Thu, Sep 10th '20
Arnos Vale; Now and Then CANCELLED
Zoom talk on the 1895 Auction of the Wrington Estate
John Gowar
Thu, Jul 9th '20
Makers of Bristol. A tour of Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol. CANCELLED
Anita Rhodes
Thu, May 14th '20
Slavery and the Country Houses of the West Country CANCELLED
Madge Dresser
Thu, Apr 9th '20
Roman Army Finds, Fact and Fiction CANCELLED
John Smith
Thu, Mar 12th '20
The Monmouth Rebellion and Judge Jefferies
Jon Jefferies
Thu, Feb 13th '20
WRINGTON: Village, Parish, Manor; origins and boundaries
John Gowar
Thu, Jan 9th '20
Thankful Villages
Steve Osman
Thu, Dec 12th '19
A Festive Social Event
Members' Evening
Thu, Nov 14th '19
The Lost City of Bristol
Clive Burlton
Thu, Oct 10th '19
Tyntesfield - Progress & Discoveries
Jenny & Terry Stevens
Thu, Sep 12th '19
The Bristol Seamen's Mission
Phillip Auden
Thu, Jul 11th '19
Details to be announced
Social Event/Outing
Thu, May 9th '19
The Voyages of Cabot
Evan Jones
Thu, Apr 11th '19
'I was a 16th Century Kitchen Maid'
Kay Wych
Thu, Mar 14th '19
AGM followed by:
The Canons' Houses at Wells
Alex Kolombos
Thu, Feb 14th '19
Milk & Molecules: what organic residues tell us about Stone-age Britain
Julie Dunne
Thu, Jan 10th '19
The Bristol Camera Obscura
Mary Coward
Thu, Dec 13th '18
Local History Quiz
A Social Evening with Mulled Wine and Mince Pies
Thu, Nov 8th '18
Our Personal Tributes to WWI
Members' Evening
Thu, Oct 11th '18
Every Boy will join the Navy - Bristol Training Ship, The Formidable
Shirley Hodgson
Thu, May 10th '18
Gardens of the Wills Houses
Glenda Bryan
Thu, Apr 12th '18
Commercial Archaeology Uncovered
Frances Ward
Thu, Mar 8th '18
Domesday Book and the locality
Frank Thorn
Thu, Feb 8th '18
The History of the SS Great Britain
Brian Aston
Thu, Jan 11th '18
Battle of Britain over Mendip
John Smith
Thu, Dec 14th '17
A Musical Evening with Minced Pies & Mulled Wine
To be held in Langford House
The Lost Sheep
Thu, Nov 9th '17
From a Cockney Royal Fusilier to a Kilted Military Policeman of the 51st Highland Division
Jo Fryer
Thu, Oct 12th '17
The Lost White City of Bristol
Clive Burlton
Thu, Sep 14th '17
Wrington Village Hospital
Mark Bullen
Thu, Jul 13th '17
A visit to the Bishop's Palace & Garden
An Excursion to Wells
Thu, Jun 8th '17
Alfred Plumley - The diary of a Burrington Lad, born 1879
David Wilkins
Thu, May 11th '17
Bristol's Australian Pioneer and the WW1 Hospital at Bishop's Knoll
Chris Stephens
Thu, Apr 13th '17
AGM followed by An Evening of Military Recollections
Members' Evening
Thu, Mar 9th '17
The Evolution of the Mendip Landscape
James Bond
Thu, Feb 9th '17
The Vagrant Children of Bristol
Shirley Hodgson
Thu, Jan 12th '17
The Tanneries of Langford
Alex Kolombos
Thu, Dec 8th '16
Mulled wine, mince pies and musical entertainment
To be held in the Conference Room in Langford House
A Christmas Celebration
Thu, Nov 10th '16
A Walk Through Lower Langford in 1840.
John Gowar
Thu, Oct 13th '16
Churchill Court
John Murray
Thu, Sep 8th '16
Tyntesfield - the family, house and vision
Jeannie & Terry Stevens (National Trust)
Thu, Aug 11th '16
Alderney
Dave Wallace
Thu, Jun 9th '16
Frances, Countess Waldegrave: a Nineteenth-century Society Hostess
Tony Antonovics (University of Bristol)
Thu, May 12th '16
Unfortunately, this month's meeting has had to be cancelled
Thu, Apr 14th '16
Local Archaeological Treasures
Kurt Adams (Bristol Museum)
Thu, Mar 10th '16
"It shouldn't happen to a writer"
Michael Malaghan
Thu, Feb 11th '16
Down the Plughole
Sue Goodland (Wessex Water)
Thu, Jan 14th '16
Members' Evening:
Four Remarkable Rectors (of Wrington)
A 13-year-old joins the Raj
John Gowar & Jane Dixon
Thu, Dec 10th '15
Sensations
Musical Group Quartet
Thu, Nov 12th '15
Hannah More
Film (Alex Kolombos)
Thu, Oct 8th '15
Spinning Wheels
Sarah Harris
Thu, Sep 10th '15
Druids in Britain
Professor Ronald Hutton
Thu, Jul 9th '15
Members' Meeting: Langford Industries
Members (Jo Fryer)
Thu, Jun 11th '15
Transportation to Australia
Paul Cope
Thu, May 14th '15
The Three BACs
Bill Morgan
Thu, Apr 9th '15
The History of Bristol Water and Blagdon Lake
Hajira Khushnood
Thu, Mar 12th '15
AGM
The Land Speed Record: from 39 to 1000 mph.
Stefan Marjoram
Thu, Feb 12th '15
The Strawberry Line - Past, Present & Future
Lois Brenchley
Thu, Jan 8th '15
Old Bristol & Old Postcards
Mike Britton
Thu, Dec 11th '14
The history of the banjo with illustrations.
