Past Programmes
| Date | Event | Speaker / Led By |
| AUTUMN / WINTER / SPRING PROGRAMME 2024-25 | ||
| 04 October 2024 | Industrial Bath in the 19th and 20th centuries | Marian Dutch |
| 01 November 2024 | Historic Graffiti at Montacute House | Mary Chisholm |
| 06 December 2024 | SPECIAL EVENT – A Career in Ruins | Julian Richards |
| 03 January 2025 | Members evening – members talks including completion of talk on Yeovil in WW2 | Jack Sweet |
| 07 February 2025 | The Miraculous Escape of Charles II | Chris Stevens Bridport Museum |
| 07 March 2025 | Witchcraft Belief and Accusation in Seventeenth- Century Somerset | Andrew Pickering author of ‘The Witches of Selwood’ |
| 04 April 2025 | Illustrated talk on the history of the SS Great Britain | Ian Caskie SS Great Britain Trust |
| 02 May 2025 | AGM The PDSA Dickin Medal for gallantry | Andy Dutch |
| Winter 2023/24 | ||
| 06 October 2023 | Somerset’s Quarter Sessions Documents | Jane de Gruchy |
| 03 November 2023 | Cardinal Wolsey | Steve George |
| 01 December 2023 | The Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme | Dan Broadbent |
| 05 January 2024 | Members Evening South Somerset Heritage Centre Events Japanese Stone Circles Diaries of My Ancestors | Joseph Lewis Joan Ostheimer Andrea Brooks |
| 02 February 2024 | Outdoor Music Making in Somerset | Tim Hall |
| 01 March 2024 | Mick Aston Young Archaeologists Group (MAYA) | Liz Caldwell |
| 05 April 2024 | Life and Death in Roman Somerton | Wessex Archaeology |
| 03 May 2024 | AGM An Illustrated Talk – Yeovil in the World Wars | Jack Sweet |
| Summer 2023 | ||
| 13 June 2023 | Visit to The Radio Museum, Watchet | Neil Wilson |
| 03 July 2023 | Visit to Melbury House & Melbury Sampford Parish Church | Lady Charlotte Townsend |
| 06 August 2023 | Visit to The Painted Room in The Old House at Lower Cockhill Farm & guided tour of the Castle Cary Market House Museum | Will Vaughan and Pek Pippen |
| 10 August 2023 | Visit the excavations on the Cerne Abbas abbey site | Brian & Moira Gittos |
| 12 September 2023 | Guided Bridgewater town walkabout and Blake Museum |
| Winter 2022/23 | ||
| 07 October 2022 | How Psychology can give us insights into getting the best out of exploring archaeology and history | Katharine Thimbleby |
| 04 November 2022 | Visit to The Radio Museum, Watchet | Neil Wilson |
| 03 December 2022 | Eight Two Ringbolt – The Falklands 1982, 40 years On | Stephen Bartlett |
| 06 January 2023 | Members Evening East Coker Neast Greville Prideaux – diary Triangle Area, Middle Street | Martin Slazer Tina Rowe Theresa Taylor for Joseph Lewis |
| 03 February 2023 | Where’s The Glory? The Mourning Story | Graham Mottram |
| 03 March 2023 | Stalbridge Excavations Fourth Season | Chris Tripp |
| 31 March 2023 | Piers the Plowman – ‘commoners that be riche’ | Brian & Moira Gittos |
| 05 May 2023 | AGM followed by The Medieval Parish Council in Somerset | Mary Chisholm |
| Summer 2022 | ||
| 15 June 2022 | Wolfeton House, Charminster, Dorset | Katharine Thimbleby |
| 10 July 2022 | Langport Walkabout | Janet Seaton |
| 06 August 2022 | Visit Nether Adber (Deserted Village) | Stephen Bartlett |
| 09 September 2022 | Visit Somerset & Dorset Family History Society (SDFHS) | Dorothy Bower |
| Winter 2021/22 | ||
| 01 October 2021 | Henry Hunt’s Mistress Revealed | Graham Mottram |
