Events

Chaddesley Corbett Local History Society   Wednesday February 19th  - 7.30pm  Michael Loftus The Great Wall of Kidderminster     Michael Loftus has a most engaging speaking style and gigantic knowledge of the subject of the immense retaining wall on our local ring road, the fascinating history of this Grade II listed feature of Kidderminster and the way it connects us with Coventry, Wrexham and Harrods Store. The wall is something we drive past on a regular basis, some love […]

haddesley Corbett Local History Society   Wednesday March 19th  - 7.30pm  Robert Hodge Bessie Blount of Kinlet     Are you interested in family history? Well research for Elizabeth Blount has been carried out by our highly respect speaker ready for you to enjoy with the History Society.  Blount was the mother of Henry VIII's only acknowledged illegitimate child, and a male one at that. Imagine if her son had been named successor or indeed if Henry VIII had married […]

Chaddesley Corbett Local History Society   Wednesday April 16th  - 7.30pm CHANGE IN PROGRAMME due to cancellation.    Picture credit – from the website of https://www.abps.org.uk   Members unable to attend the meeting in person can watch, at a later date, via YouTube if you request a link. Please request a link via email below. Talks held in Chaddesley Corbett Village Hall DY10 4QA Enquiries to Freda Griffith 07747618487 Visitors are always welcome@£5 paid on the door.   The […]

Chaddesley Corbett Local History Society   Wednesday September 17 th  - 7.30pm  Gheluvelt   For a fascinating talk about our local city and regiment please join us to find out about the first crisis of the First Battle of Ypres which centered on the village of Gheluvelt, on 31st October 1914. Gheluvelt village in Belgium seemed to have been lost, making a gap in the British line, through this a German breakthrough to Ypres (and beyond) was likely. Hear the […]

2026 Chaddesley Corbett History Society Programme

Chaddesley Corbett Local History Society   Wednesday February 18th 7.30pm Heather Flack Crossing the Severn – the bridges, fords and ferries over the River Severn in Worcestershire Telford’s Bridge Bewdley. The River Severn is famous for its limited number of crossings. But was this always the case? There are many lost fords and ferries, and a few lost bridges too; which used to keep communities together and foster commercial and social interaction. This talk will inspire you to explore afresh […]

March 18th “Off to the workhouse”: the poor are always with us, Richard Churchley (including AGM)