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.
Visitors are welcome to all talks at just £5 per visit.
Transport can be arranged within the village if required, please contact us if you need assistance.
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 29th April
The AGM of the Historical Society will start promptly at 8pm and will be followed by the talk below.
Witchcraft
Tuesday 29th April (following the AGM)
Witchcraft in seventeenth century England has been the subject of countless stories and films but what was the reality behind the image? This talk examines the sad case of six women accused of witchcraft, who stood trial at Maidstone Assizes in the 1650s, when Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector. How did they come to be there? And what does their case tell us about the ‘witchcraft craze’ that swept through Britain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Starting with a single, local witchcraft trial, this talk exposes the way rumour, accusation, indictment and trial could engulf communities and destroy lives. Rebecca Warren will be our guide for this exploration of witchcraft.