Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society
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JANUARY 2008
Fri 4
Yeovil Archaeological & Local History Society
Members evening - talk TBA
Tue 8
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
Otters of the Somerset Levels
James Field
Wed 9
Watchet Market House Museum
Local Subjects A to Z
Prof Eric Robson
Thu 10
Bath & Camerton Archaeological Society
The Jew of Tewkesbury: an urban myth?
Richard Sermon
Thu 10
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Archaeology Course: Early Christianity in Wessex before
the Norman Conquest
Six meetings on Thursdays to 21 Feb (not 31 Jan)
Tutor: Teresa Hall Cost: £25
Fri 11
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Stanton Drew
Gordon Strong
Fri 11
Nynehead & District Local History Society
New Year party & seasonal quiz
7.30pm
Sat 12
Frome Society for Local Study
Oil Paintings in Public Collections in our Region
Cathryn Spence
Sat 12
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Veteran Yews of Somerset
Linda Carter
Tue 15
West Somerset Village History Society
The History & Restoration of Crowcombe Court
Dr Patricia Smith
Tue 15
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
Farming of the Past - a video show
Peter Sealy
Wed 16
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
TBA
Wed 16
North Curry Society
The River Parrett
Rod Fitzhugh
Thu 17
Blagdon Local History Society
Topic TBA
20th Century Village Forum
Fri 18
Glastonbury Antiquarian Society
Views of Glastonbury in Regency Times
Neill Bonham
7.30pm at the County Library, Glastonbury
Sat 19
Frome Society for Local Study
Restoration & Management of Wetlands Reserves
David Reid
Sat 19
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Historic Farmhouses & Tenure
Bob Machin
Cost: £4
Mon 21
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
Whitchurch Airport
John Penny
Wed 23
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
The Society's Pictures
David Bromwich
Great Hall, Taunton Castle 7.30pm
Wed 23
South
Petherton Local History Group
Building Stones used in Somerset Churches
Hugh Prudden
Thu 24
Friends of North Somerset Museum
Clevedon Court
David Fogden
Wed 30
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
TBA
Thu 31
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Up the Cut
Louis Groome
FEBRUARY 2008
Fri 1
Yeovil Archaeological & Local History Society
The Quantocks
Hazel Riley
Sat 2
Frome Society for Local Study
Romans & Britons along the Fosse Way
Peter Leach
Thu 7
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Taunton Priory Excavations
Richard McConnell
Wembdon Village Hall 7.30pm
Fri 8
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Secret Hiding Places: Priest Holes & Secret Passages
Anne Bowring
Fri 8
Nynehead & District Local History Society
How on earth do they know how old it is?
Del Wiggins
Sat 9
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
An Inordinate Fondness for (Water) Beetles
Tony Serjeant
Tue 12
Weston-super-Mare
Archaeological & Natural History Society
Archaeology for the People
Vincent Russett
Wed 13
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
TBA
Wed 13
Watchet Market House Museum
Local Landmarks including Dunster Castle & Coombe
Sydenham
Michael Ireland
Thu 14
Bath & Camerton Archaeological Society
Excavations at Upper Row Farm
Jayne Lawes
Followed by the AGM
Fri 15
Glastonbury
Antiquarian Society
Georgian Spa in Glastonbury
Adam Stout
7.30pm at County Library, Glastonbury
Sat 16
Frome Society for Local Study
Food Frome: progress of this new project
John Payne
Mon 18
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
Broadmead before the Shops
Mike Hooper
Tue 19
West Somerset Village History Society
Alcombe: a village in its own right
Hilary Binding
Tue 19
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
The Somerset Dendrochronology Project
Mark McDermott
Wed 20
North Curry Society
Local Archaeology
Caroline Pathy-Barker
Thu 21
Blagdon Local History Society
AGM & Viewpoints - pictures & readings from the
archives
Fri 22
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Climate change & the future for historic buildings
