Events

Visit to Tanners, Wyle Cop

Thursday, 30 March 2023 at 7pm

Join us for a visit to Tanners 14th century premises, one of the oldest secular buildings in Shrewsbury. We will be greeted with a glass of Tanners Cava before commencing a tour of the cellars, passageway, and the many rooms of this charming Wyle Cop property.

Learn what the building was before Tanners arrived here and the purposes it has served throughout its many years of residency, right up to the present day.

Members: £18.00
Non-members: £20.00

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Friends’ AGM, and talk by Nigel Baker ‘Excavations and Research at Shrewsbury Castle’

Tuesday, 13 June, 2.00pm

Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Darwin Suite, The Cut, 193 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AH

The Friends’ AGM will be held at 2pm following which Nigel Baker will present his talk.

Nigel Baker is a local freelance archaeologist with many years experience digging in and writing about Shrewsbury. He has recently been undertaking excavations at Shrewsbury Castle, and in Attingham Park for the National Trust. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be provided.

Members £8.00
Non-members £10.00

Visit to Hawkstone Hall

Tuesday, 11 July, 2.30pm

Hawkstone Hall & Gardens, Weston, Shrewsbury SY4 5UZ

A self-guided audio tour of this Grade I Georgian manor house built at the turn of the 18th century by the Reverend Richard Hill. The tour has 20 stops (headsets provided) and you can explore the pleasure gardens and grounds afterwards. The visit includes tea/coffee and scones.

Members £12.00
Non-members £15.00

Visit to Fordhall Organic Farm

Thursday, 3 August, 10am

Fordhall Organic Farm, Tern Hill Road, Market Drayton TF9 3PS

Fordhall Organic Farm is England’s first community-owned farm following a high profile campaign in 2006. At the time over 8000 people across the world supported siblings Charlotte and Ben Hollins to save their family home. Now owned by the community and farmed by Ben Hollins, Fordhall is a wonderful example of community spirit and real organic farming.

The visit includes tea/coffee and biscuits on arrival, a guided tour of the farm, followed by a soup and sandwich lunch.

Members £20.00
Non-members £23.00

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Penny Ward’s September 2020 talk ‘Flax Mill People – the American connection‘

Andy Wrigley’s October 2020 talk ‘Recent Developments in Funded Archaeology in Shropshire‘

Sara Downs’ November 2020 talk ‘Bridgewater Revisited‘

Matt Thompson’s December 2020 talk ‘English Heritage Properties in Shropshire‘

Rosemary Thornes’ January 2021 talk ‘The History and Building of the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury‘

Roger White’s February 2021 talk ‘The Grassy Town: a cultural and literary study of Wroxeter’

Howard Williams’s March 2021 talk ‘The Offa’s Dyke Lockdown‘

Giles Carey’s April 2021 talk ‘Capturing the castles: recent survey work at Caus Castle and Castle Pulverbatch‘

Mary McKenzie’s May 20201 talk: ‘30 years working with Shropshire’s Archives‘

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