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Official visitor guide produced in association with the
Visit Chester & Cheshire regional tourist board.
Saturday, 31st July 2010
Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Elizabeth Gaskell, the world famous author, renowned for North and South and Wives and Daughters. She also created Cranford, based on the market town of Knutsford, where she was born and now familiar to many through the recent BBC adaptation of her work.
Her bi-centenary is celebrated through a year-long programme of events in Knutsford and Manchester, where she spent her married life.
Events include a range of exhibitions and performances through to a flower festival and even The Knutsford Great Race - a spectacular penny farthing race which takes place in September.
See the calendar of Elizabeth Gaskells events, shown below.
View our Elizabeth Gaskell Events Guide.
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Location
Knutsford
Tatton Park’s Biennial returns with ‘Framing Identity’.
Dates
- From:
- 8 May 2010 to 25 Sep 2010
Type
Type:
Exhibition
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
A special exhibition to celebrate the bi-centenary of Elizabeth Gaskell’s birth. This will give an insight into Knutsford as it was during the Victorian period when she lived in the town.Dates
- From:
- 1 Jun 2010 to 31 Aug 2010
Type
Type:
Exhibition
Location
Styal
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
A small exhibition to celebrate the bi-centenary of Elizabeth Gaskell and her connection with Quarry Bank Mill through her Uncle, Doctor Holland.Dates
- From:
- 7 Jun 2010 to 5 Sep 2010
Type
Type:
Exhibition
Location
Manchester
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
This exhibition, which marks the bicentenary of her birth, draws on the Library’s world-class Gaskell collections to explore her place in these diverse communities.Dates
- From:
- 15 Jul 2010 to 28 Nov 2010
Type
Type:
Exhibition
Location
Manchester
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
A lecture by Dr Pamela Corpron Parker of Whitworth University, USA.Dates
- From:
- 5 Aug 2010 to 5 Aug 2010
Type
Type:
Lecture
Location
Manchester
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Explore the varied experiences of Victorian children through a series of creative activities drawing inspiration from the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell.Dates
- From:
- 28 Aug 2010 to 28 Aug 2010
Type
Type:
Competition / Game
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary**
Knutsford where Elizabeth Gaskell grew up is well known as her inspiration for Cranford but other stories and her letters also tell of her links with Tatton and Dunham Halls, Tabley House and othersDates
- From:
- 30 Aug 2010 to 31 Oct 2010
Type
Type:
Exhibition
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Exhibition on various artists that have been used to illustrate Mrs Gaskell's fiction arranged by Mike Eddison from Cheshire Archives and Local StudiesDates
- From:
- 1 Sep 2010 to 30 Sep 2010
Type
Type:
Exhibition
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
3 HOUR "HIGH WHEEL RACE" Only Run Every 10 YearsDates
- From:
- 5 Sep 2010 to 5 Sep 2010
Type
Type:
Sporting Event
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Readings from some of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels with refreshments.
Dates
- From:
- 14 Sep 2010 to 14 Sep 2010
Type
Type:
Lecture
Location
Manchester
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Talk and presentation on clothes which would have been worn by the ladies of Cranford
Booking Recommended - 18th September 2010 - 11am - 12.30pmDates
- From:
- 18 Sep 2010 to 18 Sep 2010
Type
Type:
Performance
Location
London
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Elizabeth Gaskell will be honoured with a memorial in a window panel in Poets’ Corner in Westminster AbbeyDates
- From:
- 25 Sep 2010 to 25 Sep 2010
Type
Type:
Ceremony
Location
Manchester
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Lancashire folk singers, Mark Dowding and Chris Pollington, will give a performance of Manchester ballads from Gaskell's time.Dates
- From:
- 26 Sep 2010 to 26 Sep 2010
Type
Type:
Performance
Location
Manchester
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Join the curator of A Connected Life for a tour of the exhibition, see some of the items from the Library’s extensive Gaskell collections which didn't make it into the exhibition.Dates
- From:
- 29 Sep 2010 to 29 Sep 2010
Type
Type:
Guided Walk
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
11am - A talk in Brook Street Chapel on Elizabeth Gaskell and her novels by Elizabeth Williams-Chairman of the Gaskell Society voluntary donation towards the new Exhibition CentreDates
- From:
- 29 Sep 2010 to 29 Sep 2010
Type
Type:
Lecture
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
A special chapel service dedicated to Elizabeth Gaskell followed by the laying of a wreath on her grave by the Gaskell Society. This will be followed by a finger buffet in the schoolroomDates
- From:
- 3 Oct 2010 to 3 Oct 2010
Type
Type:
Ceremony
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Knutsford Amateur Operatic Society presents an Old Time Music Hall
Dates
- From:
- 5 Oct 2010 to 9 Oct 2010
Type
Type:
Performance
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Celebrating the bicentenary of Elizabeth Gaskell’s birth, Joan Leach, local historian, and writer, gives an insightful talk about how this renowned author linked to the local town of KnutsfordDates
- From:
- 6 Oct 2010 to 6 Oct 2010
Type
Type:
Guided Walk
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Knutsford Literature Festival was launched in October 2000 as a millennium event. It was an instant success and is now staged every October during the first 2 or 3 weeks.
Dates
- From:
- 7 Oct 2010 to 24 Oct 2010
Type
Type:
Fete / Fair
Location
Knutsford
**Part of the Elizabeth Gaskell Bi-Centenary 2010**
Join Ed Potten, Assistant Keeper of Printed Books, and Fran Baker, Assistant Modern Literary Archivist, both from John Ryland’s University Library, ManchesterDates
- From:
- 8 Oct 2010 to 8 Oct 2010
Type
Type:
Lecture
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