Lesley Seymour
Admission charge
Wed 27
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
TBA
Wed 27
South Petherton Local History Group
Admiral Blake
Speaker TBA
Thu 28
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Anglo-Saxon Gloucestershire
Carolyn Heighway
Thu 28
Friends of North Somerset Museum
Queen Alexandra
Jean Routley
MARCH 2008
Sat 1
Frome Society for Local Study
Shepton Mallet, a local history
Alan Stone
Sat 1
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
In Search of Early Spring Flowers
Field meeting with Wildflower Society
Meet at Wellington Sports Centre car park (ST131208) at 10.00am
Fri 7
Wells Natural History & Archaeological Society
Red Hats: the Bath & Wells Cardinals
Michael Poole
Preceded by the AGM
Fri 7
Yeovil Archaeological & Local History Society
The History of Thimbles
Jen Gardner
Sat 8
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Meet the Relatives - a Bit of Monkey Business
Graham Rix
Tue 11
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
Plants of Roman Britain
Wed 12
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
Mills, Coal & Glass in Stanton Drew
Colin Budge
Wed 12
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Early & medieval Bridgwater
David Baker
Wed 12
Watchet Market House Museum
Parish of St Decumans
A talk about a recent book by the authors, Joyce & Maurice Chidgey &
Ben Norman
Preceded by the AGM
Thu 13
Bath & Camerton Archaeological Society
Beyond the shadow of the hill
The use of geophysical survey for archaeology, including recent results from
Silbury Hill
Dr Neil Linford
Thu 13
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Bridgwater Antiquities
Peter Cattermole
7.30pm Preceded by AGM
Thu 13
Friends of North Somerset Museum
Early Electrical Appliances
Peter Lamb
Preceded by AGM at 7.00pm
Fri 14
Banwell Society of Archaeology
The Wellington Chest
Margaret Flux
Fri 14
Chard History Group
Behind the scenes in the National Trust - access vs conservation
Matthew Applegate
Fri 14
Glastonbury Antiquarian Society
Recent archaeology in Glastonbury and Wells
Nancy & Charles Hollinrake
Fri 14
Nynehead & District Local History Society
Branch line to the sea: the history of the railway to
Minehead
Ian Coleby
Sat 15
Frome Society for Local Study
Industries of Frome
Rodney Goodall
Sat 15
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Georgian Building Methods
James Ayres
Cost: £4
Mon 17
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
Brunel's Railway
Dr Andrew Swift
Tue 18
Burnham-on-Sea Archaeological & Natural History Society
40,000 Years of Human History
Bob Smart
Tue 18
Friends of Somerset County Museum
Pompeii
David Elkington
Tue 18
West Somerset Village History Society
Slavery in Somerset
Sue Berry
Tue 18
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
Gillingham's Artificial Limbs
Derek Warren
Wed 19
North Curry Society
The Moorland Way
Peter Triggs
Wed 19
Somerset Vernacular Buildings Research Group
2007 Surveys
Some of the more interesting buildings surveyed
Wed 19
Yeovil & District Natural History Society
Reptiles
Tell Hicks
Thu 20
Blagdon Local History Society
Blagdon School - Headmasters Headford & Bax
Sheila Johnson
Wed 26
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
AGM followed by an address
from retiring Chairman Bob Jones
Wed 26
South Petherton Local History Group
The Residences of the Medieval Bishops of Bath & Wells
Dr Naomi Payne
Wed 26
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Somerset Textile Treasures
Estelle Gilbert
Great Hall, Taunton Castle 7.30pm
Thu 27
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
AGM & Annual Dinner
Thu 27
Martock Local History Group
Historic Films about Somerset
In association with Trilith
Sat 29 Frome
Society for Local Study
The Film of Frome made by the people of Frome
Howard Vause
Preceded by the AGM at 2pm
Sat 29
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Somerset Archaeological Symposium
Venue: Somerset College of Arts & Technology Taunton
Admission £10 on the door
APRIL 2008
Fri 4
Yeovil Archaeological & Local History Society
The Archaeology of Salisbury Plain
