Skip to content
Accessibility
  • Text Size:
  • Normal
  • Large
  • Larger
  • Screen Colours:
  • Normal
  • Black & Yellow
Walberswick
  • Home
    The Village Annual Parish Meetings St Andrew's Church Neighbourhood Plan Social Groups and Activities Car Parks Recipes Public notices Contact us Galleries
  • News
    News Parish Council District Councillor Walberswick Common Lands Charity Obituaries Recipes James Paget and Health
  • What's on
  • Parish council
    Council Meetings Sizewell C Finance Notices Allotments ICO Decisions Planning Applications Property Register of Members' interests Reports Suffolk Coastal Local Plan Policies & Publication Scheme Safety Committee Memorial Donations Employment Committee WPC Advisory Groups Accessibility Statement
  • Planning
    Planning Advisory Group Reports Pending consideration Determined Neighbourhood Plan
  • History group
    History of the village Archives database Families - Hanns Lange Newsletters World War I World War II 1956 East Anglia Amblings Test Pit Digging - Walberswick 2013-2016 Report 2016 Exhibition Constitution Contact Us
  • Heritage Hut
    Booking Enquiry Availability Calendar Friends of the Heritage Hut Reports Planning applications
  • Village Hall
    Facilities Enquiries, Bookings and Charges The Monthly Diary News & Notices
  • WCLCharity
    About us & Contact Our history Environmental Work Car Parks Communal Beach Hut Bird Hide Heritage Hut Grants & Benefits Policies & Reports

History group

  • History of the village
  • Archives database
    • Excerpts from Archives
  • Families - Hanns Lange
  • Newsletters
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • 1956 East Anglia Amblings
  • Test Pit Digging - Walberswick 2013-2016 Report
  • 2016 Exhibition
  • Constitution
  • Contact Us

 

STOP PRESS - DECEMBER 2021: We are pleased to tell you that the Committee has decided to waive the 2022 subscriptions for the existing members to say thank you for our support throughout the recent difficult times.  Those joining for the first time in 2022 will pay the normal £7.50. 

With in excess of 120 members, the group meets four times a year for lectures on a wide range of historical topics with a local bias.

All meetings take place in Walberswick Village Hall starting at 7.00pm.

Subscriptions are £7.50 per member per year and run from 1st January to 31st December.  If you join for the first time on or after 1st July, your payment of £7.50  per person covers you until 31st December the following year- up to 18 months membership for £7.50. 

Membership form to download.

The group issues a Newsletter twice a year.

The archivist holds a comprehensive store of interesting local historical records and memorabilia, see "Archives" in the menu on the left of this page.  These are all now held in the Heritage Hut on The Green.

Committee Members - Updated from the AGM held on 24 April 2018:

Position Name Contact 
Chairman Rev Canon Harry Edwards  
Treasurer Mischi Vernetti  
Membership Edward Wright  
Archivist Pat Lancaster patlancaster@btinternet.com
Secretary Mischi Vernetti WLHG@secretary.net
Newsletter Editor John English  
Committee Member Harriet Wilson  
Committee Member Richard Steward  
Committee Member Nat le Roux  
Committee Member Rebecca Whiting  

 

The future programme of events/speakers is as follows. Everyone welcome. Members free. Guests £10.00

Date Item Time
Saturday 25th June 2022 Talk by Charlie Haylock - Charlie and The Dig - Village Hall  7.00pm
Saturday 10th September 2022 Talk by Mark Bailey  Professor of Late Medieval History at the UEA - Reconstructing the evolution of the Suffolk Coastline C1100-c1700 with some insights from the Walberswick Area 7.00pm
Postponed events

Date

Item Time
Saturday 14th March 2020 Bloody Marsh, a talk by Dr Peter Warner on his book - NOTE START TIME  - POSTPONED 6.00pm
Tuesday 14th April 2020 AGM - POSTPONED 7.30pm
Saturday 26 Sept 2020 An illustrated Talk on Hester and Henry Cleminson of Walberswick by Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten - POSTPONED 7.00pm

 

 

 

© 2021 WALBERSWICK

Our Privacy and cookies Policy webmaster Accessibility statement

By using our website you are consenting to our use of cookies. If you would like to know how we use our cookies or how you can block cookies in your browser please click on our cookie policy.