84 Plymouth Grove

Upcoming events at 84 Plymouth Grove

84 Plymouth Grove is a historic site in Chorlton upon Medlock. Near Here currently lists 16 upcoming events, including Puffins, Penguins and Ladybirds: Summer Family Fun, Charlotte Brontë & Elizabeth Gaskell Tour and Online Talk – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Gothic Fiction: An Introduction.

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Puffins, Penguins and Ladybirds: Summer Family Fun

Join us at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House this summer for some family fun to celebrate the National Year of Reading.

Wed 22 Jul84 Plymouth Grove

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Around £18

Charlotte Brontë & Elizabeth Gaskell Tour

Visit Elizabeth Gaskell’s House for a brand-new guided tour exploring the friendship between Manchester’s Elizabeth Gaskell and Yorkshire’s Charlotte Brontë.

Fri 4 Sept84 Plymouth Grove

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Talks & Lectures

Around £6

Online Talk – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Gothic Fiction: An Introduction

Take a turn to the dark side this autumn as you explore the mystery and macabre of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Gothic writing. Face the claustrophobic suspense of Lois the Witch, feel the supernatural terror of The Poor Clare and shiver in the snowy horror of The Old Nurse’s Story.

Wed 16 Sept84 Plymouth Grove

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Talks & Lectures

Around £6

Online Talk: Mothers of the Gothic – Writing the Supernatural

Get ready for a spooky night of literature as we celebrate the early women writers who gave birth to a new genre: The Gothic. From crumbling castles and scary supernatural scenes, novelists like Ann Radcliffe (the highest paid author of the 1790s) and Charlotte Dacre broke new ground and influenced generations of writers including Jane Austen and Mary Shelley.

Wed 30 Sept84 Plymouth Grove

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Around £18

Charlotte Brontë & Elizabeth Gaskell Tour

Visit Elizabeth Gaskell’s House for a brand-new guided tour exploring the friendship between Manchester’s Elizabeth Gaskell and Yorkshire’s Charlotte Brontë.

Fri 2 Oct84 Plymouth Grove

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Talks & Lectures

Around £6

Online Talk: Mary Shelley Beyond Frankenstein

The spark of life was only the beginning.

Wed 7 Oct84 Plymouth Grove

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Community

Around £18

Women of Oxford Road Walking Tour

Join us for a unique walking tour to discover the history of Manchester women associated with the Oxford Road Corridor as part of The Cultural Welcome programme. Artists, writers, scientists, medics, campaigners – many were pioneers in their fields, but may still lack recognition, including Elizabeth Gaskell.

Thu 8 Oct84 Plymouth Grove

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The Cultural Welcome

Calling all students! Enjoy a week of free events and discover Manchester’s hidden literary history this October as part of The Cultural Welcome 2026.

Sun 11 Oct17:3084 Plymouth Grove

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Talks & Lectures

Around £6

Online Talk: The Shadows of Salem – Myth V Reality in Lois the Witch and Other Tales

Does literature reveal the truth behind history or does it simply create a more haunting story? Discover how Elizabeth Gaskell drew on the real Salem Witch Trails of 1692 to write her 1859 novella, Lois the Witch. Then take a look at other witchy tales from the dark side.

Wed 14 Oct84 Plymouth Grove

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Around £6

Online Event: Elizabeth Gaskell V Anne Brontë – Monsters and Madmen

In the shadows of 19th-century domesticity, writers Elizabeth Gaskell and Anne Brontë used the Gothic to question the status of powerful and abusive men. Beyond the supernatural, how can we read short stories like The Grey Woman as powerful criticisms of the real monsters in Victorian society?

Wed 21 Oct84 Plymouth Grove

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Talks & Lectures

Around £6

Online Talk: Victorian Gothic – Haunted Houses and Night-time Terrors

Cross the threshold into a world of flickering gaslight and cold stone. Step beyond the velvet curtains of the Victorian home to discover the era’s greatest Gothic writers, from the atmospheric dread of Wuthering Heights to the suffocating psychology of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper.

Wed 28 Oct84 Plymouth Grove

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Charlotte Brontë & Elizabeth Gaskell Twilight Tour

We invite you to join this one-off twilight tour of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House exploring the friendship between Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell.

Thu 29 Oct84 Plymouth Grove

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Textile Art Celebrating Trailblazing Women

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is delighted to host a small exhibition of textile work created by the Trailblazing Stitching group.

Sat 31 Oct84 Plymouth Grove

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Around £6

Online Event: Elizabeth Gaskell V George Eliot – The Moorland Cottage V The Mill on the Floss

In the mid-19th century, two titans of English literature – Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot – set out to explore the tension between personal yearning and family duty. But while their novels shared a common rural landscape, the women themselves couldn’t have been more different.

Wed 18 Nov84 Plymouth Grove

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Around £4.50

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House Online Book Group

The friendly online Book Group at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House focuses mainly on reading classic works of fiction from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Our intention is to provide a varied and stimulating set of novels, all of which are well worth reading – or re-reading – and which cater for a diverse range of tastes. We warmly welcome newcomers to the group, whether to join in conversations about one or two particular novels, or to attend meetings on a more regular basis.

Thu 19 Nov84 Plymouth Grove

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Around £6

Online Event: A Victorian Christmas with Lucinda Dickens Hawksley

Get ready to step back in time for the ultimate festive treat! We’re thrilled to invite you to a cozy online evening with the wonderful Lucinda Dickens Hawksley. As the great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, Lucinda doesn’t just know Christmas —it’s in her DNA!

Wed 2 Dec84 Plymouth Grove

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