Name: VCH Shropshire Annual Lecture -Cottagers and Common Land 1500-1900
Start: 2024-10-26T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-26T16:30:00+01:00
Location: Central Baptist Church, Shrewsbury

VCH Shropshire Annual Lecture -Cottagers and Common Land 1500-1900

Annual Meeting followed by Lecture on Cottagers, Common Land and Common Rights in Shropshire 1500-1900
About this Event
Victoria County History, Shropshire Annual Meeting
26 October 2024, 2.00-4.30pm
Central Baptist Church, Shrewsbury

Following the pattern of recent years, we shall start at 2.00 pm with the annual report, followed by an intermission with tea and cake and then at 3.00pm we have our annual lecture:

Dr James P. Bowen

Cottagers, Common Land and Common Rights in Shropshire, 1500-1900

This lecture will provide an insight into the history of common land and the lives of cottagers in Shropshire. Common rights, legal or customary, were important to local communities. Commons provided pasture for grazing livestock as well as opportunities for exploiting other natural resources used for fuel or in rural crafts.

Cost for lecture £7.00

Further information available on https://www.vchshropshire.org/ or follow on https://x.com/VCH_Shropshire or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563789457778