Catholic History Walks in London

Organised by Catholic History Walks, two Springtime riverside walks along the Thames will be organised in March, starting from the Church of the Most Precious Blood at London Bridge, which is in the care of the Ordinariate. The Walks are on Sunday afternoons, and all are welcome. There is no need to book – just […]

via Catholic History Walks, London, 2017 — English Catholic History Association

A Catholic Family History Society Seminar – Update

Preliminary programme

A Catholic Family History Society Seminar, followed by the AGM.

Saturday 7 October 2017 10.00- 16.00

at the Conference Rooms, 24 Tufton Street London, SW1P 3RB

Rory Higgins FSC from Australia will deliver a paper to introduce and explain the background to his latest database:
The Margaret Higgins Index and Details of 250, 000 English Catholics and their Friends 1680-1840.

William. D. Shannon will also be speaking.

Using the Records of the Forfeited Estates Commission (1715 – 1724) at TNA to reconstruct Catholic Lancashire before and after the First Jacobite Rebellion

It has taken him many years to compile and will be a major new resource for all historians interested in English Catholic history.

More details will follow.
To express an interest in attending, contact catholicrecords@gmail.com

Heritage Open Days 2016

 

Heritage Open Days 2016 will be taking place between September 8-11. Catholic sites open to the public include:

 

South West

Lulworth Castle & Park, Wareham, Dorset

St Edmund’s Church, Calne, Wiltshire

St Peter’s Church, Devizes, Wiltshire

St Peter’s Church, Gloucester

Meet the Marian Franciscan’s of St Mary’s, Gosport, Hampshire

Eyre Chapel, Bath, Somerset

 

South East

Notre Dame High School, Norwich, Norfolk

St Edmund’s Church, Bury St Edmund’s, Suffolk

St James Church, Reading, Berkshire

St Columba’s Church, Chesham, Buckinghamshire

St James the Less & St Helen’s Church, Colchester

St Joseph & the English Martyrs Church, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire

St Joseph’s Church, Dorking, Surrey

St Raphael’s Church, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

 

East Midlands

St Mary on the Sea Church, Grimsby, Lincolnshire

 

West Midlands

Coughton Court, Alcester, Warwickshire

Polish Catholic Mission, Leamington Spa. Warwickshire

St Peter’s Church, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Princethorpe Benedictine College, Rugby, Warwickshire

St Anne’s Church, Wappenbury, Warwickshire

St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham

Birmingham Oratory

Ss Peter & Paul Church, Wolverhampton

Holy Trinity Church, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire

St Joseph’s Church, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

Sacred Heart Church, Tunstall, Staffordshire

 

North West

St Werburg’s Church, Chester, Cheshire

St Ann’s Church, Ashton under Lyne

St Chad’s Church, The Manchester Oratory, Cheetham Hill, Manchester

St Wulstan’s Church & School, Fleetwood, Lancashire

St Clare’s Church, Sefton Park, Liverpool

Ss Peter & Paul Church, New Brighton, Merseyside

Holy Apostles & Martyrs Church, Wallasey, Merseyside

 

North East

St Cuthbert’s Church, Old Elvet, Co Durham

Ushaw College, Co Durham

St Hilda’s Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire

St Ninian’s Church, Baxtergate, Whitby, North Yorkshire

Biddlestone RC Chapel, Netherton, Northumberland

St Cuthbert’s Church, Bradford, Yorkshire

Middleton Calvary, Illey, West Yorkshire

St Hilda’s Church, Leeds

St Saviours Church, Leeds

St Joseph’s Church, Pontefract

St Columba’s Church, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear

 

 

 

For more information about any of these events check the website

Visit to Caversham, Thursday 22nd September 2016 — English Catholic History Association

10.30 Arrival and tea, coffee and biscuits or homemade cake 11.00 Talk Aspects of Pilgrimage by Lindsay Mullaney, followed by questions 12.15 Mass 13.00 Lunch (bring your own sandwiches; tea and coffee provided). There will be an opportunity to look round the Church and the Shrine 14.00 Talk Medieval Pilgrimage to Reading by John Mullaney, […]

via Visit to Caversham, Thursday 22nd September 2016 — English Catholic History Association

St Nicholas Owen: Priest-hole Maker by Tony Reynolds — English Catholic History Association

St Nicholas Owen was arguably one of the most fearless and courageous of the Catholic martyrs of the Reformation. He learnt joinery as a trade and put his skills to use in fashioning the most ingenious priest-holes in England during penal times. Finally he was caught and tortured, giving nothing away to his tormentors. He […]

via St Nicholas Owen: Priest-hole Maker by Tony Reynolds — English Catholic History Association

St Mary’s Along the Thames: exhibition at Cricklade, 10-11 September 2016 — English Catholic History Association

St Mary’s Catholic Church in Cricklade is presenting an exhibition of photos, posters, maps and copies of historic and archaeological documents entitled “St Mary’s along the Thames“ – on the national Heritage Open Days weekend: Saturday 10 September, 10am – 4pm and Sunday 11 September 11am – 4pm. The displays tell us about the 100+ sites […]

via St Mary’s Along the Thames: exhibition at Cricklade, 10-11 September 2016 — English Catholic History Association

Society Conference Programme

Catholic Family History Society

Conference with AGM 1^st October 2016

The Priory Rooms Conference Centre

40 Bull Street

Birmingham B4 6AF

PROGRAMME

10.00 – 10.30 am             Registration and coffee

11.00 am                 Maggie Loughran, professional genealogy speaker and writer

Wills before 1858, especially those of Roman Catholics.

Bring your own interests in wills for discussion.

12.30pm                  Buffet lunch

2pm                           AGM

2.30pm                    Dr Nick Baker, archivist at Princethorpe College, Warwickshire

Locating the archives of religious orders, followed by your

questions and contributions.

4.00pm                    Tea

• Full access for people with restricted mobility and also parking
• Family History Help Desk available: bring your research enquiries
• Opportunity to meet other members and friends
• Opportunity to talk to the speakers
• Material for family or local history
• Travel, local parking, hotel and local studies information on request
• For details about the venue see theprioryrooms.co.uk

Tickets: £15, to include lunch and all refreshments, from jeansmith1934@talktalk.net

 Website: www.catholicfhs.co.uk

A member of the Federation of Family History Societies

BLOGS TO FOLLOW

Many Catholic archives and records groups are developing online newsletters in the form of blogs or social media accounts. These can be a valuable resource for keeping up to date with new acquisitions and developments.

Going forward, as these become known, we will publish links on here. Here are some to begin with.

Southwark Diocesan Archives Blog

Catholic Archives Society Twitter

Salford Diocesan Archives Facebook

 

 

 

Staffordshire History Day

The Staffordshire Record Office will be hosting a History Day on the 7th May 2016, 10am-5pm.

Tickets – £19.

For more information or to book, email staffordshire.record.office@Staffordshire.gov.uk

2016 Annual Conference

The Annual Conference of the Catholic Family History society will be held on the 1st October 2016 at the Priory Meeting Rooms & Conference Centre, Birmingham, B4 6AF.

Speakers

Maggie Loughran – Professional genealogy speaker and writer, who will speak on wills before 1858.

Dr Nick Baker – Archivist at Princethorpe College, who will speak on locating the archives of religious orders.

Further information will follow.