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Frome Society for Local Study: “Working class life in 17th century Somerset” Dr Mark Hailwood.
Frome Cricket Club 30A Rodden Rd, FromeFrome Cricket Club, 30A Rodden Road, Frome BA11 2AH. (Parking on site). Free admission - donations to a local Frome charity.
Tintinhull Local History Group : “West Moor: sharing some of its stories” Kingsbury Time Travellers.
Tintinhull Village Hall Vicarage Street, Tintinhull, SomersetTintinhull Village Hall, Vicarage Street, Tintinhull BA22 8PY. Coffee & biscuits beforehand. Members £1, visitors £3.
South Petherton Local History Group: AGM, followed by “A history of Whitehall”, with Sheila Coggan.
The David Hall Roundwell St, South PethertonThe David Hall, Roundwell Street, South Petherton, TA13 5AA. Annual membership: £10 (free entry to meetings); Visitors £3 (under-18s £1.50, under-14s free)
SANHS: Brean Down Guided Walk
Join Chris Webster (South West Heritage Trust) and Cat Lodge (National Trust archaeologist) for a guided walk around the nationally important site of Brean Down. You’ll be exploring thousands of years of human occupation and, including Bronze Age burial mounds, an Iron Age hillfort, the site of a Roman temple, a Palmerston fort and a […]
Yeovil Archaeological and Local History Society : “From boy to man in the Somerset coalfields” by Bryn Hawkins. Holy Trinity Church, Lysander Road, Yeovil BA20 2BU. Non-members £2.
Holy Trinity Church Lysander Rd, Yeovil, United KingdomHoly Trinity Church, Lysander Road, Yeovil BA20 2BU. Non-members £2.
Cannington Walkabout and Visit to Blackmore Manor
Gurney Manor Gurney St., CanningtonMeet 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 Blackmore Farm does exceptional lunches. Resume at 2.00 pm for a conducted tour of this historic manor-house to conclude with a cream tea. The tour […]
The Wyndham Hall Picture House: Land Girls
Wyndham Hall Castle Green, Taunton, Somerset, United KingdomIt’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 formed, an army of young women who are dispatched across the countryside to work the land. The Land Girls are learning new skills and soon […]
Somerset Vernacular Buildings Research Group: James Quantock, 18th Century Polymath. Talk by Ed Lorch
Somerton Parish Rooms Market Square, SomertonEd 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 found which amongst many other subjects gives instructions and data on surveying, carpentry, husbandry, building costs, the wages for a Montacute thatcher man and boy, and size of the […]
Martock Local History Group: Excavations at Bower Hinton: Update by Greg Wales
Gospel Hall, Martock Church St, MartockGreg 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 Age and Roman times. All talks 7 for 7.30, tea on arrival, at the Gospel Hall, Church Street, Martock, TA12 6JL. £3 non members. Fergus.dowding@btinternet.com […]
The Wyndham Hall Picture House: The Tales of Hoffmann
Wyndham Hall Castle Green, Taunton, Somerset, United KingdomFilmed 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 past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer. A great opportunity to see this fine film on […]
Somerset Vernacular Buildings Research Group: Study of Carvings by Andy Ziminski
Somerton Parish Rooms Market Square, SomertonAndy 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 a pull out supplement in The Sunday Times so we feel lucky to have him talk to us, his photos always fabulous. All talks at […]
Martock Local History Group: The River Parrett: Andrew Clegg
Gospel Hall, Martock Church St, MartockAndrew 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 he has made some surprising findings All talks 7 for 7.30, tea on arrival, at the Gospel Hall, Church Street, Martock, TA12 6JL. £3 non […]