This is not a B&CLHS event, but one that we think members will enjoy, promoted by the Chiswick House & Gardens Trust. Dr Sally Jeffery’s interest in Chiswick House arose from research on Sir Stephen Fox’s 1680s garden, on which she published an article in Garden History in 2004 and another for our Journal 15 […]
The Mourning & Funeral of Sir John Maynard of Gunnersbury in 1690 This online talk takes place at 7.30pm on Monday, 15 February. Using the steward’s notes of his expenditure on this major event, James Wisdom will reveal details of the elaborate arrangements made after Sir John Maynard’s death for official mourning at his Gunnersbury […]
This online talk takes place at 7.30pm on Monday 18 January. The Brentford Flood of January 1841 B&CLHS Editor, Val Bott, will present an illustrated talk marking the 180th anniversary of this disaster which took place on the night of 16/17 January 1841. She will describe how the Brentford community came together to cope with […]
