What’s On

Join us for this year’s AGM which is followed by a social event with drinks and nibbles. The AGM agenda is available here The accounts for previous year available here

From Melancholy to Depressive Illness– The Treatment of Depression across the Centuries Back in March 2023 a blue plaque was installed for Dr Nathaniel Cotton. He was an 18th-century poet and a medical doctor, who was a pioneer in the treatment of mental health, developing an early form of clinical psychology at a time when […]

Please confirm your attendance by email to chair@stalbanscivicsociety.com  

St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society (SAHAAS), invite us to join them for a talk by Prof. Geraint John, president emeritus of the St Albans Civic Society, about the Arts and Crafts movement of the latter part of the nineteenth century. The talk will cover an introduction to the arts and crafts movement, William […]

Do you remember the proposal to build a freight terminal on the old Handley Page airfield site at Park Street? Refused by the Council but approved on appeal by the Secretary of State, it was the largest planning application the district has ever seen – almost 500 football pitches, 3000 more lorries using congested local […]

Jill Singer who for many years was a member of the Civic Society Committee is returning on 24 April to give a talk to members on Samuel Ryder and the mark he made not just on the city but also on wider society. With his name given to The Ryder Cup he is known to […]