| 01 November 2021 | St Ivel and the History of Aplin and Barrett | Joseph Lewis |
| 03 December 2021 | Exploring subtle energies in South-West England | Gwynn Paulett |
| 07 January 2022 | Members Evening – all welcome – With various talks | Various |
| 04 February 2022 |
The Third Season of the Stalbridge Dig at Stalbridge House | Chris Tripp |
| 04 March 2022 |
The Portable Antiquities Scheme in Somerset: Recent finds from Yeovil and its environs | Maria Kneafsey |
| 01 April 2022 |
Maypoles and Mischief, Merrymaking and Mayhem, a history of May Celebrations | Tim Hall |
| 06 May 2022 |
AGM followed by talk on the History of Birnbeck Pier | Peter Lander |
| Summer 2021 | ||
| 05 September 2021 | Cerne Abbas Walkabout | Brian & Moira Gittos |
| April 2020 to March 2021 | All Meetings and Visits Suspended due to Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Summer 2019 | ||
| 07 June 2019 | Wells Cathedral & Vicars’ Close Tour | |
| 05 July 2019 | Bruton Town Slideshow and Walkabout | Andy Pickering |
| 21 August 2019 | Stalbridge House Excavations | DJ Northan – Dorset Diggers |
| 06 September 2019 | Sherborne Old Castle | Led by Brian and Moira Gittos |
| Winter 2018/19 | ||
| 05 October 2018 | Muchelney Abbey from its obscure origins, through the Norman Conquest to the Dissolution | John Baxter |
| 02 November 2018 | Talk on World War I about the local lads who went to war and the lasses role in the war | Darren Berry |
| 07 December 2018 | The Unfortunate Captain Pearce & the Wreck of the Holswel | Phillip Brown |
| 04 January 2019 | Members Evening – all welcome – With various talks, a quiz | |
| 01 February 2019 | Roman History of Ilchester | John Smith |
| 01 March 2019 | Walter Bagehot – Langport’s Unknown Celebrity | Barry Winetrobe |
| 05 April 2019 | The Lost Islands of Somerset | Richard Brunning |
| 03 May 2019 | AGM followed by a talk – Parish Boundaries in and around Yeovil |
| Summer 2018 | ||
| 12 June 2018 | Tour of Weymouth Museum | Led by David Riches |
| 06 July 2018 | South Petherton Walkabout | Led by Liz Randall |
| 17 August 2018 | Ilchester Archaeological Tour | Led by Sally Mottram |
| 07 September 2018 | Somerset Rural Life Museum |
| Winter 2017/18 | ||
| 06 October 2017 | Alberto Biolletti – A Soldier of Napoleon & Master Clockmaker of Wincanton | John Baxter |
| 03 November 2017 | Archaeology of Stone Quarrying | Peter Stanier |
| 01 December 2017 | Somerset’s Highway Heritage | Richard Raynsford |
| 05 January 2018 | Members Evening – all welcome – With a quiz, various talks | |
| 02 February 2018 | South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project | Claire Pinder |
| 02 March 2018 | Meeting cancelled due to Weather | |
| 06 April 2018 | Lidar – The Imaging of a Hidden Landscape | Bryan Moore |
| 04 May 18 | AGM followed by a talk – Brewing in Weymouth | Dr David Riches |
| Summer 2017 | ||
| 08 June 2017 | Visit Castle Cary Horse Hair Museum | John Boyd Textiles |
| 03 July 2017 | Crewkerne Walkabout | Peter Wingrave |
| 01 August 2017 | Lufton Villa Excavations | James Gerrard/Newcastle University |
| 05 September 2017 | Visit Brympton d’Evercy House |
| Winter 2016/17 | ||
| 07 October 2016 | A Petite Cloche, Grand Son | Brian and Moira Gittos |
| 04 November 2016 | The Postal System of Great Britain from Medieval Times until 1850 | Roger Marsh |
