15 March 2024 - History Group - Sutton Poyntz makes the news!
A History Evening, on Wednesday, 17th April, at the Mission Hall, starting 7.30 p.m.
A talk by Bill Egerton titled "Sutton Poyntz makes the news" - Village events, c1800 to 1939, that have got into the newspapers, local and national.
Including a number of sad and/or gruesome deaths, building up to the Great Sutton Poyntz Murder of 1862. Also the histories of the Sutton Poyntz Holy Thorn (1884) and the Sutton Poyntz Easter Fire (1906), and stories of the building of the Springhead Hotel, village Fetes, and mills, millers, farms, and farmers. Plus, as a bonus, everything your didn't want to know about sewage and the village's water supply.
With a break for refreshments.
No charge, but a voluntary collection on the night towards costs.
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