Thoroton Society Events
Lectures, unless otherwise stated, are held at Nottingham Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, NOTTINGHAM NG1 4EZ. Lectures start at 2:30 pm.
This venue is fully accessible and has facilities for disabled people. A bookstall is available from 2:00 pm.
Saturday 11 October 2025
Myles Thoroton Hildyard Lecture: 'Celebrating 10 years of the Geoffrey Bond and Thoroton Research Awards'.
Three short presentations from award recipients:
- From painting to pottery: research in Southwell, Stephen Rogers, Southwell Community Archaeology Group
- Beyond the diary: my grant-funded travels with Anne Cooke, Karen Winyard
- From servants to sisters, researching nursing lives in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, 1830-1948, Val Wood
Saturday 8 November 2025
Norah Witham Lecture: 'Father Henry Garnet'
(A longer version of the presentation given at the Annual Lunch in 2023 to mark 420 years since the Gunpowder Plot)
William Ruff, President, Nottingham Shakespeare Society
Saturday 15 November 2025
Annual Lunch
Shelley Suite, West Retford Hotel, Retford DN22 7XG
12:30 for 1:00 pm.
Cost £31 per person.
Saturday 13 December 2025
Neville Hoskins Centenary Lecture: ‘Clumber in Wales? The 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Hafod, 1832-46’
Dr Richard Gaunt, University of Nottingham
Saturday 10 January 2026
Nottinghamshire History Lecture: Topic to be announced
PhD student from Nottingham Trent University
Saturday 14 February 2026
Rosalys Coope Lecture: ‘Florence Boot’
Sian Trafford, Chair, Nottingham Women's History Group
Saturday 14 March 2026
Maurice Barley Lecture: ‘Nottingham Children's Hospital: a history’
Martin Hewitt
Saturday 25 April 2026
Spring Meeting & AGM
At 2pm. Venue to be confirmed
Entry to the AGM is Free; there will be a modest charge for afternoon tea.