Historical Society
Our society meets in Freshford Memorial Hall at 7:30pm on a Wednesday towards the end of each month. we are always glad to see visitors..
Freshford & District Local History Society
Our Society meets in Freshford Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
On Wednesday 26th April 2017, Sophie Hawke will tell us about a pioneering local archaeologist: “Excursions in the 1800s with the Rev. John Skinner - Rector and Antiquarian.”
On Wednesday 24th May 2017, following our AGM, Ivor Slocomb will give the first Alan Dodge Memorial Lecture: “Medieval Bradford on Avon.” We are always very glad to greet visitors at our meetings.
Article published: 26 Mar 2017FRESHFORD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
LECTURES FOR SPRING - January to May 2017
Meetings are held in the Freshford Memorial Hall on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The hall is open from 7.00 pm and meetings begin at 7.30 pm. Annual subscriptions remain at £10. Visitors are very welcome to attend any of our meetings.
Wednesday 25th January Phillip Wooster:
A Walk around Bath in 1905 illustrated with images from postcards of the time
Wednesday 22nd February David Crisp:
The discovery of the Frome Hoard
Wednesday 22nd March Martyn Whittock
Anglo Saxon Bradford on Avon
Wednesday 26th April Sophie Hawke:
Excursions in the 1800s with the Rev. John Skinner: Rector and Antiquarian.
Wed 24 May: AGM and Alan Dodge Memorial Lecture
Ivor Slocomb: Medieval Bradford on Avon
Article published: 27 Jan 2017FRESHFORD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Our Society meets in Freshford Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm on the fourth Wednesday
of each month.On Wednesday 23rd November 2016, Nicola Tallis of Alison Weir Tours will speak to us about the Life and Times of Lady Jane Grey.
There is no meeting in December 2016. Our meetings will resume on
Wednesday 25 January 2017 when Philip Wooster will describe A walk around Bath in 1905, illustrated with postcards of that date.
We are always very glad to greet visitors at our meetings.
Article published: 22 Nov 2016FRESHFORD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Our Society meets in Freshford Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 26th October 2016, when Francesca Breedon of Sheffield University will talk about Recent archaeological work at the Carthusian Friary at Hinton Charterhouse.
On Wednesday 23rd November 2016, Nicola Tallis of Alison Weir Tours will speak to us about the Life and Times of Lady Jane Grey.
We are always very glad to greet visitors at our meetings.
Article published: 27 Sep 2016FRESHFORD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
LECTURES FOR SPRING - January to May 2016
Meetings are held in the Freshford Memorial Hall on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The hall is open from 7.00 pm and meetings begin at 7.30 pm. Annual Subscription £10. Visitors are very welcome to attend any of our meetings.
Wednesday 27th January Laura Mountford:
Life in Saxon
Wednesday 24th February Nicola Tallis:
The Life and Times of Lady Francis Brandon –
niece of Henry VIII and mother of Lady Jane Grey
Wednesday 23rd March Roy Berrett:
Yerbury 1766 - revolution to evolution
Wednesday 27th April Martyn Whittock:
Anglo-Saxon Bradford on
Wednesday 25th May Annual General Meeting followed by
John Macdonald:
The Bladud Spa - a cold mineral cure for all afflictions in the 1830s!
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