Events
Events for 2011 and Tithe Barn Museum Talks
Details are below. If you would like further information please contact us. Tel. 01780 782575 Also please see Visiting us and Getting here.
| 25th April 2 - 5 p.m.
Adult £7.00 Child £4.50 Concession £6.50 Family Ticket £21.00 |
Easter Egg Hunt. Hundreds of eggs to find around the
site with a prize for the child who finds the most eggs.
Painting Easter egg cups for children to take home and Tithe Barn Museum activities for everyone. A new dovecote exhibition in the dovecote The manor is open with an free audio tour |
30 May 2 - 5 p.m. Adult £7.00 Child £4.50 Family Ticket £21.00 Concession £19.00 |
A monk herbalist and apothecary with medicinal cures,
medieval beauty treatments, and vermin control.
|
Sunday 17th July 1 - 5 p.m. An Archaeological Trail Adult £3.50 Child £2.00 Family ticket £10.00 |
As part of the Northamptonshire Cultural Olympiad the Prebendal Manor and tithe Barn Museum will be holding an exciting family archaeological trail around the site, with lots of artefacts to find and name, games to play and prizes to win. |
Tithe Barn Museum Talks Saturday 11th June 10 a.m. King Cnut After lunch the day will continue with Forgery, Fact, Fiction and Archaeology. The Reconstruction of Anglo-Saxon Peterborough Pre-booking essential. Tickets £28.00 which includes morning coffee, lunch and an afternoon lecture. Contact 01780 782575 |
Dr Sam Newton Sam Newton has published many books on Anglo-Saxon England. He is currently a director of Wuffing education at Sutton Hoo, a NADFAS speaker, and a Time Team historian. King Cnut visited Nassington, which was one of his royal vills. Sam will be giving a lively lecture on this great Scandinavian king. Dr Avril Lumley Prior attained an MA in 1999 followed by a PhD on the 'Forged Charters of Peterborough Abbey' in 2006,. She has published numerous papers on local history. She is currently conducting research on pre-Conquest Peakirk, Cambridgshire |
Saturday 2nd July 2 p.m. Death in the Garden Cost per person £10.00, which includes tea. Pre-booking is essential. Tickets can be obtained by contacting the Prebendal manor. 01780 782575 |
Michael Brown MA
Michael Brown is a garden historian, who has a great deal of knowledge about the history and plant uses in the Medieval and Tudor periods. Michael Brown will be giving an illustrated lecture in the Tithe Barn Museum on deadly and dangerous plants, with tales of murder, myths and magic.
|
