About us
Willington Local History Group (WLHG) exists to promote interest in the history of the Bedfordshire village of Willington and of the surrounding area. What we do We host a programme of talks, arrange visits to places of historic interest and hold an archive of historical documents and photographs. We also support the open days at the National Trust Tudor dovecote and stables in the village. When we meet We normally meet at 7.30 pm in the Methodist Church in Willington. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month from September to November, on December 4th and then on the third Tuesday of each month from January to March and on April 30th. Details are on our programme page. The cost of annual membership is £6 per person or you can attend a meeting as a visitor for £2.Recordings
Follow this link to hear a recording of our recent meeting on the subject of Willington in World War I. In the recording you can hear members of the group talk about the war and read from letters, diaries, newspaper reports and other items from the time.
© WLHG, 2018
Resources and Publications
Our resources page gives access to guides and information about the village and other places of interest. The publications page contains details of books written by our members.
January 15th 2019
Join us for a talk with
slides by Daniel Silson.
The evening will take us
on a tour of the ghost
village of Tyneham, left by
its inhabitants in 1943
when it was requisitioned
for training soldiers.
The meeting will be in the
Willington Methodist
Church, doors open from
7.00 pm for a 7.30 pm
start.
To mark the centenary of
the end of World War 1,
we have produced a
commemorative book
about what happened to
the people of Willington
during the war. Copies
can be reserved by
emailing
wlhg@btinternet.com.
Click here for details of
our new book:
Willington in the First
World War.
