Past LCT Lectures

Here are details of recent LCT lectures:

• Warfare in the Minority: 1513 – 1526

  Jon Cooper

  

  Thursday 23^rd October at 7:30pm
  Queen Margaret Hall, 53 Blackness Road, Linlithgow EH49 7JA

  As an introduction to the Trust’s commemoration of the Battle of Linlithgow Bridge on 4th September 1526 in its 500th anniversary year, this season’s first talk was given to a packed audience by Jon Cooper, military historian, battlefield archaeologist, and author of The Heart And The Rose – the book about the battle.

  Jon took a historical look at events leading up to the battle, and talked about the battle itself, fought by the Earl of Lennox against the Earls of Angus and Arran.

• Hearing Historic Scotland

  

  Dr James Cook
  Director of Research – Edinburgh College of Art
  Senior Lecturer in Early Music – Reid School of Music, University of Edinburgh

  Thursday 1 May at 7:30pm
  Queen Margaret Hall, Blackness Road

  Recovering Scotland’s Acoustic Heritage

  James explained his research project to create a virtual-reality version of Linlithgow Palace Chapel, to recreate the acoustics of the room, and to reproduce the choral music used at the christening of the future King James V.

• The World-renowned Bartholomew Family – their Linlithgow roots and their stories

  John & David Bartholomew
  Thursday 20 March

  

  Queen 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. 
   

• The Changing Face of Linlithgow

  Thursday 20 February

  Queen Margaret Hall, Blackness Road at 7:30pm

  To coincide with the launch of the Civic Trust’s latest publication – The Changing Face of Linlithgow, researched and written by the late Laurie Alexander and edited by Ron Smith – Mike Dunning will explore elements of the book using a presentation originally compiled by the author.

  

  The talk included an introduction to the Linlithgow born and bred architect by Sybil Cavanagh, former long-serving West Lothian Council local history librarian.

• The Barony of Kinneil and the Lowland Clearances

  Iain Kirkman
  Thursday 23 January 2025

  

  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.
   

• Putting Linlithgow on the Map

  Chris Long
  Thursday 21 November

  

  Queen Margaret Hall, Blackness Road at 7:30pm.

  Author of ‘Looking At Linlithgow’, Chris worked for many years as an architect in local and central Scottish government after studying architecture in Canterbury, Kent. He has lived for almost twenty-five years in Linlithgow, many of these serving as chair of Linlithgow Civic Trust. He combines family interests with running, hill walking, painting, and service to the community through Linlithgow Burgh Trust. His favourite places are Venice, the Isle of Man and, of course, Linlithgow.
   

  Chris will talk about his research and the background to Linlithgow Civic Trust’s latest publication “Putting Linlithgow on the Map“.

  Copies of the book can be purchased from local outlets or online for £17.50, including delivery.

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