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Meeting 14 February - Tony Hay, The Church of Ss Mary & Joseph, Hedon, and the Holderness Mission

Discover more of one of Hedon's hidden treasures - the Church of Ss Mary & Joseph - with society member Tony Hay . Originally a mission at Nuthill supported by the Metcalfe family and protected by the Constables, the Church of Ss Mary & Joseph was constructed in Baxtergate in 1803 -  behind two much earlier cottages - some twenty years after the Gordon riots and more than a quarter of a century before the Emancipation Act of 1829 finally ended over two centuries of persecution and discrimination against the Catholic minority.   All welcome! Join at any meeting . £15 p.a.   Venue: Church Room , Magdalen Gate, Hedon HU12 8JP , 7.30 p.m. For more information : contact hedon.history @gmail.com   COMING SOON: 2017 14 March: Dr Alec Gill MBE , 'Amy Johnson: Hessle Road Tomboy' 11 April : Jo Dunn , 'The Wilson Family of Tranby Croft' 9 May : Valerie Wood , 'My Holderness' 13 June : Evening Visit, Londesborough 11 July : Vis...