Local History Group Overview

Marton Local History Group's Aims: to promote interest in the history of the Marton (in Warwickshire) area by coordinated research, preservation of living memories and presentations to Group members and the general public.

Group meetings are held in the Village Hall starting at 07:30pm (unless otherwise indicated). Everyone welcome.

If you wish to contact the Group please email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Programme of meetings: . See here for the 2012/13 programme (subject to confirmation and changes)

The Group is affiliated with the Warwickshire Local History Society. Members of the Group may attend the Society's meetings and, as an affiliated group member, there is no "visitor's charge" for such visits. See the WLHS website for their programme of events and booking forms for these events.

MLHG is a Friend of the Warwickshire County Record office. Highlights of the Friends programme are here

 

The Group is compiling articles about Marton's history - please click on the article title below to see each one:

  • History of Marton's Post Offices
  • Marton's Fallen Soldiers of the First World War
  • A History of Schools in Marton
  • Birdingbury Over Two Centuries
  • Edwardian Photographers in the Marton area
  • Marton & Warwickshire Railways
  • Secrets of Marton Museum
  • Armistice Day in Warwickshire
  • County Record Office
  • Marton's Historic Environment Records
  • World War II memories of local Marton people
  • History of Princethorpe College
  • Marton's Gravestones
  • Historic Southam - Focus on  Dispensary & Infirmary
  • Trish Shorey's Family History
  • Brandon Silk Mill and Child Labour
  • History of Warwickshire Agriculture in 20th Century
  • The Planned Destruction of Coventry in 1914
  • The 1918/19 Spanish Flu in Coventry & Warwickshire
  • The History of some of Martons Old Houses
  • Researching Your Family’s History
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