Events Archive

Swedenborgianism and Samuel Wilderspin

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

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.

Posted on:17th January 2026 20260411 20260415

Waterside Memories

Pop in to our Chatty Café and share your childhood memories of Waterside in Barton, and St. Chad’s School.

10.30am – 12.30pm, Free (refreshments on sale)

Posted on:26th March 2026 20260411 20260415

Crafty Kids

Grab the colours and glue and make something nice to take home for Easter.

11am – 3pm, included as part of £1pp admission

Posted on:26th March 2026 20260404 20260415

Travels & Travails

We’re proud to have curated this exhibition previously shown at the Museum last autumn, and on display at the Hull History Centre during March.

It’s a unique story of ambition and endurance; A ‘journey’ which began in Spitalfields, London, in 1825, and ended at Barton upon Humber and Hull twenty years later.

Admission is free: Tuesdays -Thursdays 9.30am – 4.30pm;

Hull History Centre, Worship Street, Hull, HU2 8BG

Posted on:16th February 2026 20260303 20260415
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Barton Civic Society Lecture

Internetty – a Barton Success Story

How a local company brought high speed connectivity to a rural North Lincolnshire community.

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

Posted on:31st December 2025 20260220 20260415