Welcome to theFarningham and Eynsford
Local History Society
Farningham and Eynsford Local History Society
Diary Tuesday, 12 May 2026
| FELHS AGM - | Friday, 22 May 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Eynsford Scouts Hall, Priory Lane (Note this is a change of venue). Details to be announced.Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| FURTHER DIGS AT LULLINGSTONE CASTLE | Friday, 25 September 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Eynsford Scouts Hall, Priory Lane (announcement of venue). Dr Anne Sassin, leader of the community archaeological digs for the Darent Valley Landscape Partnership, will discuss what was unearthed in the garden north of the Tudor wing. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 1951 | Friday, 23 October 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Farningham Village Hall. Alan Williams, a leading light in Otford's 1940s Society, will highlight the events featured in the 1951 Festival of Britain, Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. Note - this was originally advertised as the November meeting. | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| FELHS FILM NIGHT | Friday, 27 November 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Farningham Village Hall. FELHS film night, titles to be announced later. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. (Note this was originally scheduled as the October meeting) | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| Local Workhouses before Dartford Union Workhouse | Friday, 19 February 2027 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| FARNINGHAM VILLAGE HALL Geoff Torry will be sharing his research into the village workhouses which were abolished in the 1834 Poor Law Act with the setting up for larger District workhouses. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| Sutton-at-Hone, Swanley and Fishfingers | Friday, 19 March 2027 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| FARNINGHAM VILLAGE HALL Christoph Bull will doubt reveal the reason for this intriguing title which is bound to explore aspects of local history in the area. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| What has happened to the English Hop Industry? | Friday, 23 April 2027 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| FARNINGHAM VILLAGE HALL Chris Levett relates the origins and history of hops, and the great tales and unique traditions of the English industry.Tales of the thousands of Londoners who came down every year to pick hops by hand, the rows and rows of hopper's huts. Have you ever noticed some Oast houses are round and some square? Chris will explain on the night. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| FELHS AGM | Friday, 21 May 2027 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| FARNINGHAM VILLAGE HALL Details to be announced. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| Austin Lodge Valley, landscape, settlement and peo | Friday, 10 September 2027 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| FARNINGHAM VILLAGE HALL Dr John Shepherd, former lecturer at Birkbck College in the Geography, Environment, Development Studies Department, has been researching the valley and will reveal its rich history. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| Life and Times of Edith Cavell | Friday, 22 October 2027 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| FARNINGHAM VILLAGE HALL Melanie Gibson-Barton explores the story of the British heroine who died in Brussels in 1915. Presenting the experience of regular visits to Brussels to research the hospitals and homes where Edith worked in her nursing career, as well as the place of her execution – a humbling experience. The Life and Times of Edith Cavell talk tells her story supported by photographs of existing artefacts of her life. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| Huguenots in the Darent Valley | Friday, 12 November 2027 at 18:30 (6:30pm) |
| FARNINGHAM VILLAGE HALL Sandra Robinson, Huguenot ancestry specialist, is currently tracing Huguenots from the Darent Valley and the roles they played in local industry, such as paper making. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | [email protected] / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |