A look at four characters of note from Penny Stokes latest book, Georgian Newbury.
Penny Stokes has lived in the Newbury area for 40 years, during which she has researched, written, and published on numerous places, people and events of West Berkshire. Twenty years ago she gained an MSc in English Local History from the University of Oxford. From 2006-2016 she edited the Berkshire Family Historian. She has written a number of local hsitories, covering, amongst others, the Newbury Weekly News, Dolton corn merchants, Hamstead Marshall and Greneham Common.
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Thursday, 9 March 2023 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
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The Parish Room, St John's Church
St John's Road
Newbury
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