G E Street St James the Less, Pimlico, 1861 © Neil Jackson

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.

February

Ticket Price: FREE
Date: Saturday, February 8th, 2025
Time: 10:30
Venue: The Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS. – View on map
Location: Birmingham & West Midlands

Talk: 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.

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: In Person | South Yorkshire | Talk
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Online 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

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025
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Ticket Price: £10
Date: Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
Time: 7 for 7.15pm
Venue: Friends Meeting House M2 5NS – View on map
Location: In Person | Manchester

Visit: 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.

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Ticket Price: £25
Date: Monday, February 17th, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Venue: Royal Albert Hall – View on map
Location: Visit | London | In Person
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Online 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.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025
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Victorian 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.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm– 8:30 pm
Venue: Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT – View on map
Location: In Person | London
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Ticket Price: £5 non-members. Members are free.
Date: Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
Time: 11.30am-1pm
Venue: The Bobbin Room, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley (0.9 mile from New Pudsey rail station) – View on map
Location: In Person | West Yorkshire | Talk
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March

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.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025
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Visit: Day Trip to Walsall

A visit to Walsall town centre on Friday 7th March 2025
Cost: £23 to include morning refreshments, lunch and donations

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Ticket Price: £23 to include morning refreshments, lunch and donations
Date: Friday, March 7th, 2025
Time: 10.45 am to 3.30 pm
Venue: 10.45 am The Crossing, St Paul’s Church, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1DD – View on map
Location: In Person | Birmingham & West Midlands
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Ticket Price: tbc
Date: Saturday, March 8th, 2025
Time: 11.00am
Venue: Talk: Christ Church Friezland OL3 7LQ Walk: from Uppermill Library OL3 6AP – View on map
Location: Manchester
Ticket Price: tbc
Date: Saturday, March 8th, 2025
Time: 11.00am
Venue: Talk: Christ Church Friezland OL3 7LQ Subsequent walk from Uppermill Library OL3 6AP – View on map
Location: Manchester
Ticket Price: TBC
Date: Saturday, March 8th, 2025
Time: 11.00am
Venue: Walk around Uppermill – meeting at Christ Church, Friezland OL3 7LQ – View on map
Location: In Person | West Yorkshire | Talk | Walk
Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: In Person | South Yorkshire | Talk
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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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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025
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Online Lecture: Marion Mahony Griffin: ‘Stage 1’ of a remarkable career’, by Anna Rubbo

Ann Rubbo discusses the early career of Marion Mahony Griffin who worked in the USA, Australia and India.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025
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Winter 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.

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Ticket Price: £36
Date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025
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Victorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘The Drover’s Wife’ by Henry Lawson

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.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm– 8:30 pm
Venue: Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT – View on map
Location: In Person | London
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April

Ticket Price: £5 members. £8 non-members.
Date: Saturday, April 5th, 2025
Time: 11am – 4pm
Venue: Scarborough town centre starting at the railway station. – View on map
Location: In Person | Walk | Visit
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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: In Person | South Yorkshire | Talk
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June

Ticket Price: Members £5. Non-members £8.
Date: Saturday, June 7th, 2025
Time: 2pm-4.30pm
Venue: Manningham Mills and surrounding area, Bradford – View on map
Location: In Person | West Yorkshire | Walk | Visit
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