LCT Lectures
2024-25 Winter Lecture Series
Linlithgow Civic Trust organises a series of lectures, presented over the autumn and winter. Here is what’s coming up and details of some recent past lectures.
- The Barony of Kinneil and the Lowland Clearances
Iain Kirkman
Thursday 23 January 2025
Iain Kirkman Queen Margaret Hall, Blackness Road at 7:30pm.
Iain is currently a post-graduate PhD History Student at Edinburgh University studying the subject of his talk as part of the history of Bo’ness from 1750 to 1850, having gained an MSc that covered the same topic in 2021.
He is also a freelance, independent researcher and has been a long-term volunteer and amateur historian for the Friends of Kinneil – a local amenity society working to preserve and promote the House and Park of Kinneil in Bo’ness.
- Activism, Resistance & Protest
Campaigning for Social Change in Linlithgow
Kathryn Welch
Thursday 20 February
Kathryn Welch Queen Margaret Hall, Blackness Road at 7:30pm.
Linlithgow resident Kathryn Welch is fascinated by the connections between who we are and where we’ve come from – how the lives of Linlithgow’s former residents shaped the world we live in today.
Following her research into the women who worked in Linlithgow’s munitions factory in WW1 and WW2, and their campaigns for equal pay, fair working conditions and women’s suffrage, Kathryn has been delving deeper into Linlithgow’s history of protest and activism.
Hear how local people have campaigned and fought for their rights throughout history, and how their activism has shaped our experiences today.
- Topic to be advised
John & David Bartholomew
Thursday 20 MarchQueen Margaret Hall, Blackness Road at 7:30pm.
John and David are direct descendants of the Bartholomew family who lived in Annet House for 50 years from 1752 starting with Archibald Bartholomew a burgess and prosperous Linlithgow merchant.
George Bartholomew (b.1784) started the Bartholomew family’s long association with map-making and engraving. Six generations of notable map makers followed.
