Welcome to theFarningham and Eynsford
Local History Society
Farningham and Eynsford Local History Society
Diary Saturday, 23 August 2025
| EXCAVATIONS ON HARROW MEADOW - James Holman | Friday, 12 September 2025 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Farningham Village Hall. James Holman is project manager and senior consultant for Canterbury Archaeological Trust. He will discuss the archaeological discoveries made during the excavations in Harrow Meadow, and how they fit in with other local sites. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| FELHS 40th (1985-2025) ANNIVERSARY EVENING | Friday, 3 October 2025 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Eynsford Village Hall. An informal evening with anniversary cake and light refreshments. We aim to show case several aspects of the Society's collection - including short films; maps and other images from the oversize boxes; the Society's publications; scrapbooks from 1930s to present; a display of artefacts and documents from the Second World War to look at and handle, most of which have not been shown before. Do join us and bring along family and friends - all welcome. (Non-members £3, members free) | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| GROWING UP IN LULLINGSTONE CASTLE - Tom Hart Dyke | Friday, 14 November 2025 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Farningham Village Hall. Tom has not quite made up his mind about the subject of the talk, but wants to include The World Garden somewhere in it. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. it. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| SUFFRAGETTES OF KENT | Friday, 13 February 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Farningham Village Hall. Jennifer Godfrey will highlight the contribution of suffragettes from Kent to the movement for women's right to vote. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| SWANLEY TO BAT AND BALL RAILWAY LINE | Friday, 27 March 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Eynsford Village Hall. Ed Thompson, a specialist in the history of local railways, will outline features of the construction and history of the line. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| SCADBURY MOATED MANOR, CHISLEHURST | Friday, 24 April 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Farningham Village Hall. Dr Janet Clayton with the Orpington Archaeological Society has excavated the site and researched its history for many years. Set in an extensive estate it is owned by the London Borough of Bromley with public access. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| FELHS AGM | Friday, 22 May 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Farningham Village Hall. Details to be announced..Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. Village Hall | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| FURTHER DIGS AT LULLINSTONE CASTLE | Friday, 25 September 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Eynsford Village Hall. Dr Anne Sassin, leader of the community archaeological digs for the Darent Valley Landscape Partnership, will discuss what was unearthed in the garden north of the Tudor wing. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| FELHS FILM NIGHT | Friday, 23 October 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Farningham Village Hall, FELHS film night, titles to be announced later. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 1951 | Friday, 13 November 2026 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Eynsford Village Hall. Alan Williams, a leading light in Otford's 1940s Society, will highlight the events featured in the 1951 Festival of Britain. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |