Meetings are held in the Ribchester Village Hall at 8.00pm on the last Tuesday of the month, unless otherwise advised.
 

Programme for 2026-27

 
 

PROGRAMME FOR RIBCHESTER LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY 2026/7

SEPTEMBER  29th

Dr Nigel Jepson

The Beeching cuts of the 1960s and their effect on the Lancashire rail network

OCTOBER 27th 

Dr Alan Crosby

Place names and landscape in medieval Lancashire

NOVEMBER 24th

Dr Christopher

 Tinmouth

The Great Raid 1322 and it’s effect on the Ribble valley

DECEMBER 

No meeting

Christmas meal (date to be arranged)

JANUARY 26th

Claire Thomas

The history of Lancashire cheese

FEBRUARY 23rd  

Steve Ragnall

To Hell in a handcart

MARCH 30th  

Philip Larkin

Dalehead and Stocks in Bowland

APRIL 27th

Mike Millward

Early European printing

MAY 25th

Nigel Neil

Guides to take visitors through the labyrinths: WW1 training and the public in Blackpool

JUNE 29th

Sir Peter Openshaw

AGM/ 800 years of burials at St Wilfrid’s Parish Church