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Programme of Events
2010
All details
of events should be confirmed with SANHS office or the relevant contact.
Please observe
requests for booking before events, and having booked give notice when unable
to attend.
This will help us
to keep down the cost of events.
Numbers can sometimes be strictly limited, possibly to Society members only,
especially for Historic Buildings visits when members are given access to
private houses by arrangement with the householder.
Prior booking at SANHS Office is therefore essential, tel. 01823 272429, or email to office@sanhs.org
Visitors are welcome at meetings, and are invited to make a voluntary donation, unless stated otherwise
ABBREVIATIONS: ARCH Archaeology, HB Historic Buildings, LH Local History, NH Natural History
2010
Thursday
18 March 7.30pm
WRITERS AND WRITING IN MEDIEVAL BRIDGWATER: THE ARCHAEOLOGY
OF THE WRITTEN WORD (LH)
Andrew Butcher
Venue: Blake Museum, Bridgwater
Joint meeting with the Bridgwater Archaeological Society
Saturday
10 April 2.00pm and 3.00pm
ASHTON WINDMILL AND MARK CHURCH (HB)
Christopher Chanter
Venue 1 at 2pm: Ashton Windmill, Chapel Allerton ST410005: a guided tour of
this unique eighteenth century flour mill on the "Isle of Wedmore"
Venue 2 at 3pm: Mark, between Highbridge and Wedmore:a detailed visit to Mark
Church, including a talk on the restoration of the medieval sculptures and
a tour of the tower, followed by tea
Booking with SANHS office essential
Saturday
17 April 10.00am
ANNUAL ARCHAEOLOGY SYMPOSIUM 2010 (ARCH)
Venue: The Conference Centre, Somerset College, Wellington Road, Taunton
10am (coffee) for 10.30am: Panel of speakers
2.15pm: Keynote address by Clare Randell of Bournemouth University on Cadbury
Castle: landscape and livestock - recent research on the hillfort and its
environs
Admission for the day: £10.00, tickets on the door.
Parking free, please make your own arrangements for lunch
Saturday
24 April 10.30am
SPRING FLOWERS AT THURLBEAR
(NH)
A site visit to an SSSI south of Stoke St Mary
Saturday
24 April 2010 9.30am - 5pm
BARRINGTON COURT: THE INVENTION & REINVENTION OF
THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE (LH)
A day conference at Barrington Court in partnership with the National Trust
Barrington Court has a very special relationship to the National Trust. Acquired
in 1907, it was its first English Country House. This makes it peculiarly
suitable for an exploration of the role of that phenomenon in English heritage.
Taking place within the Library of Barrington Court itself, this conference
offers the opportunity to explore the standing building and to be guided through
the development of the house by three distinguished historical experts, examining
in turn the origins of the house in the sixteenth century, the transformations
carried out by the Strode family in the seventeenth century, and after neglect
and decline, the restoration and transformation of house and gardens in the
twentieth century. All of which must make us ask what exactly is the house
that we see today, what will it mean to the future, and how do we attempt
to understand it?
Programme
9.30 Arrivals
10.00 Nicholas Cooper: The Sixteenth Century House
11.00 Tours of the House
11.30 Coffee
11.45 Dr Robert Dunning: The House the Strodes Built
12.45 Lunch
14.00 Julian Orbach: The Transformation of Barrington
in The Twentieth Century
15.00 Tea
15.15 Round Table Discussion with the National Trust
Because of
limited room in the Library, numbers attending the conference are limited
to 70 persons.
