Events
When: Meetings, as scheduled in the programme, take place on Thursdays at 7.30 p.m. in Beckenham unless otherwise stated. We serve tea and coffee before the meeting.
Where: All Beckenham lectures take place in Christ Church Hall, Fairfield Road, just off Beckenham High Street, Beckenham BR3 3LE. The nearest railway stations are Clock House (on the line from Charing Cross) and Beckenham Junction (on the line from Victoria). Buses 54, 194, 227 and 358 stop nearby. Trams from Wimbledon and Croydon terminate at Beckenham Junction. We follow all Government public health guidelines.
Click here to email Mrs. Ann Wagstaff, Programme Secretary of the Beckenham & Bromley branch of the Historical Association to request booking forms.
Date
Time
Event Details
17/09/2026
19:00
AGMfollowed byAngela HattonThe Life of the last Empress of the French - Eugénie de Montijo (1826-1920)
22/10/2026
19:30
Dr. Gabrielle StoreyBedding the Monarch: Sexuality, Scandal, and Secrets in Medieval Britain
28/10/2026
10:30
Guided visit to Camden PlaceNumbers limited. Pre-booking by 14 October essential
19/11/2026
19:30
Mr. Martin SpenceBeckenham and Penge in the General Strike
24/11/2026
11:30
Guided visit to the Mansion HouseNumbers limited. Pre-booking by 13 November essential
03/12/2026
19:30
Mr. Bernard WinchesterArthur Conan Doyle: The Norwood YearsThe meeting will begin with light Christmas refreshments
07/01/2027
19:30
Dr. Sean LangLiving on borrowed time: the Raj in India
26/01/2027
11:30
Guided visit to the Foundling MuseumNumbers limited. Pre-booking by 15 January essential
04/02/2027
18:30
Fish and Chip Supper
followed by
An Audience with Florence NightingaleThe Nursing Memorial Appeal
Pre-booking essential
18/03/2027
19:30
Dr. Philippa HellawellThe British Slave Trade in Eight Documents
23/03/2027
11:15
Guided visit to Carpenters' HallNumbers limited. Pre-booking by 5 March essential
15/04/2027
19:30
Professor Gareth DaviesJimmy Carter: the quintessential post-New Deal Democrat
29/04/2027
18:30 for 19:00
Annual Dinner
at
Lugana Restaurant, Beckenham
Numbers limited, Pre-booking by 16 April essential
11/05/2027
09:00
Spring Walk A stroll round the delightful village of Dulwich taking in the College, the Alms houses and the Park. We will hear how this hamlet first grew under the Shakespearean actor Edward Alleyn, the arrival of the railways and a certain Mr. Dickens!
Pre-booking essential
20/05/2027
19:30
Professor Jackie EalesElizabeth Barton: The Nun, The Virgin Mary, and opposition to Henry VIII's Reformation in Kent
15/06/2027
09:00
All Day Coach Outing toFirle Place and Glynde PlacePre-booking essential
24/06/2027
19:30
Dr. Helen LaceyThe People of 1381
21/07/2027
14:30
HA Branch 80th Anniversary Afternoon Teaat the Bromley Court Hotel, BromleyPre-booking by 7 July essential
16/09/2027
19:00
AGMfollowed byNick GoddardHayes and its part in the American Revolution
07/10/2027
19:30
Presidential LectureProfessor James DaybellWomen Letter-Writers in Tudor England
18/11/2027
19:30
Reverend Dr. Jonathan DeanSir Thomas More
09/12/2027
19:30
Ms Sarah JayneThe Social History of Psychiatric Patients at the beginning of the Twentieth CenturyThe meeting will begin with light Christmas refreshments