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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.
MARCH 2010
Wed 24
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
AGM
Wed 24
South Petherton Local History Group
"Don't tell I, tell 'ee": a talk on Somerset
dialect
Roger Evans
Wed 24
Norton sub Hamdon History Society
Sir John Popham 1531-1607
Douglas Rice
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
APRIL 2010
Wed 7
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
Rethinking Stonehenge & Avebury: making sense of
recent discoveries
Dr Nicola Snashall AIFA
Fri 9
Nynehead & District Local History Society
The Victoria County History and England's Past for Everyone
Mary Siraut, Editor, Somerset County History
Fri 9
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Wells - the smallest city in a new light
Bob Porton
Fri 9
Chard History Group
The Story of English Cheeses
D J March
Sat 10
SANHS, Historic Buildings
Visit to Ashton Windmill, 2.00 pm and
Mark Church, 3.00pm,
with tour of tower and tea,
Christopher Chanter
Booking with SANHS office essential
Tues 13
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
The Residences of the Medieval Bishops of Bath and Wells
Naomi Payne, Somerset Historical Environment Officer
Wed 14
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Fussels Ironworks (Mells)
Roy Gallop
Thurs 15
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
AGM & Archaeology at Ford Farm, Bawdrip
Phil Knibb
Sat 17
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
AGM, followed by a talk on
the Bath Pageant of 1909
Sat 17
SANHS: Archaeology
The Somerset Archaeological Symposium 2010
The Conference Centre, Somerset College, Wellington Road, Taunton,
10am (coffee) for 10.30am;
2.15pm: Keynote address by Clare Randell of Bournemouth University
on South Cadbury and its Landscape
Admission for the day: £10.00,
non-members £12.00; tickets on the door.
Parking free, please make your own arrangements for lunch.
Tues 20
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
The Life and Times of Sir John Popham
James Bradnock
Tues 20
West Somerset Village History Society
"Porlock Weir" Maritime trade and development
Peter Ferguson and John Gilman
Wed 21
North Curry Society
Public Rights of Way
Rob Coate
Wed 21
Somerset Vernacular Building Research Group
Jocelin's Buildings in Wells
Jerry Sampson
Thurs 22
Somerton History Society
The Somerton I Remember in my Youth
Don Puddy
Thurs 22
Blagdon Local History Society
The History of Witham
Andrew Littlejones
Sat 24
SANHS Natural History
Spring Flowers at Thurlbear
On site south of Stoke St Mary
10.30am
Sat 24
SANHS Local History
The invention and reinvention of the English Country
House:
Barrington Court Conference
Please book
Wed 28
South Petherton Local History Group
The history of the uses of oak in buildings, artifacts,
etc.
John England
MAY 2010
Fri 7
Chard History Group
Annual Dinner at Lordleaze Hotel (6.45 for 7.15pm)
Sat and Sun, 8 and 9
Somerton History Society
Open days at Somerton Mill, 11am-5pm
Tues 11
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
Butterflies of Somerset
Raymond Cook, Natural History Secretary
Wed 12
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Royal Ordnance, Bridgwater
G. Brown & J. Strickland
Fr 14
Nynehead & District Local History Society
AGM; and New thoughts on
the history of Carhampton
Hilary Binding
Fri 14
Banwell Archaeology Society
Anniversary Night
Saturday 15 May 10.30am
(doors open 10.00am)
SANHS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Venue: Banwell Village Hall, Banwell
Wells.
Presidential address:
"Some visitors to the Bone Caves"
Full details will be sent with AGM papers.