The cost of the day conference is £20 per head, including coffee, tea,
and buffet lunch;
Booking with SANHS Office is essential by 23rd March; cheques should be made
payable to SANHS
(Barrington Court NGR 193:ST396182)
Saturday
15 May 10.30am (doors open 10.00am)
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Venue: Banwell Village Hall, Banwell
Presidential address: "Some
visitors to the Bone Caves"; visit to Banwell caves in the afternoon;
full details will be sent with AGM papers
Saturday
22 May 2.00 pm
WALKABOUT IN MARTOCK (HB)
A guided tour of the town and the Treasurer's House
Leader: Fergus Dowding; meet at Market House, Martock; charge for non-NT members
will be £3.50 at the door; please book with SANHS office
Saturday
5th June 2.30 pm
PEVSNER UPDATED (HB)
A talk by Julian Orbach, the editor of Pevsner's Guide to Somerset Buildings.
He will give us an insight into his work and thinking, and discuss some of
the gems he has visited.
Venue: the Wyndham Hall
Saturday
12th June 2.00 pm
SOMERTON (HB)
A visit to a small country town in Somerset--
Nancy Langmaid of the Somerton History Society and the Somerton Virtual Museum
will guide us around the town, visiting especially the Church with its wonderful
roof and the Buttercross; meet outside Lloyds Bank in the square.
Please book with SANHS office
Saturday
12 June 11am
THE GAUGE MUSEUM (LH)
A guided tour of the Gauge Museum with Ian Coleby, with an opportunity to
take a trip on the West Somerset Railway
Venue: Gauge Museum, Bishop's Lydeard Railway Station
Saturday
12 June 10.30am
DRAGONFLIES ON MENDIP (NH)
A site visit led by Dr Radford
Venue: meet at roadside car park by Waldegrave Pool near Priddy (ST 549513)
Saturday
3 July 11am
MENDIP GEOLOGY: A TRIP TO THE SEASIDE! (NH)
A site visit led by Mr Briggs
Venue: meet at Great Elm near Frome at the south end of the river bridge (ST
748492)
Saturday
17th July 2.30 pm
Visit to KILVE CHURCH & CHANTRY (HB)
Meet at the church; tea to follow
Please book with SANHS office
Friday 23
July and Saturday 24th July
200 YEARS OF WEST COUNTRY SEA DRAGONS
Geological Curators' Group and SANHS
Venue: Strode Theatre, Street, Somerset
Following on from the highly successful Palaeontological Association review
seminar 'Sea Dragons of Avalon' in the classic fossil reptile locality of
Street near Glastonbury, the Geological Curators' Group have teamed up with
three of the meeting organisers to run a similar event to mark the 200th anniversary
of the birth of Thomas Hawkins, the eccentric collector of Street and Lyme
Regis marine reptiles. SANHS members will be very welcome. If you are interested,
please contact the SANHS office for more details
Saturday
14 August 10.30am
CARYMOOR ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE (NH)
Landfill, recycling, habitat creation and wildlife
Venue: meet at the centre near Dimmer, Castle Cary (ST 902439)
Saturday
25 September 2pm and 3pm
CRANMORE CHURCH, SHEPTON MALLET AND SOUTHILL HOUSE,
WEST CRANMORE (HB)
Christopher Chanter
We are extremely fortunate to be invited by the new owner of the historic
house of Southill, partly designed by John Wood the Younger.
Please book through SANHS office
Saturday
2 October 11am
BIRDS OF THE OTTER ESTUARY (NH)
Site visit lead by Dr Radford
Venue: meet at the Kiln car park, Budleigh Salterton (SY 074820)
Saturday
13 November 2.30pm
SOCIAL MEETING (NH)
Theme to be decided
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Please observe
requests for booking before events, and having booked give notice when unable
to attend. This will help us to keep down the cost of events. Numbers can
sometimes be strictly limited, especially for HB visits when members are given
access to private houses by arrangement with the householder.
When attending NH outings, please take lunch and appropriate clothing.
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ABBREVIATIONS:
ARCH - Archaeology
HB - Historic Buildings
LH - Local History
NH - Natural History
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WARNING:
Those taking part in excursions, field events, lectures or similar meetings,
do so at their own risk as the Society cannot accept responsibility for any
injury or damaged sustained therein by participants.
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Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society is a Registered Charity
in England & Wales
Registered Charity
No. 201929