HALH Symposium
Each autumn HALH organises a Symposium on Hertfordshire history, with a number of speakers, usually with a linking theme. Local history societies from around the county have stalls where they sell their publications and display their latest research. The day is the highlight of the local history calendar in Hertfordshire, and is a great opportunity to hear local history experts, talk to fellow enthusiasts, and buy the latest publications. Coffee and tea are provided and lunch can usually be purchased in advance.
The HALH Symposium 2023 'Rebels, Traitors and Eccentrics' took place on Saturday 14 October at the Katherine Warington School, Harpenden.
The programme was as follows:
Oddballs of Ashwell (David Short)
Murder, bigamy and domestic abuse in 17th-century Herts (Clare Gittings)
Gabriel Barbor – an unlikely rebel (Alan Thomson)
George Edward Dering of Lockleys, Welwyn (Jennifer Ayto)
Scandals, Slander and Gossip – an alternative history of Hertfordshire (Elizabeth Eastwood)
Highwaymen and Footpads (Nicholas Blatchley)
superbly rounded off with 'Riot, Rumpus and Revolution' – songs from the time of the Chartists
(The Chiltern West Gallery Quire)
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Recent symposiums:
2022 Wining and Dining in Hertfordshire
2021 Hertfordshire's Historic Waterways
2020 The Country House at War (online)
2019 Landscape & Archaeology
2018 From Roman City to New Towns
Click here for a list of our past symposiums since 1980
Below: HALH Symposium November 2019
Each autumn HALH organises a Symposium on Hertfordshire history, with a number of speakers, usually with a linking theme. Local history societies from around the county have stalls where they sell their publications and display their latest research. The day is the highlight of the local history calendar in Hertfordshire, and is a great opportunity to hear local history experts, talk to fellow enthusiasts, and buy the latest publications. Coffee and tea are provided and lunch can usually be purchased in advance.
The HALH Symposium 2023 'Rebels, Traitors and Eccentrics' took place on Saturday 14 October at the Katherine Warington School, Harpenden.
The programme was as follows:
Oddballs of Ashwell (David Short)
Murder, bigamy and domestic abuse in 17th-century Herts (Clare Gittings)
Gabriel Barbor – an unlikely rebel (Alan Thomson)
George Edward Dering of Lockleys, Welwyn (Jennifer Ayto)
Scandals, Slander and Gossip – an alternative history of Hertfordshire (Elizabeth Eastwood)
Highwaymen and Footpads (Nicholas Blatchley)
superbly rounded off with 'Riot, Rumpus and Revolution' – songs from the time of the Chartists
(The Chiltern West Gallery Quire)
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Recent symposiums:
2022 Wining and Dining in Hertfordshire
2021 Hertfordshire's Historic Waterways
2020 The Country House at War (online)
2019 Landscape & Archaeology
2018 From Roman City to New Towns
Click here for a list of our past symposiums since 1980
Below: HALH Symposium November 2019