Seaton

Placing History

We meet at Seaton Methodist Church, Valley View on the second Thursday of each month.

In each session we take a particular place and explore the history attached to that place. Sometimes we look at the events at that location around a particular time in history, for example, using Hardwick Hall we looked at some Tudor history. Sometimes we follow events happening somewhere through a longer period of time, for example we followed the history of Leeds from the Middle Ages to the present.
Many of our sessions are presented with illustrated material. All members of the group are invited to lead sessions if they wish to do so and during sessions everyone is encouraged to raise questions or challenge ideas for discussion as we go along.

Where have we ‘been’? A few examples follow.
Cranford on the Bath Road
Caen, Pevensey and Battle - 1066
Stirling Castle and the Stuart Kings of Scotland
Mapping Britain
Nostalgia to History. Using the memories and experiences of the group to explore the 1950s and 60s.
Surprised by History in Chiswick!
History of Quantity Surveying
Fountains Abbey and Medieval Monasticism
Medieval Exeter
London’s Early Underground Railway
Ironbridge and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution
Wittenberg - Martin Luther
Lisbon on 1st November 1755
Britain during the Roman Empire
Britain 1945-1950 - Recovery and Hope?
The Georgian Kings
We have an extensive list of possible future places. For example:
Mecca and Medina - beginnings of Islam
The British Coast – Defensive Moat or vulnerability, our trading highway
Runneymede – what led to Magna Carta and how it has been understood since
Versailles – Louis XIV and the French influence on Europe

More Group Pages
Amblers Group Arts Appreciation Arts Group Book Group 1
Book Group 2 Britain from above Craft Cribbage
Current affairs Gardening Italian Conversation Jazz appreciation
M.O.T.O. (See Page) Music appreciation People in History Philosophy
Photography Placing History Play Reading Quiz
Scrabble/Rummikub Striders Walking Group Sunday lunch club Whist Group
Wine Appreciation
More Group Pages
Amblers Group Arts Appreciation
Arts Group Book Group 1
Book Group 2 Britain from above
Craft Cribbage
Current affairs Gardening
Italian Conversation Jazz appreciation
M.O.T.O. (See Page) Music appreciation
People in History Philosophy
Photography Placing History
Play Reading Quiz
Scrabble/Rummikub Striders Walking Group
Sunday lunch club Whist Group
Wine Appreciation