TALK: Lord Falkland -- his life, times, death and memorial
Tuesday March 1, 2016 (6.30-7.45pm) Lord Falkland – his life, times, death and memorial
A talk by local historian David Stubbs on the story of how a sensitive, educated academic found himself catapulted into politics, and died stripped and bloody in a suicidal cavalry charge in the First Battle of Newbury and is now commemorated on the largest civil war memorial in England.
Tickets can be purchased from West Berkshire Museum in advance. £5 per person.
West Berkshire Museum, The Wharf, Newbury RG14 5AS
Tue 1 Mar 2016