About us

We are dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of Leamington Spa (Warwickshire, England) and neighbouring districts.

Membership of the group costs £15 per year and is open to everyone with an interest in the history of the town. Click here to join online.

Unless otherwise indicated all meetings are at 7.30 pm at Oddfellows Hall, New Street, Leamington Spa

Regular Group Meetings take place on the fourth Monday of the month, starting at 7.30 pm. Meetings are free for members and students. (Non-members are welcome to join us for £2.50 per session.)

 

We have free weekly meetings at our “Leamington History Cafe” which are held every Tuesday from 9.30 am to 11.30 am at The Band Factory, Unit 13 Althorpe Street, Leamington, CV31 2AU  – see map below). We arrange short presentation at our Cafe and the current programme is –

Leamington History Café 2023,  Coffee, History and Chat!

20.6.23

DNA Irish Mysteries

Stella Bolitho

27.6.23

Leamington Society

Barbara Lynn

4.7.23

The Holocaust, their families and us

Debbie Hayden

13.7.23

Women Aviators of Leamington

Christine Michael

18.7.23

Friends of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum

Lyn Buckle

25.7.23

Lights of Leamington

Carole Sleight

1.8.23

Automobilia Collection

David Unett

8.8.23

Film 1: From Village to Spa

Margaret Rushton

15.8.23

Boxing and the Turpins in Leamington

Terry Gardner

22.8.23

The man who might have been the town’s first Mayor

Mick Jeffs

29.8.23

LHG Film 2 : Victoria’s Legacy

Margaret Rushton

5.9.23

Arthur Margoschis, Leamington Missionary TBA

Samuel Jebakumar

12.9.23

More DNA Mysteries across the Atlantic

Stella Bolitho

19.9.23

LHG Film 3: After Victoria

Margaret Rushton

26.9.23

Polish Community Centre

Dawid Kozlowski

3.10.23

Heart Community Rail

Julia Singleton-Tasker

10.10.23

Inspectors of Weights and Measures

Mick Jeffs

17.10.23

Rev. H.W. Bolitho

Stella Bolitho

24.10.23

Film 4: Multicultural Leamington

Margaret Rusthon

31.10.23

Heart of England Newspaper

Alan Jones?

7.11.23

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Nigel Briggs?

14.11.23

Lillington – a village history ??

Margaret Rushton

21.11.23

Their Finest Hour Findings/photos?? Or Archive

David Morse?

28.11.23

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Peter Coulls?

5.12.23

Plan/create LHG Christmas Tree Fest – history theme

Margaret Rushton

12.12.23

Leamington History Christmas Meet up

19.12.23

Closed for Christmas

Each year we arrange a programme of free Guided Walks to explore the history of the town.

We also organise a History Fair each autumn and details are in our list of Forthcoming Events.

 

IMPORTANT. Privacy Statement under the General Data Protection Regulation.   

Leamington History Group keeps only minimal contact details relating to members, in order to be able to inform members of forthcoming events, etc which may be of interest.
 
Personal data held by LHG will include only the members’ names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses where appropriate. Such data will never be passed to a third party for marketing or other purposes.
 
On joining the Society, members are asked to confirm their assent to this arrangement, by completing a tick box included on the form, and signature, to signify consent. The details are held securely by named officers (Secretary and Treasurer) and only for the duration of membership.
 
Consent may be withdrawn or details amended at any time by contacting the Secretary at secretary@leamingtonhistory.co.uk
 
Updated 28 June 2020

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