A PRESENTATION BY JULIAN MUNBY, FORMER HEAD OF BUILDINGS AT OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY Julian Munby gave a presentation on behalf of The Historic Towns Trust, whose vision is for every town and city in Great Britain to have an authoritative atlas of maps and text that enables greater appreciation of the nation’s urban history and historic […]
Annual General Meeting 13th April 2022
Berwick Civic Society and The Historic Towns Trust
Berwick Civic Society was delighted to be approached by The Historic Towns Trust to work in collaboration on an historic map of Berwick upon Tweed. The Historic Towns Trust has the vision for every town and city in Great Britain to have an authoritative atlas of maps and text that enables greater appreciation of the nation’s urban […]
‘Villas of the Lake District’
A Talk by Dr. Adam Menuge Lecturer in the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Cambridge Dr. Menuge began by describing the characteristics of a villa. These were primarily places of retreat where one could put aside worldly cares, either for a short while or as a permanent lifestyle change. Possession could […]
New Website Administrator
Homer Lindsay has taken over responsibility for the Berwick Civic Society website. If you wish to notify any issues with the site please contact Homer at [email protected]
Main Guard and Other Activities 2020
An update on Civic Society activities during the Covid-19 pandemic
COVID-19
Two months ago it would have seemed unbelievable, and like something from an apocalyptic movie, that the United Kingdom, and just about every major country in the world, would be in economic meltdown and that millions of people would be in danger of losing their jobs and lives due to a viral pandemic, for which there is currently no effective remedy.
Main Guard and P&D
A note from Zoreen about the effect of COVID-19 on activities
Covid-19 Impact
All Civic Society activities are on hold. We wish all members well and hope we can overcome this upheaval.
Berwick Heritage Open Days 2020 Update
We are writing to update you on Berwick Heritage Open Days 2020 as you may be wondering what is happening. At the moment the guidelines from the National Event Team is that Heritage Open Days will take place but that we may all need to consider running our events in different ways, depending on the situation at the time