Hedingham Heritage Society
The society aims to provide an interest and awareness of the local environment - its history and its future.
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Programme 2007-2008
2007
| Thursday 7 June 7:00pm | ROMANS, WOODS & FARM
LANDSCAPE - An evening visit to Hill
Farm, Gestingthorpe led by Ashley Cooper. Booking essential. Meet at The Bell, 6:30pm or at the farm at 7:00pm. |
| Friday 29th June 8:00pm | CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
- Owls, bats. glow worms and Roman snails. A night visit to Lineage
Wood, Long Melford led by Simon Leatherdale. Meet at The Bell at 7:15pm or at the wood at 8:00pm. |
| Sunday 22nd July 1:00/2:00pm | SUMMER LOCAL HISTORY WALK AND
AFTERNOON TEA - Stalls and entertainment. Walk led by
Charles Bird followed by strawberry tea and music at Fordside, Hulls
Mill, where the walk ends. £4.50 per person for the
afternoon's festivities. Meet for the walk at 1:00pm at the Memorial Hall or 2:00pm at Fordside.  |
| Thurdsay 2nd August 7:00pm | CRESSING TEMPLE BARNS -
An evening visit led by Alan Bayford. Visit the Tudor gardens and
mediaeval cellars. Meet at 6:15pm at The Bell, or 7:00pm at Cressing Temple Barns, Witham. |
| Thursday 6th September 7:45pm | NATIVE BRITISH BIRDS OF PREY
- Andy Hume from the British
Birds of Prey Centre, Stonham Barns, will talk and bring live
birds. Meeting at the Memorial Hall. |
| Sunday 23rd September 10:30am | AUTUMN WALK TO GESTINGTHORPE
- Led by John Redgewell with food and drink at The Pheasant. Meet at 10:30am at the Memorial Hall.  |
| Thursday 4th October 7:45pm | SLAVERY, ITS ABOLITION AND
CONNECTIONS TO EAST ANGLIA - An illustrated talk by David
Leonard to commemorate the bicentenary. Meeting at the Memorial Hall. |
| Thursday 1st November 7:45pm | ISAAC NEWTON,
LOCAL SCIENTIST - A talk by Tony Dagnall. Meeting at the Memorial Hall. |
| Saturday 22nd December 7:30pm | A STORYTELLING CHRISTMAS SOCIAL
- with Malcolm
Green, professional storyteller. Tickets £5.00, plus bring some food (see list). Memorial Hall. |
| Sunday, 30th December 10:30am | WINTER FESTIVE WALK
- following some of the Hedingham Mills Walk. Meet at 10:30am at the Memorial Hall.  |
2008
| Thursday 10th January 7:45pm | ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -
with Bleu Fowler, antique dealer with a particular interest in the
1930s. Bring items to be valued and discussed. Meeting at the Memorial Hall. |
| Thursday 3rd February | BEES - An
illustrated talk by local bee expert Derek
Webber. Meeting at the Memorial Hall. |
| Thursday 6th March 7:45pm | SIMON OF SUDBURY
- An illustrated talk by author and historian Barry Wall on this
mediaeval figure who became Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord
Chancellor of England. Meeting at the Memorial Hall. |
| Thursday 3rd April 7:45pm | THE WILDLIFE OF SUFFOLK
- An illustrated talk by naturalist Jim Foster. Meeting at the Memorial Hall. |
| Sunday 20th April 10:30am | SPRING WILD FLOWER WALK -
around the Hedinghams with naturalist and plant recorder Sheila
Bareham. Meet 10:30amd at the Memorial Hall. |
| Thursday 1st May 7:45pm | AGM followed by the HISTORY OF THE MUSIC CHARTS
- a talk with Roy Spiller. Meeting at the Memorial Hall. |
| Saturday 24th May 10:00am | BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES
- a guided tour around some of our most beautiful and
interesting churches with Roy
Tricker. Coach booking essential. Costs to be arranged. |
Projects / working mornings - dates to be arranged. Tasks to include verge/pond maintenance, tree/hedge planting, etc.
A brief history of Castle Hedingham
Old pictures of Castle Hedingham
Pictures of snowy Castle Hedingham
St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham
Parish Records from 1698 – 1950s (burials, baptisms and weddings, plus the 1841 census)