Richard Osgood
Sat 5
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Field trip to Lilstock
2.00pm Leader Rod Fitzhugh
Tue 8 Weston-super-Mare
Archaeological & Natural History Society
Ancient Egyptian Art
Martin Davis
Wed 9 to Wed
21 May
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Field Archaeology
Seven lectures by Chris Norman
7.30pm Venue TBA
Wed 9
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
Title TBA
Vince Russett
Wed 9
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Members' evening
Wed 9
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Norton Hill Colliery Disaster
Charles Chilcott
Venue: Radstock Town Hall
Fri 11
Banwell Society of Archaeology
William Morris & The Red House
David Bowring
Fri 11
Chard History Group
Local Dance Music
Frank Huddy
Fri 11
Nynehead & District Local History Society
An Introduction to Heraldry
Alex Findlater
Fri 11
Wells Natural History & Archaeological Society
Wells Cathedral Women - evidence from the archives
Anne Crawford
Sat 12
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Visit to National Museum of Wales
Meet at the Community Centre at 10.30am
Sat 12
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Around the British Coastline
Dr Pat Hill-Cottingham
Tue 15
Burnham-on-Sea Archaeological & Natural History Society
Orchards
Les Davies
Tue 15
Friends of Somerset County Museum
Somerset Medieval Churches
Mark McDermott
Tue 15
West Somerset Village History Society
Dunster Rediscovered: recent research on Dunster for the
VCH
Mary Siraut
Tue 15
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
Textiles in Somerset
Estelle Gilbert
Wed 16
North Curry Society
Barging about in France
Alan Billinghurst
Thu 17
Blagdon Local History Society
Before the Lake
Lesley Ross
Thu 17
Frome Society for Local Study
Visit to Wells Cathedral
Mon 21
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
AGM
Wed 23
South Petherton Local History Group
Montacute - early English portraits
Peter Hill
Sat 26
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Visit to Meare Manor Farmhouse & St Mary's Church
Booking essential - contact SANHS office
Wed 30
Friends of Somerset Archives
Exploring More of Non-Conformist Somerset
Esther Ormerod & Talya Bagwell
Record Office at 7.30
MAY 2008
Thu 1
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Guided Visit to Tennyson Cottage, Clevedon
Meet at the Community Centre at 6.45pm
Fri 2
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Willoughby Cleeve
ST146407 at 7.30pm
Fri 2
Yeovil Archaeological & Local History Society
AGM followed by entertainment
Fri 9
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Anniversary Night - 50 Years On
Fri 9
Chard History Group
Annual dinner, guest speaker, Patrick Streeter - Irish
Adventurer - Hero or Villain?
6.45 for 7.15 Lordleaze Hotel
Fri 9
Nynehead & District Local History Society
The Neroche Project - some preliminary results
Tanya James
Preceded by AGM
Fri 9
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Witch Lodge
ST253205
Meet at Greyhound PH at 7.30
Sat 10
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Field trip
2.00pm Leader Chris Norman
Mon 12
Frome Society for Local Study
Visit to Wimborne
Tue 13
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
The Archaeology of Uphill
Jane Hill
Preceded by the AGM
Wed 14
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Local films
Mrs Richardson
Thu 15
Blagdon Local History Society
Boundaries in Blagdon
Adrian Boots
Thu 15
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
50th Birthday of the Somerset Record Office & County
Museum
Tom Mayberry
Great Hall, Taunton Castle 7.30pm
Fri 16
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Draycott Seights
ST483513 at 8.00pm
Sat 17
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
AGM at Langport, followed by visit to Muchelney Abbey
Contact SANHS office for details
Sun 18
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
Coach trip to Mary Rose
Tue 20
Burnham-on-Sea Archaeological & Natural History Society
Westonzoyland Airfield
Ian Harris
Tue 20
Friends of Somerset County Museum
The Covent Garden & Theatre
