Garden Cures

In the setting of Samuel Wilderspin’s playground garden Catherine Fordham explains John Wesley’s ideas about  the curing properties of plants. Starts at 1pm.  Free.

Samuel Wilderspin’s Outdoor Classroom – Heritage Without Walls

A 40 minutes tour (starts at 1.30pm) demonstrating Mr. Wilderspin’s outside classroom in the Playground before adjourning to his schoolroom.

Dr. Mary Murdoch: Suffragist and Social Reformer

Cecile Oxaal explores the life of Mary Murdoch, a Scottish medical doctor who settled in Hull in 1896 and galvanised the suffrage campaign in Hull and East Yorkshire.   £2.   Joseph Wright Hall, 2pm

Satchel Trail for Toddlers

During Heritage Open Days our trail for the under fives returns and will continue throughout the autumn.

Visit Sledmere

Visit East Yorkshire’s “finest country house” at Sledmere, near Driffield, with Barton Civic Society and Wilderspin volunteers.  The trip includes a guided tour of the country house, with its beautiful walled garden.  Then, there will be time to see the rare breed farm park, explore the spacious grounds – ideal for a picnic, and visit the Wagoners’ Museum which tells the story of the Wagoners’ Special Reserve and their horse drawn supply wagons in the First World War.

Coach pick-up at 9.30am from the Wilderspin & National School Museum, Queen Street.  Arriving back in Barton by approximately 4.30 pm.

Cost per person £20.00 including travel, entry and tour fees.  Payment should be made in advance at the Wilderspin School Museum.

Call in at Wilderspin to book or ring (01652) 635172.