Upcoming talks and events

Frittenden Historical Society’s season runs from October to April and meetings are held on the last Tuesday of those months (excepting December). We meet in Frittenden Memorial Hall and start promptly at 8pm, except for our new season opener in October when we offer a ‘welcome back’ with refreshments from 7pm.

Visitors are welcome to all talks at just £5 per visit. Membership from October to April is £15 per person.

Transport can be arranged within the village if required, please contact us if you need assistance.

Our new season leaflet can be downloaded below.

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Saint Eanswythe and other Kentish saints

Tuesday 31st March (8pm start)

Bones found hidden in the wall of the church of St Mary and St Eanswythe during the Reformation and rediscovered in the 1800s. were recently removed for carbon dating, and it was revealed they were those of St Eanswythe – one of the earliest English saints. Dr Andrew Richardson and Dr Lesley Hardy were part of the Finding Eanswythe Project and will tell us her story and those of other Kentish saints.

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Annual General Meeting

Tuesday 28th April (8pm start)

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The 1930s Tithe War

Tuesday 28th April (after the AGM)

Few people know that the tithes, with their origins in medieval times, were still being collected in the interwar years. In the early 1930s before the country united against the Axis powers, a very different fight took place in Kent, against the tithe. Dr John Bulaitis will bring the forgotten story of ‘Operation Sock’ and the ‘Battle of the Ducks’ back to life.

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