Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 closing
Please note that the Library is now CLOSED for Christmas and the New Year. We will reopen on Monday 05 January 2026 at 10 am. Have a blessed and happy Christmas and New Year of God’s grace.
Christmas Closing
The Library will be closed from Saturday December 20, 2025, and will not reopen again until Monday January 5, 2026.
Saturday Closing
We regret to announce that for the foreseeable future the Library will no longer be open on Saturdays. We will keep the situation under review and if there are further changes, we will let people know. We are sorry for any inconveniene this may cause to any of our readers.
Autumn Lectures 2025
Readers will be interested to learn that we have arranged a new set of zoom lectures for this Autumn. All lectures are on a Monday and will began at 1 pm and be over by 2 pm. Logon details can be obtained from the Library near the time. The lectures will be as follows …
Spring Zoom Lectures 2025
We hope to have another series of lectures on Zoom this Spring. The first of these will be on Monday February 10 when Roger Fay will speak on “The Great Yorkshire Revival of the 1790s”. Zoom details from the Library. (We also hope to have further lectures on March 10 on Octavius Winslow and April…
Library closed today (Jan 6 2026)
The Library will not be open today due to a problem with staffing. Our apologies.. Open again soon.
Autumn Lectures 2024
We are pleased to announce the following lectures for this coming Autumn. All on Zoom and all from 1 pm until 2 pm on a Monday. Zoom details can be obtained from the Library near the time. September 16 Ian Parry on Expecting and attempting – William Carey in Context October 21 Dr Nick…
Annual Lecture 2024
We remind readers that there will be an in person lecture at the Library on Monday, June 3 at 6.30 pm. This is our Annual Lecture. The lecturer will be David Campbell (Preston) and he will be speaking on Alexander Stewart of Moulin 1764-1821. The lecture title is From darkness to light. (We may have…
Spring Lectures 2024
We are currently running a series of Lunch Time Lectures on Zoom. All lectures start at 1 pm and run for about an hour. One has already gone and there are two more to come. These are the details of the lectures January 22 Gary Brady on Samuel Davies 1723-1761 and his 1754 trip to Britain…
Autumn Lunch Time Lectures 2023
This Autumn we have another series of lunch time lectures. All lectures are on zoom (details available from the Library) and will take place on Mondays from 1 pm – 2 pm. All are warmly welcomed. September 11 (corrected from 4) Roger Fay on John Wesley (1703-1791) and faith at Aldersgate October 9 Norman Hopkins…