Author: Bygone Benington

A Blighted Life Please join us on Thursday 26th March at hear Jill Campbell talk about Rosina Bulwer Lytton (1802 – 1882). We will take a look at the colourful life and stormy marriage of Rosina, wife of prominent Victorian author and politician Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton of Knebworth House. Their early passionate romance soured…

Come and join us at WHS on Thursday 26th February for our first speaker meeting of 2026 and our AGM. Janet Woodall will be sharing tales from Walkern in the 1800s. In particular, as part of our Women of Walkern project we will learn about Elizabeth Kingsley and how she ended up owning and running…