Lady Alice Warburton: The Woman Behind the Ghost of Congleton’s Haunted Walk
Lady Alice Warburton: The Woman Behind the Ghost of Congleton’s Haunted Walk Nestled in the heart of Cheshire, the story
Museum Talks and Walking Tours are available to book by societies, commercial organisations and community groups.
Museum Talks
– at the museum £60 (includes room hire, extra charge for refreshments)
– at a venue of your choosing £45 plus travel expenses
Choose one topic from the selection below. Talks are for a maximum of 30 people and last an hour.
- Cheshire’s Deserted Village
- An 18th Century Polymath
- The rise and fall of a Textile Industry
- Bradshaw House: A Place in History
- The Congleton Coin Hoards
- Collecting for a Museum
- Congleton, A Town of Surprises
- Railway Mania
- Created by Water
- Congleton’s Lost Buildings
- Civic Pride: Congleton’s Town Halls
- History From Local Sources
- Treasures beneath our feet
- A thoroughly Modern Woman
- Where Trains Would Run
Museum Talks
– at the museum £60 (includes room hire, extra charge for refreshments)
– at a venue of your choosing £45 plus travel expenses
Choose one topic from the selection below. Talks are for a maximum of 30 people and last an hour.
- Cheshire’s Deserted Village
- An 18th Century Polymath
- The rise and fall of a Textile Industry
- Bradshaw House: A Place in History
- The Congleton Coin Hoards
- Collecting for a Museum
- Congleton, A Town of Surprises
- Railway Mania
- Created by Water
- Congleton’s Lost Buildings
- Civic Pride: Congleton’s Town Halls
- History From Local Sources
- Treasures beneath our feet
- A thoroughly Modern Woman
- Where Trains Would Run
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