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Frome Society for Local Study: “Saving the Toneworks” Talk by Dr Joanne O’Hara.
Assembly Rooms Frome Behind Frome Memorial Theatre, United KingdomAssembly Rooms, behind Frome Memorial Theatre, Christchurch Street West, Frome, BA11 1EB Visitors - £5
Martock History Group: Clive Wakely, funeral director. ‘A Life in Death’.
Princes Room, Rear of The George Church St,, Martock, Somerset, United KingdomMartock History Group meet in the Princes Room to the rear of The George, Church Street, Martock TA12 6JL. £3 non members, tea and coffee from 7, talk starts 7.30pm
Somerset Vernacular Buildings Research Group (SVBRG): Jonathan Holt on Somerset Follies
Parish Rooms, Somerton Market Place, Somerton, United KingdomJonathan is editor of the Folly Fellowship’s journal and has written books on the follies of Wiltshire, Dorset and more recently Somerset. Meet in the Parish Rooms, Market Place Somerton […]
Harptrees History Society: ” Portraits, landscapes and murals: the art of Henry Strachey” talk by Michele Day.
West Harptree Memorial Hall Compton Martin Rd, West Harptree, Bristol, United KingdomWest Harptree Memorial Hall, BS40 6EG Doors open at 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Visitors - £3 a head.
Tintinhull Local History Group: “From boy to man in the Somerset coalfield, reminiscences of a former miner.” Bryn Hawkins.
Tintinhull Village Hall Vicarage Street, Tintinhull, SomersetTintinhull Village Hall, Vicarage Street, Tintinhull,. Yeovil BA22 8PY Members: £1. Visitors: £3. Includes seasonal refreshments from 7.15.
SANHS 175 Exhibition at Taunton Library “Celebrating 175 years of SANHS in Somerset”
Taunton Library , United KingdomIn the week of 3rd to 7th March 2025, we will be holding an exhibition in Taunton library which will show the history of SANHS over the last 175 years. […]
Historical Association : “Walter Bagehot: Langport’s international celebrity” Barry Winetrobe (Langport & District History Society).
Birchall Hall, Queen's College Trull Rd, Taunton, United KingdomBirchall Hall, Queen's College, Trull Road, Taunton, TA1 4QS. Lecture: £3. There is free car parking on site.
Wells Natural History and Archaeological Society : “The hanging pyx cover in Wells Cathedral” John Munns, Magdalene College, Cambridge. [with the AGM]
Wells and Mendip Museum 8 Cathedral Green, Wells, SomersetLecture hall, Wells and Mendip Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells, BA5 2UE Non-members £4
Yeovil Archaeological and Local History Society : “The witches of Selwood: witchcraft, belief and accusation in 17th century Somerset”, talk by Andrew Pickering (author of the book of the same title).
Holy Trinity Church Lysander Rd, Yeovil, United KingdomHoly Trinity Church, Lysander Road, Yeovil, BA20 2BU Free to members, non-members £2. For more information contact: yalhs.coordinator@outlook.com or visit the website at yahls.org.uk
SANHS 175 Conference at the Wyndham Hall ‘Somerset in the Mid-Nineteenth Century’
Wyndham Hall Castle Green, Taunton, Somerset, United KingdomA full day’s conference of about 18 short talks on a wide range of topics to give an insight into many aspects of Somerset in the mid- 19th century. Cost […]
Frome Society for Local Study: Shoemakers’ Museum – The Story of Clarks – Talk by Rosie Martin.
Assembly Rooms Frome Behind Frome Memorial Theatre, United KingdomAssembly Rooms, behind Frome Memorial Theatre, Christchurch Street West, Frome, BA11 1EB Visitors - £5
The Wyndham Picturehouse: Cinema Paradiso (Cert PG)
Wyndham Hall Castle Green, Taunton, Somerset, United KingdomShowings at 2.30 PM and 7.30 PM a long film (2hours 30 mins) but with an intermission Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of […]