11th September 2025

A talk: The Beckfords and the transatlantic slave trade

Price: ££7 - Bradford on Avon Museum and Preservation Trust members, £9 - non - members. Tickets on sale FROM 28th August at Ex Libris bookshop, Shambles, (cash only) and at the door (cash/card). Doors open at 7pm and a hot drink is included in the ticket price.

A talk by Dr Amy Frost, Senior Curator at the Bath Preservation Trust with responsibility for Lansdown Tower. The Beckford wealth, built upon the enslavement of African people enabled the younger Beckford to create extravagant buildings filled with beautiful objects. this talk reveals the brutality behind the beauty.
This is a joint Museum and Preservation Trust talk.


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  • Venue: United Church
    10 St Margaret's Street, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DD
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