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Meetings | Harrogate and District Family History Society
Erected in 1805 by private subscription to provide shelter and a meeting place. The Old Town Hall has been known as the Promenade Room, The Victoria Room and The Town Hall Theatre.
In 1796 Ellen the Dowager Countess Conyngham purchased Coghill Hall with 51 acres of land from Sir John Coghill and changed the name of the estate to Conyngham House.
The Royal Baths were built in 1894-7 by Baggerley Bristow. They were once Europe's premier destination for spa treatments and the pampered rich. Politicians and royalty came to 'take the waters'. There were also assembly rooms and a winter garden lounge.
Since 1660 there have been many buildings called "The Crown". In 1847 The Crown Hotel on Crown Place had a central section rebuilt in a chaste neoclassical design. In 1870 the Crown estate ran as far as Parliament Street, was acquired by George Dawson, who employed J H Hirst of Bristol as his architect. The Crown’s Georgian wings were removed and replaced with a powerful pair of Italian Renaissance replacements which gave the building great character. George Dawson also planned a tower and new shops in Crown Place and Crescent Road, all of which were built after Dawson’s death in […]
The Royal Baths were built in 1894-7 by Baggerley Bristow. They were once Europe's premier destination for spa treatments and the pampered rich. Politicians and royalty came to 'take the waters'.
There were also assembly rooms and a winter garden lounge.
Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month (but not during August) at 7.30 pm. They are normally held at either:
St Paul's Church hall, Belford Road, Harrogate. For map and directions please click here.
Community House, 46-50 East Parade, Harrogate, HG1 5RR. For map and directions, please click here.
For a detailed list of lecturers and dates of our meetings please refer to our Programme of Lectures, but we have shown a list of forthcoming events on the right hand side.
We welcome visitors to our meetings and have a suggested donation of £2.00 towards the cost of hiring the room and fees charged by speakers.
There is ample opportunity to ask questions after each lecture and exchange information with other members.
A raffle is held each month and tea and biscuits can be enjoyed by all.
Come along and make new friends or renew old acquaintances, borrow a book from our library or find an answer to your research question.
Meetings was last modified: April 12th, 2023 by Web Master