Discordant Noises – ‘riding the stang’ and ‘skimmington rides’ Dr. Andrew Walker, Chair of the Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology
2025-06-20 19:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Joseph Wright Hall, Queen Street, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP, United Kingdom
This curious folk custom in Europe and North America throughout the nineteenth century involved crowds making as much noise as possible by beating on pots and pans or anything that came to hand, creating what was known as rough music. This is another chance to hear Andrew Walker explain how these events enabled communities to regulate themselves and impart their own “rough justice”.
£4 non-members.

Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat
2025-07-13 10:30 - 15:30
The Civic Society joins with others at the Wilderspin School Museum and Holydyke air raid shelter to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in a day to remember life on the Home Front with displays, wartime vehicles, 1940s tearoom and vintage fair.
FREE

A History of Hessle Cliff
2025-07-18 20:00 - 21:00 | Joseph Wright Hall, Queen Street, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP, United Kingdom
Following the Society’s AGM at 7.30pm and a short refreshment break, Dr. Alex Ombler (Curator, Goole Museum) explores the natural, industrial and social history of Hessle Cliff from pre-history to the present day. A little-known place on the north bank of the Humber Estuary, the cliff forms the southern-most tip of the chalk Wolds of Yorkshire. While the cliff has been of immense interest to geologists, it was also a place of industry. Quarrying and lime burning took place from at least the medieval period and during the 17th century, it became an important site for shipbuilding. The Industrial Revolution brought new developments to the cliff, not least the establishment of a new permanent settlement. As industry declined during the late 20th century, the cliff underwent regeneration and emerged as a place of waterfront leisure and living.
£4 non-members

Visit to Helmsley
2025-08-13
Helmsley Archaeology Store holds the extensive archaeological collections and paper-based archives from English Heritage guardianship sites from the North of England including the counties of Northumberland, County Durham, Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, Cheshire. The range of collections spans English history from Prehistory to the modern day, from flint, architectural stonework to ceramics and small artefacts. Material from St. Peter’s Church is also stored there.
Cost and details to be confirmed.

East Hull Revisited
2025-09-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Joseph Wright Hall, Queen Street, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP, United Kingdom
East Hull is an area Colin Cooper knows well, and this informal discussion session is based on his many unique images of the buildings that have given East Hull its character.

Victorian Barton
2025-09-14 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-09-14 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-09-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Wilderspin National School Museum, 4 Queen Street, Barton upon Humber, DN18 5QP
Guided walk (90 mins) starting and ending at Wilderspin School Museum looking at the town’s Victorian Legacy.
Booking essential via The Ropewalk (01652 660380)

Rail 200 - British Transport Films
2025-09-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Joseph Wright Hall, Queen Street, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP, United Kingdom
As part of national celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the world’s first public railway between Stockton and Darlington, we’ve joined with Friends of the Barton Line to host a nostalgic look at films from the British Film Archive with one of its former archivists, Barry Coward.
Note that this event is free entry to all.

Barton to New Holland Flood Tidal Alleviation Scheme
2025-09-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Joseph Wright Hall, Queen Street, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP, United Kingdom
Showcasing the development and outline solution to reduce flood risk from the Humber Estuary around Barton Upon Humber with Mark Adams, Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency

Turn and Face the Strange
2025-10-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Joseph Wright Hall, Queen Street, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP, United Kingdom
Dr Jack Hatfield returns with an updated talk about how our flora, fauna and landscapes are changing and what this may mean for the future. The national and international trends will be considered but also what is happening in Barton and the surrounding region showing inter connectedness and how everyone can have an influence.
Born and educated in Barton, growing up on the banks of the Humber sparked an interest that developed into a career. Jack completed a BSc in zoology at the university of Durham followed by an MSc and PhD at Imperial College London researching Brazilian deforestation.
Jack now researches biodiversity and ecology at the University of York. His work examines how human impacts are changing the world’s flora and fauna, aiming to understand what this means for our future.

In Conversation - OH Boyd and the Royal Coaches
2025-11-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Joseph Wright Hall, Queen Street, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP, United Kingdom
Local sculptor, illustrator and Woodcarver to the Palace OH Boyd returns to discuss his involvement with the Royal Coaches, carving the Imperial Crown centrepieces for the Royal Diamond Jubilee Coach ‘Britannia’, and, more recently, for the new King’s Carriage.
