Lecture Series | Lawless Ladies from the Last Millennia
Lecture Series | How a house like this was furnished
18 March 2026, 7pm until 8.15pm (Doors at 6.30pm)
- Adult (18+) | £15.00
- Accompanying Carer | Free
Wentworth Woodhouse welcomes you back to the annual lecture series.
Diane Holloway, Lawless Ladies from the Last Millennia
For Women’s History Month. For more than a millennium, women have been committing murder, robbery, forgery, rebellions and scams. There have been rampaging female criminal gangs, as well as women being found guilty of spying, witchcraft, piracy, highway robbery and religious crimes. From before William the Conqueror arrived until modern times, there has been very little change in the types of crimes women have committed. In March AD 978 Aelfthryth murdered her stepson, and in the 1940s a woman was in one of her ‘funny moods’, so she murdered her neighbour. The stories of almost 200 criminals, are included, and the times in which they lived, covering all four countries of the UK.
Accessibility
This event takes place in the Low Drawing Room, which is on the Ground Floor of the Mansion. There is ramp access to the ground floor of the Mansion. You can find out more about accessibility on site here: https://wentworthwoodhouse.org.uk/your-visit/access-for-all/
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Lecture Series | How a house like this was furnished
18 March 2026, 7pm until 8.15pm (Doors at 6.30pm)
- Adult (18+) | £15.00
- Accompanying Carer | Free
Wentworth Woodhouse welcomes you back to the annual lecture series.
Diane Holloway, Lawless Ladies from the Last Millennia
For Women’s History Month. For more than a millennium, women have been committing murder, robbery, forgery, rebellions and scams. There have been rampaging female criminal gangs, as well as women being found guilty of spying, witchcraft, piracy, highway robbery and religious crimes. From before William the Conqueror arrived until modern times, there has been very little change in the types of crimes women have committed. In March AD 978 Aelfthryth murdered her stepson, and in the 1940s a woman was in one of her ‘funny moods’, so she murdered her neighbour. The stories of almost 200 criminals, are included, and the times in which they lived, covering all four countries of the UK.
Accessibility
This event takes place in the Low Drawing Room, which is on the Ground Floor of the Mansion. There is ramp access to the ground floor of the Mansion. You can find out more about accessibility on site here: https://wentworthwoodhouse.org.uk/your-visit/access-for-all/
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