WTHSoc November Meeting Details
Date - 28 Nov 2025 Time - 20:00 (Doors open 19:30) Location - Weston Turville Village Hall Title - “Caversham Park” Speaker – Dr. Stephen Goss Entrance - £2 members, £3 visitors From Domesday Book to listening in for doomsday: Caversham Park’s 930 years at the centre of history First recorded in the post-Norman invasion Domesday Book, Caversham Park has played a surprisingly central role in English, British and international history for nearly a millennium. It was the seat of the so-called ‘best knight whoever lived’, who was related to the man who brought about the English conquest of Ireland. The Manor of Caversham was embroiled in the Reformation, was owned by cousins of Elizabeth I – who not only gave their name to current streets in Reading – but guarded Mary, Queen of Scots. Caversham Park both entertained the first two Stuart Kings and became a prison for Charles I. Learn about its role in the Glorious Revolution, and i...