Events
The Victorian Society runs a diverse programme of events including visits, walks, online talks and weekends away. These are publicised to members below and in the ‘Blue Sheet’ which is mailed with our membership magazine, ‘The Victorian’, in February, June and October. Members receive priority booking.
The Victorian Society is an CPD provider recognised by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation. Our recorded online talks can be found in our shop here. This is a fantastic opportunity to discover over 80 lectures on Victorian and Edwardian architecture, architects, and related themes including railways.
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January
60th Anniversary AGM inc. Lecture ‘Liverpool Scottish’, by Joseph Sharples
The Liverpool Regional Group of the Victorian Society welcomes all to our 60th anniversary AGM and lecture presented by Joseph Sharples.
More informationVictorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘The Ghost upon the Rail’ by John Lang
The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Australia.
More informationOnline Lecture: Victorian and Edwardian Women in Architecture, by Lynne Walker
Lynne Walker introduces a series of lectures that will extend our knowledge of women in architecture and the Victorian period.
More informationWinter Online Lecture Series 2025: Victorian and Edwardian Women in Architecture – 7 talks for 6
The Winter Lecture Series 2025 explores Victorian and Edwardian’s women’s connections with architecture.
More informationFebruary
Online Lecture: Rhoda and Agnes Garrett, ‘House Decorators’: the History of a Business, 1874–1905 by Elizabeth Crawford
Elizabeth Crawford discusses the first women to run a professional interior design business.
More informationTalk: Scattered Homes by Sheffield Hospitals History Group
Mary Garside of Sheffield Hospitals History Group looks at why children were in the workhouse and what other options were available for those in need of care.
More informationOnline Lecture: A W N Pugin and Women by Rosemary Hill
Pugin’s biographer explores the role women played in both Pugin’s personal and professional life
More informationVisit: Royal Albert Hall
This is a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of Grade I listed building and see parts of the Royal Albert Hall that are normally off limits to the public.
More informationOnline Lecture: Victorian Chatelaine: Emily Meynell Ingram of Temple Newsam, by James Lomax
The lecture will explore the life and legacy of a major female architectural patron.
More informationVictorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘The Dead Witness’ or ‘The Bush Waterhole’ by Mary Fortune
The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Australia.
More informationOnline Lecture: ‘A Plea for women practising architecture’. Ethel and Bessie Charles, First Women Members of the RIBA’, by Henrietta McBurney
Henrietta McBurney will consider their work against the background of late Victorian & Edwardian architecture and social history.
More informationMarch
Online Lecture: Octavia Hill, John Ruskin, and Victorian Society, by William Whyte
William Whyte looks at her approach to social work as it was particularly shaped by her understanding of art and architecture.
More informationVisit: Day Trip to Walsall
A visit to Walsall town centre on Friday 7th March 2025
Cost: £23 to include morning refreshments, lunch and donations
Online Lecture: Clotilde Brewster: A Life in Perspective: the Journey of the First Female international Architect
Laura Fitzmaurice discusses the life of Clotilde Brewster (1874–1937) who became the first woman to work internationally as an architect.
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