Swedenborgianism and Samuel Wilderspin

Discover how Samuel Wilderspin’s faith shaped infant school methods in the early 1800s.

Find out about Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), and his impact on Wilderspin’s approach to early childhood and teaching methods.

Learn why these links had to be hidden in the early nineteenth century.

Dr. Sarah Odhner explores these links and why they had to be hidden in the early nineteenth century.

1.30pm – 3.30pm, Admission £4.

Pre lecture refreshments & viewing of the Wilderspin Infant School from 12.30pm

Alternatively, join Sarah’s talk to Wilderspin volunteers on Monday 13 April at 2pm – all welcome.

Lifelong Learning at Barton Course

Archaeology Studies

with Simon Tomson

11 March – 29 April, 8 weeks, 1.30pm – 3.30pm – email lifelonglearningatbarton@gmail.com to book and for details

Lifelong Learning at Barton

Butterfly Bomb Raid on Grimsby/Cleethorpes

with Paul Fenwick

Saturday 28 March, 2pm – 4.30pm – email lifelonglearningatbarton@gmail.com to book and for details

Lifelong Learning at Barton

An Afternoon of Humber Tales – from a sunken pirate island to a stranded whale

with Dave Smith

Saturday 17 January, 2pm – 4.30pm

email lifelonglearningatbarton@gmail.com to book and for details

Lifelong Learning at Barton Course

Cartoonery English Attitudes

with Tim Stimson

Wednesdays 14 January – 4 March, 8 weeks, 1.30pm – 3.30pm

email lifelonglearningatbarton@gmail.com to book and for details

Barton Civic Society Lecture

The Evolution of the Enclosures in Barton

with Andrew Robinson

Joseph Wright Hall (ground floor Raikes Room), 2pm, non-members £4

Barton Civic Society Lecture

Revolution and Resilience in Lincolnshire – Rex Russell’s Life in Teaching

with Keith Miller

Joseph Wright Hall (ground floor Raikes Room), 2pm, non-members £4

Barton Civic Society Lecture

Toil & Trouble – Magic in Roman Britain

with Adam Parker

Joseph Wright Hall (ground floor Raikes Room), 7.30pm, non-members £4

Barton Civic Society Lecture

Behind the Scaffolding – The Story So Far at Baysgarth House

with Liz Bennet

Joseph Wright Hall, (ground floor Raikes Room), 8pm, following the Society’s short AGM, non-members £4

Barton Civic Society Lecture

The Life and Artwork of Reuben Chappell

with Alex Ombler

Joseph Wright Hall, (ground floor Raikes Room), 7.30pm, non-members £4