, Northampton NN1 2BA. Go to the Facebook page for more information.