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BioBlitz: a biodiversity survey 

Join our BioBlitz event and help us find and identify the many species of plants, animals, fungi and other organisms that live in the grounds of Gawthorpe Hall.

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on
27 Jul 2024
at
12:00 to 15:00
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An Account of Life: Gawthorpe Hall in the 1600s 

An exhibition bringing the household of Gawthorpe Hall in the 1600s to life, through the original account books of the Shuttleworth Family.

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on
27 Jul to 3 Nov 2024
at
12:00 to 17:00
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Make a Hanging Banner 

Join our relaxed creative crafts sessions inspired by our new 17th century exhibition.

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on
31 Jul 2024
at
12:00 to 16:00
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Make a Lucky Horseshoe 

Join our relaxed creative crafts sessions inspired by our new 17th century exhibition.

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on
8 Aug 2024
at
12:00 to 16:00
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Make Your Own Treasure Box 

Join our relaxed creative crafts sessions inspired by our new 17th century exhibition.

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on
22 Aug 2024
at
12:00 to 16:00
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Women's Lives in seventeenth-century England 

A fascinating talk about women’s lives in England during the 1600s, based around diaries written in the 1660s by Alice Thornton.

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on
12 Sep 2024
at
13:00 to 14:00
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Cuthbert The Bad & The Lancashire Witches 

Why was there a spectacular witchcraft trial in Lancashire in 1612? This question has never been properly answered, until now in this talk based on original research by Dr Colin Penny.

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on
9 Oct 2024
at
13:00 to 15:00