Past Talks and Walks
| Date | Event | Speaker / Led By |
|---|---|---|
| Winter 2013/14 | ||
| 04-Oct-13 | Somerset Vernacular Buildings | Fergus Dowding |
| 01-Nov-13 | Operation Nightingale | Richard Osgood MOD Archaeologist |
| 06-Dec-13 | Village Schooling in Somerset | Sarah Villiers |
| 03-Jan-14 | Members Night (open to all) – Three short talks by members | |
| 07-Feb-14 | The Railway Architecture of Yeovil | Brian Jackson |
| 07-Mar-14 | Somerset’s Deserted Villages | James Bond |
| 04-Apr-14 | Flax Milling | Tony Brook |
| 02-May-14 | AGM followed by a talk – West Country Friendly Societies | Phillip Hoyland |
| Summer 2014 | ||
| 13-Jun-14 | Montacute Walkabout and Village Church | |
| 11-Jul-14 | Visit to Barrow Clump Excavations (with SSARG) | Led by Richard Osgood |
| 22-Aug-14 | Visit an Excavation on the Mod ranges at Lulworth | Led by Richard Osgood |
| 22-Aug-14 | Visit Dawes Twine Works in West Coker | |
| 02-Sep-14 | Visit site of Yeovil’s Roman fort | Led by site Manager, Stuart Milby |
| Winter 2014/15 | ||
| 03-Oct-14 | Archaeology of Hinkley Point | Rachel Bellamy |
| 07-Nov-14 | History of Yandles Timber Yard | David Mountstephens |
| 05-Dec-14 | The Allens of Tintinhull – Wheelwrights, Farriers and Undertakers | John Allen |
| 09-Jan-15 | Members Night (open to all) – Three short talks by members | |
| 06-Feb-15 | The Parrett Navigation Company | Francis Farr-Cox |
| 06-Mar-15 | South Western Heritage Trust | Tom Maybury |
| 10-Apr-15 | Monmouth Rebellion | John Allen |
| 01-May-15 | AGM followed by a talk – Sherborne School | Huw Ridgeway |
| Summer 2015 | ||
| 06-Jun-15 | Tintinhull Walkabout | Led by Denny Robins |
| 16-Jul-15 | Evening Tour of Sherborne School | Led by Huw Ridgeway |
| 14-Aug-15 | Bradford Abbas Walkabout | Led by Tony White |
| 18-Sep-15 | Visit to CHAC | Clare Robinson & Joseph Lewis |
| Winter 2015/16 | ||
| 09-Oct-15 | The Archaeology at Bunford Hollow | Stuart Milby |
| 06-Nov-15 | Yeovil’s Gloving Legacy | Jean Harper |
| 27-Nov-15 | A History of Milborne Port | Dr Lesley Wray |
| 08-Jan-16 | Members Evening various talks | |
| 05-Feb-16 | The Unreturning Army | David Gordon |
| 04-Mar-16 | Towards an Archaeology of the Anchorhold | Jerry Sampson |
| 01-Apr-16 | The Air Defence of South-West England during World War Two | John Smith |
| 06-May-16 | AGM followed by a talk – The Fovant Badges | Tony Phillips |
| Summer 2016 | ||
| 02-Jun-16 | Dawes Twineworks in West Coker | Ross Atkins |
| 14-Jul-16 | Industrial Archaeology Sites around Crewkerne | Richard Simms |
| 13-Aug-16 | Visit Down Farm Museum | Dr Martin Green |
| 22-Aug-16 | Lufton Villa Excavations | James Gerrard |
| 02-Sep-16 | Yeovil’s Parish Church (refurbished bells and clock) | Roger Fox |
| Winter 2015/16 | ||
| 07-Oct-16 | A Petite Cloche, Grand Son | Brian and Moira Gittos |
| 04-Nov-16 | The Postal System of Great Britain from Medieval Times until 1850 | Roger Marsh |
| 02-Dec-16 | Clark’s of Street: The Story of a Quaker Business | Tim Crumplin |
| 06-Jan-17 | Members Evening various talks | |
| 03-Feb-17 | Bristol Blue Glass | Dr Francis Burroughes |
| 03-Mar-17 | The History of Barrington Court | John Allen |
| 07-Apr-17 | Writing Victoria History for Somerset | Mary Siraut |
| 05-May-17 | AGM followed by a Magic Lantern Show | Humphrey Hamlin |
| Summer 2017 | ||
| 08-Jun-17 | Visit Castle Cary Horse Hair Museum | John Boyd Textiles |
| 03-Jul-17 | Crewkerne Walkabout | Peter Wingrave |
| 01-Aug-17 | Lufton Villa Excavations | James Gerrard/Newcastle University |
| 05-Sep-17 | Visit Brympton d’Evercy House | |
