Wigmore Lecture: Mary Ross, Shipbuilder

The Wigmore Lectures are a series of local history and culture talks where you can discover Medway’s rich history, culture and heritage from expert speakers.

At her wedding on 17 February 1791, Mary Ross married a business as well as a husband. When that husband died a few years later, she was left with a shipyard full of workers and a house full of children, and was under contract to the Admiralty to produce two ships-of-the-line, one of which was already on the slipway. Find out how she coped and learn more about the world of Medway’s private shipyards in the Napoleonic period.

Tickets: £5.00
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Venue:  Wigmore Library, 208 Fairview Avenue, Gillingham ME8 0PX

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