Tues 18
West Somerset Village History Society
AGM and members evening:
wine and nibbles
Wed 19
North Curry Society
The Quantocks
Hazel Riley
Wed 19
Norton sub Hamdon History Society
Norton's Parish Church,
to the Hinton St George church
Jerry Sampson
Wed 19
Somerset
Vernacular Building Research Group
Pevsner Revisited
Julian Orbach
Tues 20
West Somerset Village History Society
Porlock Wier: maritime trade and development
Peter Ferguson and John Gilman
Tues 20
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
The Blacklands Project
Jayne Lawes
Tues 20
Blagdon Local History Society
Visit to the ruins of Witham
Sat 22
SANHS Historic Buildings
Visit to Martock and the Treasurer's House
Wed 26
South Petherton Local History Group
Churchyard Fives - to the disgrace of religion
Jerry Sampson
JUNE 2010
Sat 5
SANHS Historic Buildings
Pevsner Updated
Julian Orbach
Wed 9
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Members evening
Fri 11
Banwell Society of Archaeology
AGM - Curiouser and curiourser
Cyril Routley
Fri 11
Chard History Group
Farming in the 1940s and 1950s in North Somerset
Mr Timney
Sat 12
SANHS Historic Buildings
Visit to Somerton
Nancy Langmaid
Sat 12
SANHS Local History
The Gauge Museum, Bishop's Lydeard
A guided tour with Ian Coleby
Sat 12
SANHS Natural History
Dragonflies on Mendip
Visit lead by Dr Radford
Meet at car park by Waldegrave Pool near Priddy (ST 549513) at 10.30am
Wed 16
North Curry Society
Badgers, their lives, your questions
Adrian Coward
Thurs 17
Blagdon Local History Society
R. H. Forum
Sat 19
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
The West Somerset Mineral Line
Booking essential
Thurs 24
Somerton History Society
Five Courts in Old Churchyards
Jerry Sampson FSA
JULY 2010
Sat 3
SANHS Natural History
Mendip Geology: a trip to the seaside!
Lead by Mr Briggs
Meet at Great Elm, near Frome at the south end of river bridge (ST 748492)
at 11am
Fri 9
Banwell Society of Archaeology
When Weston was a Village
Pat Hase
Sat 10
Somerton History Society
Somerton Past Exhibition,
Parish Rooms with the Marmaduke Cradock Trust and U3A
Sat 17
SANHS Historic Buildings
Visit to Kilve Church and Chantry
Wed 21
North Curry Society
Village Footpath Walk
Led by Betty Koppa
Thurs 22
Somerton History Society
History of the European Union
Graham Watson, MEP
Thurs 22
Blagdon Local History Society
The Story of Tyntesfield
Chris Nelms
Fri 23 & Sat 24
Geological Curators Group and SANHS
200 Years of West Country Sea Dragons
Sat 24
Somerset Vernacular Building Research Group
Shepton Mallet: a walkabout to include The Merchants
House
Sat 31
Norton sub Hamdon History Society
Portsmouth Naval Day
coach, members only
Sat 31
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Field trip to Bickley Kiln Project
Lead by David Dawson
AUGUST 2010
Fri 9
Banwell Society of Archaeology
When Weston was a Village
Pat Hase
Sat 14
SANHS Natural History
Carymoor Environmental Centre: landfill, recycling,
habitat creation and wildlife
Meet at the centre near Dimmer, Castle Cary (ST 613 314) at 10.30am
Sat 21
Somerset Vernacular Building Research Group
Visit to Orchard Wyndham
£8 per person; booking essential
SEPTEMBER 2010
Wed 8
Local History Group
AGM
Fri 10
Chard History Group
Walk around The Chard Cemetery detailing the Men of
Chard who survived The Great War
Stuart Roper
Wed 15
Norton sub Hamdon History Society
The Somerset Cider Industry
James Crowden
Wed 15
North Curry Society
Nature Reserves and Birds of Prey
Roger Moses
Thurs 16
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Visit to Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford by coach.
Booking essential
Sat 18
SANHS Natural History
Fungus Foray on Exmoor
Lead by Dr Radford and Mr Rix
Meet at Webber's Post car park (SS 902820) at 11am
Thurs 23
Somerton
History Society
The Shadow of the Workhouse
Pat Hase
Thurs 23
Blagdon Local History Society
Michael the Country Boy 1940 -
Mike Horler
Sat 25
SANHS Historic Buildings
Cranmore church, Shepton Mallet and
Southill House, West Cranmore
Christopher Chanter
OCT 2010
Sat 2
SANHS Natural History
Birds of the Otter Estuary
Site visit lead by Dr Philip Radford