Erasmus Darwin House Events
“The Queen Britain Feared” Sold Out!
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomLichfield Cathedral houses a war memorial to the soldiers who defeated Punjab's Sikh Empire in the 1840s. But on the losing side of the Anglo-Sikh Wars stood a woman: Maharani (Queen) Jind Kaur - Queen Regent, separated from her only child, imprisoned, and exiled - leaving her ten-year-old son, Maharaja Duleep Singh, to surrender the...
Cellar Tour
Learn more about part of the house that is not normally open to the public on this fascinating cellar tour. Please note there are steps into the cellar and the floor is uneven. Adults £5. Children 12 years and over £2.
10 week history course – THE SUPERNATURAL MIDDLE AGES by Charlotte Ball
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomIf you are intrigued by the stranger side of medieval history, this ten-week lecture course might be for you! The Middle Ages were a dark age, filled with superstition and wild beliefs in supernatural things…weren’t they? In this exploratory and fun course, we can expect to meet readers of omens and practitioners of magic; saints...
Chimney Sweeps’ climbing boys in Staffordshire.
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomA talk by Steve Booth This talk looks at the nationwide problems caused by the use of climbing children to sweep chimneys and how well-intentioned individuals in Staffordshire worked hard to eliminate their use, ably led by Francis Wedgwood – grandson of the great Josiah and the family connection to the Darwin’s.
Lunar Lecture – William Strutt FRS: A tradesman of some eminence by Dr Ian Jackson
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomAs William Strutt left no journals or diary, we need to look at contemporary, third party, accounts of his work and legacies, to understand why he was so respected by his peers, including his appointment as a Fellow of the Royal Society. This talk traces his life, both personal and work, with the progression of...

