History group

With in excess of 160 members, the group meets during the 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, unless otherwise stated.

Subscriptions are £10.00 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 £10.00  per person covers you until 31st December the following year- up to 18 months membership for £10.00. 

Membership form to download.

The group issues a Newsletter twice a year.   Occasionally more often

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. Further update, May 2024

  Position Name Contact   
  Chairman Rev Canon Harry Edwards    
  Treasurer Mischi Vernetti    
  Membership Edward Wright    
  Committee Member Richard Steward    
  Secretary Harriet Wilson secretarywlhg@gmail.com  
  Committee Member Rita Woodcraft    
  Committee Member Amanda Erlenbach     
  Committee Member Rebecca Whiting    
  Committee Member Mitchell Pocock mitchell.n.po@gmail.com  
  Committee Member Penny Fox    
         
  Archivist Pat Lancaster patlancaster@btinternet.com  
  Newsletter Editor John English johnrenglish@tiscali.co.uk  
         

 

The future programme of events/speakers is as follows. These talks are free to members and £5 for guests.

 

Date Item Time
Saturday 14th March 2026
AGM & Talk by Rev Canon Harry Edwards
 6.30pm
Saturday 13th June 2026
Medieval Walberswick - Prof Tom Johnson
 7.00pm
Saturday 24th October 2026
 Lighthouses of the East Anglian Coast - Paul Heiney
7.00pm