The Warwick Society

Tuesday 10 May at 1930 hours. To be held in the church hall of St Mary Immaculate, West Street. An enigmatic title indeed…but during the Covid epidemic, the Hosking Houses Trust had to close its retreat Cottage in Clifford Chambers. Instead, they commissioned this collaborative work based upon twelve legends associated with Warwickshire. Appointing twelve historians … More Legends of deep England explored and reimagined. A presentation by Sarah Hosking

12th April 2022 7.30 Tim Clark returns to give this illustrated talk to showcase some of the delights of St Mary’s interior and exterior. It will dovetail neatly with his 1123 to 1704 talk given on 08 March. Next year is the 900th anniversary of St Mary’s Warwick being granted collegiate status and the Church is … More The Art and Architecture of St Mary’s 

Tuesday 8th March at 7.30pm in the Hill Close Gardens, Visitor Centre, CV34 6HF Tim Clark will give this illustrated talk to showcase St Mary’s varied and fascinating history. Next year is the 900th anniversary of St Mary’s Warwick being granted collegiate status and the Church is running a series of events in commemoration, in parallel with … More Our next event is a talk on St Mary’s 1123 to 1704

Warwick Castle has made two major planning applications to the District Council. Many already know of the proposals. One is to move, enlarge, and make permanent the overflow car park on part of Leafields, south-west of the Castle estate, and within the Grade A registered landscape of the Castle Park. The other is to build … More Warwick Castle Planning Applications: a special Warwick Society meeting on Thursday 24 February at 19.00hrs

We were very disappointed to have been unable to run events in January and February. Rest assured the committee has continued to meet, but it was not possible to finalise arrangements for a speaker for either the January or February dates.  We do have a speaker booked for Tuesday 08 March – Tim Clark on St Mary’s 1123 to … More Programme update

Many members will have known Steven Wallsgrove. Sadly, Steven died unexpectedly, after a short illness, in Warwick Hospital on 19 October. His funeral will be held at the North Chapel, Oakley Wood Crematorium, at 1pm on Friday 19 November, with a reception afterwards at the Roebuck Inn, Smith Street, Warwick. Our Chairman reminds us that … More Some Announcements

In November 1817, the Brethren wrote to the Master to complain about Brother Cater: “He is still going on in a way more Audacious – for the last twelve days he has scarcely ever been sober, going to bed with a pipe in his mouth and a candle burning on the bed, and bringing his … More Masters and Brethren: the good, the bad and the heroes.

Please email sec@warwicksociety.org.uk for the details of this meeting giving your name. A new link will be sent to you nearer the time. Please do not attempt to use the old link that was previously emailed. These new arrangements are to allow us to keep our eye on the numbers. Wednesday 15 September 2021 at … More September Events: A change to the instructions

Members of The Warwick Society are invited to an information event at St Mary’s Church on the afternoon on Monday 2 August. The event is part of the launch of a fundraising campaign, for the urgent and huge task of repairing the tower, landmark from a distance for the whole town, and to provide the … More St Mary’s Church Campaign 2023

There is another chance to hear Emma Bromley’s talk about this remarkable manuscript. The Black Book of Warwick: Oligarchy, factionalism and urban politics in the Sixteenth Century Emma Bromley, B.A. (Hons), MRes; independent researcher. The ‘Black Book of Warwick’ is a fascinating and invaluable manuscript for understanding sixteenth-century urban politics.  In this talk, Emma Bromley … More Another chance to hear Emma Bromley