Spalding: A Study in Local History – November 2026

On Saturday 28th November, 10:30AM to 3:00PM at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum
Spalding Gentlemen’s Society supported by the University of Leicester and the Fenland Heritage Network will present a study in local history focussed on Spalding.

PROGRAMME

• 10.30am: Registration
• 10.45am: Introduction by Michael Gilbert

MORNING: Aspects of Urban History

• 11am: The Study of Urban History by Dr James Moore (Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester.
• 11.35am: Sanitation in Lincolnshire by Dr Richard Jones (Centre for Local and Regional History, University of Leicester)
• 12.10pm: Medical Care in Spalding in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries by Sue Hughes (Victoria County History Lincolnshire – Spalding group)

LUNCHTIME 12.45pm: Lunch provided (and Tour of Ayscoughfee Hall Museum)

AFTERNOON: The Study of Local History.

• 1.30pm: Society and Town: The Gentlemen’s Society in Spalding by Dr Dustin Frazier Wood (Head of Collections and Operations,Spalding Gentlemen’s Society)
• 2.05pm: Spalding: The VCH Project and a New Era of Local History by Dr Gabby Storey (Victoria County History Lincolnshire – Spalding Group)
• 2.40pm: Open Discussion
• 3.00 End