Top local historical events



Daventry through time: 4th July – 27th November

Enjoy a journey through Daventry’s history and heritage, told through the people, places and moments that have shaped the town. Free entry.

Tue – Fri, 9.30am – 1.30pm and first Saturday of the month, 10am – 4pm

Daventry Museum,3 New Street, Daventry, NN11 4BT (ground floor of Daventry Town Council offices).


Art History’s Funniest Bits: 13th November 7.00pm

Art historian and comedian, Verity Babbs takes the audience on a journey of 500 years of artists behaving badly! Booking essential £10 a head. More details and tickets here.


Enclosure Riots: The history of land and our relationship to it: 18th November 7.00pm

Lutterworth, Leics. In Cotesbach in 1607 a huge gathering of 5,000 people took place. This was surprising as the village had less than 90 inhabitants. Why had they gathered on a day in June?More details here.