Heritage Open Days

Joseph Wright Hall Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

Full details will be available here in the summer and on the Heritage Open Days website (heritagelincolnshire.org).

Dr. Mary Murdoch: Suffragist and Social Reformer

Joseph Wright Hall Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

Dr. Murdoch was a Scottish medical doctor who settled in Hull in 1896 and galvanised the suffrage campaign in Hull and East Yorkshire.  Cecile Oxaal explores her background, the suffrage... Read more...

St.Peter’s Church – Heritage Open Days

St Peter's Church Beck Hill, Barton upon Humber

The English Heritage run St Peter's Church is an archaeological and architectural treasure trove waiting for you to discover. It is home to over 2800 burials from Anglo-Saxon to Victorian... Read more...

Free

Who Was Ted Lewis? – Heritage Open Days

The Ted Lewis Centre Ferrby Road, Barton upon Humber

    Ted’s biographer, Monty Martin, gives an illustrated presentation of the eventful artistic and gregarious life of novelist, Ted Lewis, including how and why he came to write Get... Read more...

Free

Samuel Wilderspin’s Outdoor Classroom – Heritage Open Days

Wilderspin National School Museum 4 Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

A Practical Lecture and Exhibition by an Agent of Mr. Wilderspin Esq; Inventor of the Infant & Training Systems of Education. The forty minutes demonstration commences outside in the Playground... Read more...

Free

The Ted Lewis Town Trail – Heritage Open Days

The Ted Lewis Centre Ferrby Road, Barton upon Humber

    Ted Lewis (1940-1982) was an artist, illustrator and writer.  He is best known for creating the character Jack Carter, the protagonist in the 1971 cult film Get Carter,... Read more...

Free

Garden Cures – Heritage Open Days

Wilderspin National School Museum 4 Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

In 1747 John Wesley wrote about the curing properties of garden plants, complementing his concerns for people’s spiritual life with practical help for their physical wellbeing. In the setting of... Read more...

Free

The Ted Lewis Humber Bank Trail – Heritage Open Days

The Old Tile Works Far Ings Road, Barton upon Humber

Ted Lewis’s biographer, Monty Martin, will conduct a small group to the Old Cement Works on the Humber Bank which featured in the original novel of Get Carter featured in... Read more...

Free

Industrial Footprints at Far Ings – Heritage Open Days

Far Ings National Nature Reserve Far Ings Road, Barton upon Humber

Far Ings National Nature Reserve hasn’t always been a haven for wildlife. Explore the history of the site with a self-guided trail (available from the Visitor centre) which leads you... Read more...

Free

Satchel Trail for Kids at Wilderspin – Heritage Open Days

Wilderspin National School Museum 4 Queen Street, Barton upon Humber

Grab a school satchel packed with fun things for toddlers and activities for older brothers and sisters to explore the museum starting outside in the Infants’ Playground.  Free during Heritage... Read more...

Free