The Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society SANHS

 

Associated Societies

Names, addresses and telephone numbers of the Chairman and a Contact are given: usually the Contact is the Secretary. Brief details of meeting places and times are given. If in doubt about an Associated Society's Programme item please telephone that Society's Contact at the number given below.

 

Axbridge Archaeological and Local History Society
Secretary and Contact: Mr Paul Passey, Somerhayes, Jubilee Road, Axbridge BS26 2DA Tel: 01934 733373
Meetings: second Thursday in the month, at 7.30 pm at The Lamb, Axbridge. Visitors welcome.

Banwell Society of Archaeology
Secretary: Mrs Patricia Corbett, 18 Old Banwell Road, Locking, Weston-super-Mare BS24 8BS. Tel: 01934 822979
Meetings: second Friday in the month, 7.30 pm in Banwell Village Hall. Visitors welcome.

Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society
Contact: Mrs Ceri Lambdin, 57 Lydiard Way, Trowbridge BA14 0UW, Tel: 01225 761026
Website: bacas.org.uk
Meetings: second Thursday in the month, during the winter, starting at 7.30pm, in the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN. Summer events include excursions, excavations, field walking, etc. Meetings are open to non-members, £3 per meeting.

Blagdon Local History Society
Contact: Olga Shotton, Pooracre, Bath Road, Blagdon BS40 7RW, Tel: 01761 462 690
Meetings: 7.30 pm at Court Lodge, except where stated. Membership fees £12 per annum. Meetings free to members. Visitors welcome, £2 per meeting.

Bridgwater and District Archaeological Society
Contact: Aubrey Knowles Tel 01278 733874
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/bridgwaterarchsoc/
Meetings: Winter - usually monthly on Thursdays at 7.30 pm at Blake Museum. Please confirm venue and times with Aubrey Knowles on 01278 733874. Summer - field meetings and visits, usually at weekends. Non-members are welcome - voluntary donation requested

Bristol and Avon Archaeological Society
Secretary: Mr Mike Gwyther, 28 Castle Wood, Romana Grange, Chepstow, NP16 5TZ, Tel: 01291 624899,
Website: www.digitalbristol.org/members/baas
Meetings: Alternate Wednesdays at St Matthew's Church, Clare Road, Kingsdown, Bristol, starting at 7.30 pm. Non Members are welcome to attend any event - £1. Between May and August, normal meetings are suspended and the society conducts a series of field visits.

Castle Cary and District Museum and Preservation Society
Secretary: Mrs Annette Bedford, 3 North Street, Castle Cary Tel: 01963 351324
Curator: No curator at present time.

Chard History Group
Secretary: Ann Courtney, U'macha, 50 Bampton Avenue, Chard TA20 1DS, Tel: 01460 61407
Website:www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~carterw/
Meetings: Usually second Friday of each month, 7.30 pm at Redstart Primary School, Redstart Road, Chard. Visitors welcome.
Charge £1 members, £1.50 non-members. Summer meetings are outside visits, the times of which are variable. Advance booking usually necessary.

Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Secretary and Contact: Maureen O'Connor, 1 Queen's Avenue, Portishead, Somerset, BS20 6NH, Tel: 01275 846261
Meetings: Last Thursday of each month, September to March, at the Friends' Meeting House, 15 Albert Road, Clevedon at 7.30 pm. Visitors welcome.
Fee £3, juniors 50p. Field trips April to September.

Evercreech & District Local History Society
Contact: Mr B Hodgson, The Long House, High Street, Evercreech BA4 6HZ

Exmoor National Park Authority
Exmoor House, Dulverton TA22 9HL, Tel: 01398 323150,
Website: www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk
Principal Conservation Officer, Historic Environment: Rob Wilson-North Tel: 01398 324230/3305

Friends of Somerset County Museum
Contact: Carol Dimmer, Somerset County Museum, Taunton TA1 4AA Tel: 01823 320200. Website
Meetings: Tuesdays at 7.30pm quarterly at the Somerset County Museum.
Events held monthly at the Somerset County Museum, or excursions, unless otherwise stated. All are welcome to attend. Non-members £2 per person.

Frome Society for Local Study
Secretary: Mrs Pat Eames, 49 Mendip Drive, Frome BA11 2HT, Tel: 01373 464464
Meetings: Held in St Catharine's Church Hall, Park Road (off Christchurch Street West), Frome, on Saturday afternoons starting at 2.30 pm. Visitors welcome: £2 at the door. Contact the Society for details of the summer visits programme.

