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Guild Conference & AGM

The Guild 42nd Annual Conference and AGM 2023

“Spires and Squires”

Hilton Northampton, 100 Watering Lane, Northampton NN4 0XW

21st – 23rd April 2023

**Booking is now open for the 2023 conference, please see the links below**

With more stately homes than any other county, Northamptonshire has often been called the county of “spires and squires” due to its wide variety of historic buildings and country houses. Although still largely rural, parts became industrialised in the 18th and 19th centuries and the Northampton area gained a sizeable shoemaking and leather work industry; by the end of the 19th century it was almost definitely the boot and shoe making capital of the world. These themes form the basis of the 2023 Guild conference.

Hilton Northampton, at junction 15 of the M1 and four miles from Northampton town centre, is a contemporary 4-star hotel with an international restaurant, modern conference facilities and fitness suite. All rooms are on the ground or 1st floor, many around the landscaped courtyard which features a pond.

We look forward to seeing you there !

The organising team:

Lesley Dove, June Bird, Margaret Southgate, Stephen Daglish

Twitter #GuildConf2023

Main Programme

Friday 21st April 2023

13.30 onwards Guild Conference Registration opens
13.00 and 14.30
13.00 and 14.30
Optional visits planned to

  • Derngate – the only Charles Rennie Mackintosh house in England
  • Shoe Gallery, Northampton Museum
14:00 – 15:00 Did You Know?  New items for the Guild
Marie Byatt, (5318 Pepler, Scroop)
15:00 onwards Hotel check-in available
15:15 – 16:15 The Most Beautiful Car in the World – the Jaguar E-Type
Cameron Slater Collections Centre, British Motor Museum, Gaydon
16:30 – 17:00 Introduction to the Conference for First-Timers
Sue Thornton-Grimes (5588 Caisley)
17:00 – 18:15 Buffet supper
19:00 Welcome to the Annual General Meeting
Julie Goucher MCG, Chairman
20:15 The Quiz
Alan Moorhouse MCG (2307 Farmery)

Saturday 22nd April 2023

07:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
09:20 – 09:25 Welcome to the Conference
Howard Benbrook MCG, President
09:30 – 10:30 Northamptonshire Records
Angela Malin Chair, Northamptonshire Family History Society
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 12:00 How to Read a Church
Chana James Churches Conservation Trust
12:00 – 13:20 Lunch
12:15 onwards Guild Committee Meeting
13:20 – 14:20 William Boteler of Oundle – his role in the Civil War
Graham Evans Northamptonshire Battlefields Society
14:20 – 14:30 Comfort break
14:30 – 15:30 Researching the early modern English clergy
Prof Stephen Taylor Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Durham University
15:30 – 16:00
15:55
Tea
Introduction of the 2023 Guild Committee
16:00 – 17:00 Members Session Members helping members
19:00 – 19:30 Reception
19:30 Banquet, followed by
Finding Collyweston Palace
Chris Close Chairman, Collyweston Historical Society

Sunday 23rd April 2023

07:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
08:45 – 09:15 Ecumenical Service
09:30 – 10:30 Squires and Sires – Researching Famous Ancestors
June Bird (6633 Davenport)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 12:00 Introduction to Civil War Petitions
Dr Hannah Worthen University of Hull
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
Meeting for Regional Representatives
13:20 – 14:20 To the Manor Born
Derek Blunt Northamptonshire Heritage Forum
14:20 – 14:30 Comfort break
14:30 – 15:30 Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Industry – Factories, Owners, Employees and Community
Rebecca Shawcross Senior Shoe Curator, Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
15:30 – 15:35 Close of Conference
15:35 – 16:00 Tea

Booking details for the Conference

We look forward to seeing you there!

Prices for the Conference and details for booking extra nights before or after the Conference are on the online booking form¹. You can pay in full now or just a £75.00 per person deposit; an email with a request for payment of any balance will be sent to you prior to the Early Bird or Full Rate booking closing dates.  For easy payment terms please ask.

You may pay

  • by direct bank transfer through your bank, quoting the reference number given on the form
  • by Direct Debit (UK, Eurozone, Sweden & Australia only)
  • via PayPal or credit/debit card
  • by filling in the booking form online, printing it and sending it through the post with your cheque to Alan Moorhouse, address below

To book for ONE attendee please click here.

To book for TWO attendees please click here.

Alternatively, you can download the bbooking form flyer, which can be printed, filled-in, and posted, with a cheque (or credit card details) to:

Alan R Moorhouse, Guild Conference Booking 2023, 8 Strachans Close, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 3EB.

Information on the process for booking rooms before (Thursday night) or after (Sunday night) are available here.

Details about the optional Friday afternoon visits to Derngate and the Northampton Museum Shoe Gallery are available here.

For any further details or queries about the conference please contact the Conference Organiser, or telephone the Guild HelpDesk on 0800 011 2182.


¹Please note, when booking on a conference either by post or online, the Guild’s Distance Selling terms and conditions apply (please specifically see section 20).

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