On 18th November, thirteen members of the Lubenham Heritage Group ventured to Loughborough for an outstanding guided tour of the UK’s only remaining Bell Foundry. Click “Read More” to see the photos taken and to hear the bells.
The November 2025 Newsletter contains items on:
+ The November meeting;
+ The forthcoming members’ visit to the Loughborough Bell Foundry on 18th November;
+ The December meeting – A Victorian Christmas with Cynthia Brown;
+ The 2026 membership fees are now due, and remain at £15 pa;
+ The 2026 meetings programme is now published and available on our web site;
+ Our 2026 Christmas Tree to be displayed as for of the Lubenham All Saints’ Christmas Tree Festival;
+ Availability of just the book for Christmas, our publication of – Lubenham – A Village History.
Click link for further details and to access a copy of the newsletter.
We offer a warm welcome to well known local social historian and author Cynthia Brown, who in her illustrated talk will look at the wider social aspects of Victorian Christmases including charities, presents, sporting and theatrical events, religious festivals and other activities. It appears even the Victorians were concerned about over commercialisation! Don’t forget we have wine and mince pies and a raffle at our Christmas meeting.
The programme for 2026 is now available. It contains the schedule for all our regular second Tuesday meetings and our 2026 AGM. Click ‘Read More’ to see the programme details.
It all began in 2015 when, following an approach from All Saints Parochial Church Council (PCC) to LHG, it was decided to update the survey carried out by the Women’s Institute in 1981. A small but dedicated group of volunteers began recording all the graves and their hard work has finally come to fruition with the publication of the Survey. The survey contains 740 references to people commemorated in the five sections of the graveyard. Of these memorials, there are