Glastonbury Antiquarian Society
Secretary and Contact: Mr Desmond Miller, Miller & Co, 48 High Street, Glastonbury BA6 9DX Tel: 01458 833660, email info@desmondmiller.co.uk,
Website: glastonburyantiquarians.org
Meetings: Held in Glastonbury Library at 7.30pm. Entrance £1 to non-members.

Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
Contact: Mr Dennis Hill, 31 Walden Road, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 1QW, Tel: 0117 986 5481, email: dennishill38@waitrose.com
Website www.kesalthist.org.uk
Meetings: third Monday of each month at the Fear Hall, High Street, Keynsham at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated. Non-members charge is £2.

Martock Local History Group
Contact: Mr Will Aslett, Secretary, Tel: 01935 822159, e-mail cft-paslett@supanet.com
Website: www.martockhistory.co.uk
Meetings: Held in the Primary School, Elmleigh Road, Martock, on the fourth Tuesday at 7.30pm. Admission £1.

North Curry Society
Contacts: Dr Philip Hickman (Chairman), Tel: 01823 490613
Pat Curtis (Secretary) Tel: 01823 490365
Website: www.northcurry.com.
Meetings are held in the North Curry Village Hall on third Wednesday of the month at 8pm. Visitors welcome, £1 per meeting.

The North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Secretary and Contact: Mrs D M Wallis, Tel: 01278 760550
Meetings: second Wednesday of each month, at 7 pm in the Lecture Theatre, King Alfred School, Burnham Road, Highbridge. Visitors welcome (charge £1).

North Somerset Archaeological Research Group
Director and Contact: Mr David Long, 11 Hazel Close, Clevedon, BS21 5AS. Tel: 01275 875174.

Norton sub Hamdon Local History Society
Secretary: Mr Roger Webb, 5 Broadmead Lane, Norton sub Hamdon, Somerset TA14 6SS, Tel: 01935 881096
Meetings: usually in the village hall at 7.30pm. Visitors are welcome.

Nynehead and District Local History Society
Secretary and Contact: Mr David Rabson, Gerrans, Nynehead, Wellington TA21 0BS, Tel: 01823 666609
Meetings: Winter (October to May) - second Friday of each month, in Nynehead Memorial Hall, starting at 7.45 pm, unless stated otherwise. For further information and details of summer visits contact David Rabson. Annual subscription £7. Visitors welcome. Nynehead village website carries information on the society and programme: www.nynehead.org

Radstock, Midsomer Norton & District Museum Society
Administrator & Contact: Mrs Peggy Rowe, Radstock Museum, Waterloo Road, Radstock BA3 3EP. Tel: 01761 437722
Website: www.radstockmuseum.co.uk
The museum is closed on Mondays but open every other day from 2pm to 5pm, Saturday 11am to 5am. Admisson £3.

Somerset Heraldry Society
Secretary: Alex Maxwell Findlater, The Grammar House, Langport TA10 9PU, Tel: 01458 250868, email: alex@findlater.org.uk. Website
Meetings: eight to twelve each year, including visits to places with heraldic displays, as well as talks on heraldry and allied subjects. Various venues.

Somerset Invertebrates Group
Secretary: Graham Rix, Tel: 01458 835448
Meetings: field meetings take place on Sundays, start at 11am and last until around 4pm. Take lunch and appropriate clothing. Contact Robin Williams for more details on 01934 712344

Somerset Moth Group
Secretary: Mr John Bebbington, Tel: 01458 253027, email: john.bebbington@somersetmothgroup.org.uk
Website: www.somersetmothgroup.org.uk
Meetings: Moth Group meetings take the form of moth trapping evenings in the summer months and the AGM is held in the spring. Contact Mike Ridge, Tel: 01278 450793 to confirm trapping evenings are going ahead.

Somerset Rare Plants Group
Contact: Liz McDonnell Tel 01934 712649, e-mail: lizmcdonnell@btopenworld.com
Website: www.somersetrareplantsgroup.org.uk
Meetings: Winter meetings are held at Shapwick Village Hall, 11am to 4pm; take packed lunch. Charge: £3 per meeting.

Somerset Vernacular Building Research Group
Secretary: Mrs Denny Robins Tel 01935 826396, email denny@toucansurf.com
Website www.svbrg.org.uk
Regular meetings open to the public throughout the winter - third Wednesday of the month (Oct - April) at the Medway Hall, Compton Dundon at 7.30pm.

