Essex Branch Programme


Talks on Saturdays, 2.30pm, Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2XB.

Please check the calendar on this website for details.

Visitors and prospective members warmly welcomed - £5, Associate Members fee £15.00 / £20.00 for 2 members at same address

Branch Contact: Tony Tuckwell: 01245 256423  tonytuckwell28@outlook.com   

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Essex Branch Programme 2025 - 2026

 

 

2025

 

20 September 2025

Annual General Meeting, followed by:

Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

Nathan Amin, Author

 

18 October 2025

The Order of ST. John’s Knights Hospitallers: From Jerusalem to Essex

Paul Gwillam, Local Historian

 

6 December 2025

DEBATE: Causes of the American Civil War (2) Missouri decides

Martin Frampton, John Edgar, Tony Tuckwell and Ian Mason

(Light seasonal refreshments after the talk)

 

 

2026

 

10 January 2026

Charles II and the Restoration

Dr David Smith, Cambridge University

 

7 February 2026

Please Sir. Can I have some more? Poor Law Essex Workhouses

Michael Holland, Family History Federation

 

21 March 2026

The Mayas: Masters of Ancient Astronomy, Calendars, Prophecies and Games

Ian Mursell, Miranda Net Fellow, Instituter of Educ. London Univ.

 

25 April 2026

Country walks through Colonial Britain

Corinne Fowler, Professor of Colonialism & Heritage. Univ. of Leicester

 

16 May 2026

The Aftermath of the Roman Departure from Britain

Professor Andrew Breeze. University of Navarre, Spain