Spalding: A Study in Local History

A day of local-history talks examines Spalding’s urban life, sanitation and medical care, alongside research by the Gentlemen’s Society and Victoria County History.

Registration opens at 10:30, followed by Michael Gilbert’s introduction at 10:45. Morning talks cover urban history with Dr James Moore, sanitation in Lincolnshire with Dr Richard Jones, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century medical care in Spalding with Sue Hughes. Lunch and a museum tour are provided at 12:45. The afternoon features Dustin Frazier-Wood on the Society and town, and Dr Gabby Storey on the Victoria County History project, followed by open discussion. The symposium ends at 15:00. Tickets are £20; places are limited.