David Young
Tue 20
West Somerset Village History Society
AGM & members' evening
Tue 20
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
Visit to the Somerset Rural Life Museum at Glastonbury
Meet in Croft Way car park at 1pm
Wed 21
North Curry Society
SAVES & the immediate care Doctor
Dr James Hickman
Sat 24
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Guided Visit to Croscombe Church and Village
Meet at the Community Centre at 12.30pm
Wed 28
South Petherton Local History Group
National Archives
Leon Ford
Thu 29
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Trip to Dorchester
9.00am Leader Bill Putnam
Thu 29
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Visit to St Mary Magdalene Church & Tower, Taunton
7.30pm. Booking essential
Fri 30
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Pool Bridge Exmoor
SS875447 at 8.00pm
JUNE 2008
Tue 3
Frome Society for Local Study
Visit to St Fagans Cardiff
Fri 6
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Visit to St Mary's Church Ottery St Mary & Cadhay
House
11.00am Booking essential - contact SANHS office
Sat 7
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Cothelstone
ST200328
Meet at car park at 8.30pm
Tue 10
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
Visit to Christon & Loxton churches
Meet at 6pm at Christon church
Wed 11
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Dunball Port
Roy Gallop
Fri 13
Banwell Society of Archaeology
AGM
Fri 13
Chard History Group
Unique Clapton Mill
Craig Taylor
Fri 13
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at North Hill Minehead
SS954475 at 8.30pm
Sat 14
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Walk on Mendip
7.00pm Leader Elaine Jamieson
Sat 14
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Dragonflies on Mendip
Leader: Dr Philip Radford
Meet at roadside car park by Waldegrave Pool near Priddy (ST549513) at 10.30am
Sun 15
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Field Trip to Cornwall to Restormel & Lostwithiel
Coach from Clevedon at 8.30am
Tue 17
Burnham-on-Sea Archaeological & Natural History Society
Members' meeting
Wed 18
Frome Society for Local Study
Visit to Shepton Mallet
Wed 18
North Curry Society
RSPCA post release monitoring of wildlife casualties
Speaker TBA
Thu 19
Blagdon Local History Society
Bristol Beyond the Bridge
Michael Manson
Sat 21
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Tour of Exeter Cathedral
Booking essential - contact SANHS office
Fri 27
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening on the Mendips
Site to be determined
JULY 2008
Wed 2
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Natural History & Archaeology of a Quantock Hill Farm
Mrs Janet White
Meet at Durborough Farm, Aisholt (ST549513) at 10.30am
Limited numbers- book with SANHS office
Fri 4
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening on Exmoor
Site to be determined
Sun 6
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Visit to Westonzoyland & the Steam Pumping Station
11.30am & 2.00pm. Booking essential - contact SANHS office
Tue 8
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
Forest of Avon Woodland Walk
Time & venue TBC
Thu 10
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Annual dinner
7.00pm Venue TBA
Thu 10
Chard History Group
Guided tour of Clapton Mill
Meet at the mill (ST414064) at 2.30pm
Thu 10
Frome Society for Local Study
Visit to Dyrham Park
Fri 11
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Diary of Sarah Champion - Quaker
Roger Angerson
Fri 11
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Thurlbear Quarrylands
ST274212 at 8.30pm
Wed 16
North Curry Society
Footpath Walk
Leader Mrs Betty Koppa
Meet in Village Hall Car Park at 7.00pm
Sat 19
Blagdon Local History Society
A second guided tour of Blagdon Church
John Chamberlain & Dick Wood
Meet at the church at 7.30
Sat 19
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Open Day to celebrate National Archaeology Day
15 Albert Road, Clevedon, 10.30am to 5.30pm
Sat 19
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Visit to Norton Sub Hamdon & Stoke Sub Hamdon