| Winter 2017/18 | ||
| 06-Oct-17 | Alberto Biolletti – A Soldier of Napoleon & Master Clockmaker of Wincanton | John Baxter |
| 03-Nov-17 | Archaeology of Stone Quarrying | Peter Stanier |
| 01-Dec-17 | Somerset’s Highway Heritage | Richard Raynsford |
| 05-Jan-18 | Members Evening – all welcome – With a quiz, various talks | |
| 02-Feb-18 | South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project | Claire Pinder |
| 02-Mar-18 | Meeting cancelled due to Weather | |
| 06-Apr-18 | Lidar – The Imaging of a Hidden Landscape | Bryan Moore |
| 04-May-18 | AGM followed by a talk – Brewing in Weymouth | Dr David Riches |
| Summer 2018 | ||
| 12-Jun-18 | Tour of Weymouth Museum | Led by David Riches |
| 06-Jul-18 | South Petherton Walkabout | Led by Liz Randall |
| 17-Aug-18 | Ilchester Archaeological Tour | Led by Sally Mottram |
| 07-Sep-18 | Somerset Rural Life Museum | |
| Winter 2018/19 | ||
| 05-Oct-18 | Muchelney Abbey from its obscure origins, through the Norman Conquest to the Dissolution | John Baxter |
| 02-Nov-18 | Talk on World War I about the local lads who went to war and the lasses role in the war | Darren Berry |
| 07-Dec-18 | The Unfortunate Captain Pearce & the Wreck of the Holswel | Phillip Brown |
| 04-Jan-19 | Members Evening – all welcome – With various talks, a quiz | |
| 01-Feb-19 | Roman History of Ilchester | John Smith |
| 01-Mar-19 | Walter Bagehot – Langport’s Unknown Celebrity | Barry Winetrobe |
| 05-Apr-19 | The Lost Islands of Somerset | Richard Brunning |
| 03-May-19 | AGM followed by a talk – Parish Boundaries in and around Yeovil | Jim Hart |
| Summer 2019 | ||
| 07-Jun-19 | Wells Cathedral & Vicars’ Close Tour | |
| 05-Jul-19 | Bruton Town Slideshow and Walkabout | Andy Pickering |
| 21-Aug-19 | Stalbridge House Excavations | DJ Northan – Dorset Diggers |
| 06-Sep-19 | Sherborne Old Castle | Led by Brian and Moira Gittos |
| Winter 2019/20 | ||
| 04-Oct-19 | The Roman History of Ilchester | John Smith |
| 01-Nov-19 | The Roman Conquest of the South West | Derek Gore |
| 06-Dec-19 | Hard Times: Rural Poverty & The Workhouse | Chris Forrester |
| 03-Jan-20 | Members Evening – all welcome – With various talks. | |
| 07-Feb-20 | History of Carnivals in Somerset | John Dando |
| 07-Mar-20 | The Knight Templars in Somerset | James Bond |
| April 2020 – March 2021 | All Meetings and Walkabouts Suspendsd due to Covid-19 Pandemic | |
| Summer 2021 | ||
| 05-Sep-21 | Cerne Abbas Walkabout | Led by Brian and Moira Gittos |
| Winter 2021/22 | ||
| 01-Oct-21 | Henry Hunt’s Mistress Revealed | Graham Mottram |
| 01-Nov-21 | St Ivel and the History of Aplin and Barrett | Joseph Lewis |
| 03-Dec-21 | Exploring subtle energies in South-West England | Gwynn Paulett |
| 07-Jan-22 | Members Evening – all welcome – With various talks. | |
| 04-Feb-22 | The Third Season of the Stalbridge Dig at Stalbridge House | Chris Tripp |
| 04-Mar-22 | The Portable Antiquities Scheme in Somerset: Recent finds from Yeovil and its environs | Maria Kneafsey |
| 01-Apr-22 | Maypoles and Mischief, Merrymaking and Mayhem a history of May Celebrations | Tim Hall |
| 06-May-22 | AGM followed by a talk – The history of Burnbeck Pier | Peter Lander |
| Summer 2022 | ||
| 15-Jun-22 | Wolfeton House, Charminster, Dorset | Katharine Thimbleby |
| 10-Jul-22 | Langport Walkabout | Janet Seaton |
| 06-Aug-22 | Visit Nether Adber (Deserted Village | Stephen Bartlett |
| 09-Sep-22 | Visit Somerset & Dorset Family History Society (SDFHS) | Dorothy Bower |
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