The Somerset Archaeological
and Natural History Society
SANHS


 

Joint Calendar


Associated Societies Combined Programme 2010

Full information of Societies' meeting places and contacts for booking and confirmation of details of events is contained in the list of Associated Societies.
All details of events should be confirmed with the relevant contact.
Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of information, but the Society cannot be held responsible for any loss or inconvenience due to error. Before attending events, it is always advisable to check details with the organisers.
Those taking part in excursions, field events, lectures or similar meetings, do so at their own risk. The Society cannot accept responsibility for any injury or damage sustained therein by participants, however caused.

Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Meetings

Winter meetings are held at 2.30 pm in the Wyndham Hall, Taunton Castle, unless otherwise stated.
One delegate or representative, of each Associated Society, on presentation of the Society's membership card, may attend Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society events (or visit the County Museum or Rural Life Museum or use SANHS library.)
Other associated society members will be welcome as visitors at SANHS events, as will other non-members of SANHS. Voluntary donations will be welcomed.
Visits to houses, organised by the Historic Buildings Committee, are usually very popular and because these are often to private homes, numbers may have to be limited to members only. Prior booking through the SANHS office is therefore essential.
All details of SANHS events should be confirmed at SANHS Offices, Tel: 01823 272429, or email to office@sanhs.org.

 

JANUARY 2010

Wed 6
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
TBA

Fr 8
Chard History Group
AGM followed by a talk, tba

Fri 8
Nynehead & District Local History Society
New Year Party and seasonal activity - starts at 7.30pm

Fri 8
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Victorian Magic Lantern Show with the Music of Fred Weatherley
Travelling Light

Fri 8
Wells Natural History and Archaeological Society
Recent Rediscoveries of the Mediaeval Reredos Sculptures at the Church of St Cuthbert, Wells
Jerry Sampson

Sat 9
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Conservation on the Moors and Levels
Stephen Parker
2.30pm, Wyndham Hall, Taunton

Sat 9
Frome Society for Local Study
William Beckford, 250th Anniversary Year
Amy Frost

Tues 12
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History Society
Early Monasteries in North Somerset.
Professor Mick Aston

Wed 13
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Somerset Maps
Christine and Joe King, Somerset Record Office, 7.30pm

Wed 13
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
The river Sigar rediscovered

Mon 19
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
The Battle of Lansdown
Dr John Wroughton

Tues 19
West Somerset Village History Society
Early iron and mineral workings on Exmoor
Lee Bray

Wed 20
Somerset Vernacular Building Research Group
Stogursey Documentation
Susan Shaw

Wed 20
North Curry Society
Brunel in the South West
David Greenfield

Wed 20
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
TBA

Thu 21
Blagdon Local History Society
Photographs and postcards from the John and Sibyl Gallo Collection
John Gallop

Sat 23
Frome Society for Local Study
To be confirmed

Wed 27
South Petherton Local History Group
Creating a new museum and archive for Somerset
Tom Mayberry

Thu 28
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Symbolism and Imagery in Churches
Louis Groome

Thu 28
Somerton History Society
TBA


FEBRUARY 2010

Fri 5
Wells Natural History and Archaeological Society
Where have all the "Q" Pits gone: lead mining on Mendip
Barry Lane

Sat 6
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Butterflies and climate change
Keith Gould
2.30pm, Wyndham Hall, Taunton

Sat 6
Frome Society for Local Study
The National Art Collection
Anthony Pugh-Thomas

Tues 9
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History Society
Death, burial and rock-art: New discoveries in Western Britain.
George Nash, visiting Professor Bristol University

Wed 10
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Presentation by the Blake Museum

Wed 10
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
TBA

Fri 12
Nynehead & District Local History Society
Parish governance from the Norman Conquest to the Vicar of Dibley
David Greig, parish Liaison Officer, Taunton Deane Borough Council

Fri 12
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Banwell Church - Then and Now
John Franks

Sat 13
Chard History Group
Victorian Dress and dating your photographs (bring them along)
Penelope Ruddock

Mon 15
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
The Pulteney Family
Dr Michael Rowe

Tues 16
Friends of Somerset Archives
Legalese and jargon: a modern phenomenon?
Sue Berry

Tue 16
West Somerset Village History Society
Conservation and thatching on the Holnicote Estate
Bridget Litchfield

Tue 16
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
Three Antarctic Explorers
Nick Moore

Wed 17
Somerset Vernacular Building Research Group
Presentation of Recent Surveys
Group members

Wed 17
North Curry Society
Taunton Priory Excavations
Steve Membury

Thu 18
Blagdon Local History Society
AGM

Sat 20
Frome Society for Local Study
Edward Freeman, "flawed sage"
Peter Clarke

Wed 24
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
TBA

Wed 24
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Somerset Music
Jane de Gruchy
Somerset Record Office, 7.30pm

Wed 24
South Petherton Local History Group
The South Petherton Snakepit:
researches into a local limekiln
Leon Ford

Thu 25
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Bodies, Beads and Bronzes - Excavations at Chilcomptom, Mendip
Dr Jodie Lewis

Thu 25
Somerton History Society
Films of Old Somerton

 

MARCH 2010

Fri 5
Wells Natural history and Archaeological Society
AGM - and talk by the President, The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells on his Marathon Walk around the Diocese in the summer

Sat 6
Frome Society for Local Study
An illustrated talk by the Head Gardener of Stourhead
Alan Power

Tues 9
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History Society
Archaeology of Mendip from the air and recent discoveries.
Bob Croft, Somerset County Archaeologist

Wed 10
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Royal Ordnance, Bridgwater

Wed 10
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
TBA

Fri 12
Nynehead & District Local History Society
The Fairfield Project
Bob Croft, County Archaeologist

Fr 12
Banwell Society of Archaeology
The Building of Roman Britain
Gary Gowans

Sat 13
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Buzzards
Robin Prytherch
2.30pm, Wyndham Hall, Taunton

Sat 13
Chard History Group
Famous Speeches
Philip Knighton

Mon 15
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
Rajah Rammahon Roy
Carla Contractor

Tue 16
West Somerset Village History Society
West Somerset defences in World War II
Chris Webster

Tue 16
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
The Churches of Dartmoor and Exmoor
Rev. David Howell

Wed 17
Somerset Vernacular Building Research Group
Historic Buildings, Mendip Landscape: Architectural Investigation and the English Heritage Mendip Hills AONB Project
Barry Jones, English Heritage

Wed 17
North Curry Society
Somerset Wills
Mary Siraut

Sat 20
Frome Society for Local Study
Frome Civic Society, an opportunity to learn of recent changes
(preceded at 2pm by AGM)
John Peverley

Wed 24
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
TBA

Wed 24
South Petherton Local History Group
"Don't tell I, tell 'ee": a talk on Somerset dialect
Roger Evans

Thu 25
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
AGM followed by talk on a local Community Archaeology project; refreshments provided

Thu 25
Somerton History Society
AGM, and The Abode of Love at Spaxton
Peter Campion