Booking essential, group limited to 25 but if numbers are sufficient a second tour can be arranged later that afternoon Book with SANHS by 19 September: email office@sanhs.org or ring […]

John Smith will give one of his dramatic and action packed descriptions of the Battle of Britain over Somerset 85 years ago.   He promises to turn up, he is giving […]

Meet at Gurney Street Manor for 10.30 to start walkabout examining the history of this ancient Royal Manor and Minster with its associated historic buildings. Lunch at members discretion, although […]

It’s 1941 World War II continues to rage across Europe. The young men of England have been called to the front to fight. So, back home a new regiment is […]

Ed Lorch will tell us the story of local man James Quantock, an 18th century polymath who specialized in what we today call surveying.  How his intricate 100 page notebook was […]

Greg Wales, who gave us such an interesting talk in early 2024, will give us an update on his continued excavations of the continuous settlements at Bower Hinton since Iron […]

Filmed adaptation of the Offenbach opera by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressberger. A romantic poet named ETA Hoffman (Robert Rounseville) reflects on three women he loved and lost in the […]

Andy Ziminski will talk us through some of the rich and varied carvings he has studied.  He has an eye for interesting detail, his recent book “Church Going” gained him […]

Andrew Clegg is a citizen scientist who has been researching the true story of phosphates in the River Parrett in the course of human occupation.  Working with the Environment Agency […]

Hotel night porter Dom falls in love with Fiona who arrives with no luggage or shoes and says she is a fairy. She will grant him three wishes, but she […]