Somerset History Society
Secretary: Nancy Langmaid, 32 Highfield Way, Somerton, TA11 6SQ, Tel: 01458 273859, email: nancy.langmaid@btinternet.com
Website: www.somertonmuseum.org.uk
Meetings: on the fourth Thursday in the month, usually at the URC Hall in West Street, Somerton at 7.00pm; £10 membership, £5 for associate membership. Visitors welcome (£1 donation).

South Petherton Local History Group
Secretary: David Jones, Cobbetts, Droveway, South Petherton TA13 5DA, Tel: 01460 240252
Meetings: fourth Wednesday in the month, September to May (not December), in the Methodist Church Hall, Palmer Street, South Petherton; £5 membership, visitors welcome (charge £2).

South Somerset Archaeological Research Group
Secretary: Del Wiggins, South Cottage, Little Hill, Buckland St Mary, Chard, TA20 3SS, Tel: 01460 234458
Meetings: Sundays, about eight times a year, at 2.30 pm, in Shepton Montague Village Hall. Annual subscription (due at AGM) £8 Individual and £12 Family. Two or more visits a year are arranged to sites of interest. Visitors are welcome. £1.50 a meeting.

Watchet Market House Museum
Secretary: Sue Upstone, 27 Doniford Road, Watchet, TA23 0TE, Tel: 01984 31925, email: clericalofficer@watchettowncouncil.org
Meetings: second Wednesday in the month, October to March, at 7.30 pm, in the Methodist Schoolroom, Harbour Road, Watchet; 50p charge.

Wells Natural History & Archaeological Society
Secretary and Contact: Mrs Elaine Cookman, c/o Wells Museum, 8 Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE, Tel: 01749 673477
Meetings: Winter - Fridays, 7.30 pm in Wells Museum. Summer - walks and excursions. Membership - Single: £7.50, Joint: £12, Student: £3. Visitors welcome - £2. Members are entitled to free admission to the Museum.

West Somerset Archaeological and Local History Society
Chairman and Contact: Christopher Wood BSc CGeol FGS, Meadowcombe, 31 Periton Lane, Minehead, TA24 8AQ, Tel: 01643 706900.
e-mail chrisjwood@btopenworld.com
Meetings: last Saturday of the months January-April and September-November, at 2.30 pm in the Church Hall, Bancks Street, Minehead. Visitors welcome, £1 per meeting.

West Somerset Village History Society
Secretary and Contact: Mrs Gill Tapp, Blagdon Farm, Wheddon Cross, TA24 7ED. Tel: 01643 841280
Meetings: third Tuesday in the month at 7.45 pm , in EMN Community Hall, Monksilver.
Visitors welcome, £2 per meeting.

Weston-super-Mare Archaeological and Natural History Society
Secretary and Contact: Mr Malcolm Marston, Tramore, 2C Beaconsfield Road, Weston?super-Mare BS23 1YE, Tel: 01934 413645
Meetings: second Tuesday in the month, September to May, at Victoria Methodist Hall (behind Victoria Methodist Church) Station Road, Weston super Mare (plenty of parking behind the Hall).. Doors open 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm start. Some outings during summer months. Visitors welcome - £2 a visit.

Winscombe and Sandford Local History and Archaeological Society
Secretary: Peter Owen, Watcombe, Church Road, Winscombe, Somerset, BS25 1BP, Tel 01934 842666
Meetings: five times a year on Thursday eveningsat 7.30pm at Winscombe Community Centre; membership fees are £6 per annum; visitors welcome.

Wiveliscombe Historical Society
Chairman: Mrs Gillian Tennent, Whitefield Corner, Wiveliscombe, Taunton TA4 2UW, Tel 01984 624312
Meetings: Third Tuesday of the month (October to April, not December) at 7.30 pm in the Primary School Hall, North Street (£2 including refreshments)

Yeovil and District Natural History Society
Chairman: : Geraldine Crouch, 73 Combe Park, Yeovil BA21 3BE, Tel: 01935 421071, email geraldinecrouch@aol.com
Meetings: : September to March, Wednesdays at 7.30 pm at Preston Community Centre, Monk's Dale, Yeovil. Summer, outdoor excursions etc Sundays and evenings. Visitors are welcome. £2 contribution.

Yeovil Archaeological and Local History Society
Chairman: Maurice Tomlin, Tel: 01458 241161, e-mail chairman@yalhs.org.uk
Website. www.yalhs.org.uk
Meetings: usually first Friday of each month, in Holy Trinity Church, Lysander Road, Yeovil at 7.30 pm unless otherwise stated. Visitors welcome.