Contact SANHS office for details
Sun 20
Friends of Somerset Archives
Axbridge
An outside event with John Page
Time & venue to be announced
Fri 25
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping evening at Fyne Court
ST224323 at 8.00pm
Sun 27 Frome Society for Local Study
50th Anniversary Celebrations Marston House, Frome
AUGUST 2008
Fri 1
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Staple Common
ST266158 at 8.00pm
Thu 7
Chard History Group
Coach outing to Bath
Meet in Crowshute car park 9.30am
Fri 8
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Culbone Wood Exmoor
SS831470
Meet at Culbone Inn at 7.00pm
Tue 12
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History Society
Walk around Banwell
Time & venue TBC
Thu 14 to Mon 18
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Study Visit to Peterborough
Prior booking essential
Sat 16
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Geology & Historic Building Interest at Brent Knoll
and Area
Derek Briggs & John Page
Meet on the lower part of Church Lane (ST335346) at 10.30am
Tue 19
Frome Society for Local Study
Visit to Butler & Tanner, Frome
Fri 22
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Quarts Moor
ST151169 at 7.00pm
Fri 29
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Bossington, Hurlstone Point
SS897480 at 7.00pm
SEPTEMBER 2008
Fri 5
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping Evening at Shervage Wood
ST165403 at 6.30pm
Tue 9
Weston super Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
The History of Prehistory - the British & Megalithic
Monuments
Professor Ronald Hutton
Wed 10
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
AGM
Fri 12
Chard History Group
City of London pot-pourri
Michael Kerr
Fri 12
Somerset Moth Group
Trapping evening at Bickenhall Wood
ST284197 at 6.30pm
Sat 13
Friends of Somerset Archives
An Evening with Dr Nick Barratt & Tom Mayberry
Venue: Wellsprings Leisure Centre at 7.00pm. Tickets £10 - contact Anne
Leamon - 07775 563251
Sun 14
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Trip to Berkeley Castle
2.00pm
Mon 15
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
Fountains of Bath, past, present & proposed
Mike Chapman
Tue 16
Burnham-on-Sea Archaeological & Natural History Society
Red vs grey squirrels
Charles Dutton
Tue 16
West Somerset Village History Society
Minehead & Porlock in the days of sail
Peter Ferguson
Wed 17
North Curry Society
A Mediterranean Spring
Julian Comrie
Thu 18
Blagdon Local History Society
The Charterhouse Murder
Andy Littlejones
Thu 18
Frome Society for Local Study
Visit to Weymouth
Sat 20
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Fungus Foray
Leaders: Dr Philip Radford & Graham Rix
Meet at Webber's Post car park (SS902439) at 11.00am
Wed 24
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
The Bird People of St Kilda
Charles Martin
Wed 24
South Petherton Local History Group
When Weston was a Village
Pat Hase
Thu 25
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Turning a Blind Eye - the archaeology of Broadfield Down
Vince Russett
Thu 25
Exmoor National Park
Exmoor's Past - an aerial view
The 8th Exmoor Archaeological Forum
Dulverton Town Hall starting at 10.15am. Cost £14 - contact Katherine
Toms - 01392 824901
Sat 27
West Somerset Archaeological & Local History Society
The Taunton Stop Line
Chris Webster
Sat 27 to Sun 28
University of Exeter & Devon Archaeological Society
From Desert to Wetland
Conference in honour of Bryony Coles and Valerie Maxfield
Venue: Streatham Court, University of Exeter
Programme & enrolment form:
www.sogaer.ex.ac/archaeology
OCTOBER 2008
Fri 3
Wells Natural History & Archaeological Society
500 years of the Old Deanery Garden - its Quincentenary
Fri 3
Yeovil Archaeology & Local History Society
Life as a Contract Archaeologist
James Gerrard
Sat 4
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Birds of the Otter Estuary
Leader: Dr Philip Radford
Meet at Kiln Car Park, Budleigh Salterton (SY074820) at 11.00am
Sun 5
Friends of Somerset Archives
Treasure Hunt in the Quantocks
Enmore Church at 2.00pm
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