Event Details

NOW SOLD OUT A full-day Study Event on Saturday 10 February 2024 with Dr Alan Crosby (British Association for Local History) looking at the origins and development of medieval towns in the North West of England. This event (including Q&A session) will be fully live and will not be recorded.

The popular belief is that most towns in North West England were the product of industrialisation from the mid-18th century onwards, but this is quite untrue. In addition to places such as Carlisle and Chester, which were important by national standards in the medieval period, there were many market centres and thriving country towns. Manchester and Kendal had an inter-regional commercial significance, Liverpool was developing as a major port, and there were many small boroughs. In short, the great majority of today’s urban centres trace their origins back to the medieval period, and in most of these that heritage is recalled by such tangible evidence as street patterns, street names, and key buildings including churches. In this Study Event, Dr Alan Crosby (British Association for Local History) looks at different aspects of this fascinating topic, within a geographical framework extending from the Scottish border down into mid-Cheshire, and a timespan from the post-Conquest period until the middle decades of the 16th century.

9.30 a.m. Assemble Library events space rear of ground floor (tea/coffee is not served at beginning of the day – but is available to purchase on campus*)

10.00 – 11.00 Session 1 Towns in North West England 1100-1255: their antecedents, origins and development

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee/tea & biscuits

11.30-12.30 Session 2 Power and Authority: the lords, the citizens, the Church and the State

12.30 – 1.30 Lunch*

1.30 – 2.30 Session 3 The topography and layout of medieval towns in the North West

2.30 – 3.00 Tea/coffee & biscuits

3.00 – 4.00 Session 4 Economy, commerce, society and people in medieval towns of the North West

4.00p.m. Close of study day

The speaker for all presentations is Dr Alan Crosby of the British Association for Local History.

Fee for this event: £28 (£25.20 for Friends and Patrons of the Centre) (fee includes coffee/tea & biscuits)

Lunch: *Sandwiches/coffee/tea can be bought on the University campus (at SPAR supermarket, Subway or Gregg's). Hot and cold snacks and drinks are also available at outlets including Café Republic, Juicafe and Costa Coffee – or you are welcome to bring your own lunch.

Parking: On Saturdays free parking is available on campus.

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