Coming Society Talks

Talks for 2025

Thursday 23rd January, “Edwardian Codicote,” an illustrated tour around the village,
Nicholas Maddex


Thursday 27th March, “The History of the Church of St. Mary, Baldock,” Rhian Dodds


Thursday 22nd May, “Detecting Local History,” what metal detecting can tell us about
local history, Dave Mance and Clive Reader


Thursday 24th July, “From Paganism to Christianity,” some recent discoveries in the
sacred landscape bounding late prehistoric to medieval Baldock,
Gil Burleigh


Thursday 25th September, short AGM and slideshow: “Baldock in 1953”


Thursday 27th November, “The Home Front in Hertfordshire in WW2,” Sarah Kerrison of
Herts Archives

All talks to take place at Baldock Community Centre and begin at 8pm. Non-members £3.

Membership is only £5 per person for all the talks and you pay £1 less at History in the Afternoon!

Membership subscriptions are due from the January talk onwards

You can renew at our talks or at History in The Afternoon, or cheque or cash to 22 Whitehorse Street with your name and address