Lectures and Events

The London Record Society has a programme of events and lectures, generally held in connection with the launch of our volumes and our annual general meeting, which is usually in October.

Lectures and Events

The Brewers’ Book, Part 2, 1425-40

The launch of volume 61 The Brewers’ Book, Part 2, 1425-40: An Edition of the Minute Book of William Porlond, Clerk of the Brewers’ Company edited by Caroline Metcalfe will take place at Brewers’ Hall on Monday 2 March 2026 at 6pm. Further details to follow …

AGM 2025

The 60th Annual General Meeting was held on 17 October 2025 and followed by a talk by Helen Lawrence: The Journals of Henry Sharpe: City Merchant and Hampstead Worthy, 1830-1847 AGM 2024 Minutes

The journals of Henry Sharpe: an illustrated talk by Helen Lawrence and launch of her book

This talk was held jointly by the London Record Society in collaboration with the Camden History Society and the Heath and Hampstead Society, at Hampstead Parish Church on Monday 15 September 2025. Helen Lawrence introduced this remarkable Journal and describe how she discovered it in Camden’s Archives while researching her prize-winning history of Hampstead Heath…

Past Events

Past Events are documented here.