| 02 December 2016 | Clark’s of Street: The Story of a Quaker Business | Tim Crumplin |
| 06 January 2017 | Members Evening various talks | |
| 03 February 2017 | Bristol Blue Glass | Dr Francis Burroughes |
| 03 March 2017 | The History of Barrington Court | John Allen |
| 07 April 2017 | Writing Victoria History for Somerset | Mary Siraut |
| 05 May 2017 | AGM followed by a Magic Lantern Show | Humphrey Hamlin |
| Summer 2016 | ||
| 02 June 2016 | Dawes Twineworks in West Coker | Ross Atkins |
| 14 July 2016 | Industrial Archaeology Sites around Crewkerne | Richard Simms |
| 13 August 2016 | Visit Down Farm Museum | Dr Martin Green |
| 22 August 2016 | Lufton Villa Excavations | James Gerrard |
| 02 September 2016 | Yeovil’s Parish Church (refurbished bells and clock) | Roger Fox |
| Winter 2015/16 | ||
| 09 October 2015 | The Archaeology at Bunford Hollow | Stuart Milby |
| 06 November 2015 | Yeovil’s Gloving Legacy | Jean Harper |
| 27 November 2015 | A History of Milborne Port | Dr Lesley Wray |
| 08 January 2016 | Members Evening various talks | |
| 05 February 2016 | The Unreturning Army | David Gordon |
| 04 March 2016 | Towards an Archaeology of the Anchorhold | Jerry Sampson |
| 01 April 2016 | The Air Defence of South-West England during World War Two | John Smith |
| 06 May 2016 | AGM followed by a talk – The Fovant Badges | Tony Phillips |
| Summer 2015 | ||
| 06 June 2015 | Tintinhull Walkabout | Led by Denny Robins |
| 16 July 2015 | Evening Tour of Sherborne School | Led by Huw Ridgeway |
| 14 August 2015 | Bradford Abbas Walkabout | Led by Tony White |
| 18 September 2015 | Visit to CHAC | Clare Robinson & Joseph Lewis |
| Winter 2014/15 | ||
| 03 October 2014 | Archaeology of Hinkley Point | Rachel Bellamy |
| 07 November 2014 | History of Yandles Timber Yard | David Mountstephens |
| 05 December 2014 | The Allens of Tintinhull – Wheelwrights, Farriers and Undertakers | John Allen |
| 09 January 2015 | Members Night (open to all) – Three short talks by members | |
| 06 February 2015 | The Parrett Navigation Company | Francis Farr-Cox |
| 06 March 2015 | South Western Heritage Trust | Tom Maybury |
| 10 April 2015 | Monmouth Rebellion | John Allen |
| 01 May 2015 | AGM followed by a talk – Sherborne School | Huw Ridgeway |
| Summer 2014 | ||
| 13 June 2014 | Montacute Walkabout and Village Church | |
| 11 July 2014 | Visit to Barrow Clump Excavations (with SSARG) | Led by Richard Osgood |
| 22 August 2014 | Visit an Excavation on the Mod ranges at Lulworth | Led by Richard Osgood |
| 22 August 2014 | Visit Dawes Twine Works in West Coker | |
| 02 September 2014 | Visit site of Yeovil’s Roman fort | Led by site Manager, Stuart Milby |
| Winter 2013/14 | ||
04 October 2013 | Somerset Vernacular Buildings | Fergus Dowding |
| 01 November 2013 | Operation Nightingale | Richard Osgood MOD Archaeologist |
| 06 December 2013 | Village Schooling in Somerset | Sarah Villiers |
| 03 January 2014 | Members Night (open to all) – Three short talks by members | |
| 07 February 2014 | The Railway Architecture of Yeovil | Brian Jackson |
| 07 March 2014 | Somerset’s Deserted Villages | James Bond |
| 14 April 2014 | Flax Milling | Tony Brook |
| 02 May 2014 | AGM followed by a talk – West Country Friendly Societies | Phillip Hoyland |