Mulled wine and mince pies.
Steve Price
Thu, Nov 13th '14
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Mike Rowlands
Thu, Oct 9th '14
Village Witchcraft
Prof. Ronald Hutton
Thu, Sep 11th '14
Frances Sage, Queen of Bath - A local story of Georgian England
Prof. Chris Stephens
Sat, Aug 2nd '14
Walking Beckford's Ride
A guided walk from Lansdown Crescent in Bath to Beckford's Tower followed by a picnic or pub lunch.
Amy Frost
Thu, Jul 10th '14
Windmills & Millers in Somerset
Sarah Harris
Thu, Jun 12th '14
Did you know?
Jo Fryer & members
Thu, May 8th '14
Jane Austin
Jane Dawes
Thu, Apr 10th '14
AGM followed by:
Burrington in World War One
Jacky Kerly, Mary Coward, Mike McLennan
Thu, Mar 13th '14
Tools of the Trade
Mike Horler
Thu, Feb 13th '14
Learning Local History from Maps
Veronica Bowerman
Thu, Jan 9th '14
Members' stories and queries. Access to family history databases.
Members family history evening
Thu, Dec 12th '13
North Somerset in Anglo-Saxon Times
Michael Costen
Thu, Nov 14th '13
From Pillar to Post
[Veronica Bowerman's talk: Learning Local History from Maps has been postponed until February.]
Cyril Routley
Thu, Oct 10th '13
The Phillips Collection of Victorian Photographs
Ann-Marie Wilkinson
Thu, Sep 12th '13
Some findings of YCCCART
Chris Short
Thu, Jul 11th '13
Visit to Over Langford Manor
Chris & Mamie Lee
Thu, Jun 13th '13
High-level Tour of Wells Cathedral followed by tea at 7 Cathedral Green
Alex Kolombos
Thu, May 9th '13
The City of Wells
Tony Scrase
Thu, Apr 11th '13
AGM followed by
William Beckford
Dr Amy Frost
Thu, Mar 14th '13
The Architect of Weston - Hans Fowler Price
John Crockford-Hawley
Thu, Feb 14th '13
Monastic Houses: local effects of Dissolution
James Bond
Thu, Jan 10th '13
Family history evening
Members
Thu, Dec 13th '12
A West Gallery Christmas
A musical entertainment with seasonal refreshments.
Bristol Harmony
Thu, Nov 8th '12
Family History Evening
Members
Thu, Oct 11th '12
Annie Kenny
June Hannam
Thu, Sep 13th '12
Wells Cathedral Library
Another opportunity for a guided tour of this remarkable collection.
Alex & Debbie Kolombos have kindly offered to entertain the Group to afternoon tea and members may wish to complete the visit by attending Choral Evensong. Please note that this is an afternoon visit.
Kevin Spears
Thu, Jul 12th '12
"Yeo Valley"
The history and background of this successful local enterprise.
Les Davies, MBE
Thu, Jun 14th '12
"The Bridge that killed"
The story of a Bristol tragedy of 1855
Mark Bullen
Thu, May 10th '12
The Rev. T. S. Whalley and his cousin Penelope: linking Mendip Lodge and Hotwells
The talk explores some of the remarkable characters in the local social scene at the end of the 18th century.
Chris Stephens
Thu, Apr 12th '12
AGM
followed by: Memories of Langford
Ruth Weaver
Thu, Mar 8th '12
Trenches to Trams - the life of a Bristol tommy
Clive Burlton
Thu, Feb 9th '12
Bristol Children's Help Society
Richard Hyde
Thu, Jan 12th '12
500 years of local maps, a homage to John Rocque
John Gowar and Alex Kolombos
Thu, Dec 8th '11
Artisan cheesemaking and tasting
Trethowan Dairy
Thu, Nov 10th '11
Medieval Somerset Villages
James Bond
Thu, Oct 13th '11
Over an hour of old cine film shot by Sidney Hill of Langford and Churchill from the 1920s, 30s and 40s. A wonderful glimpse of Langford and its characters.
Sidney Hill Films
Thu, Sep 8th '11
Historic Somerset Gardens including Langford House
Marion Mako
Thu, Jul 7th '11
Visit to Wells Cathedral Library, to start at 6.30pm
Kevin Spears
Thu, Jun 9th '11
British Piers, fun and frivolity.
Bob Tinker
Thu, May 12th '11
Ballooning in the Bristol Area, 1784 to 2000
John Penny
Thu, Apr 14th '11
AGM followed by "Bloody Assizes, the Langford Connection?"
Alex Kolombos
Thu, Mar 10th '11
Hannah More
Echo Irving
Thu, Feb 10th '11
Farming in the Wrington Vale
John Alvis
Thu, Jan 13th '11
Paule Vezelay, a remarkable Bristol Artist
David Cuthbert
Thu, Dec 9th '10
My life with Shirehorses
Mike Horler
Thu, Nov 11th '10
"A penny to go to School, a Victorian education"
Jo Fryer
Thu, Oct 14th '10
The Somerset Assizes in the 19th Century
David Pugsley
Thu, Sep 9th '10
Wells Cathedral Library
Kevin Spears
Sat, Jul 17th '10
Burrington Fete to be held at Burrington House
Burrington House
Thu, Jul 8th '10
Exploring Local Landscapes Using Old Maps
Sue Shaw
Thu, Jun 10th '10
Visit to Gatcombe Court followed by wine and cheese party, £7 for members, and £9 for non members. Meet at Gatcombe Court, Long Ashton at 7pm.
Stella Clarke
Thu, May 13th '10
"When Weston was a village"
Pat Hase
Thu, Apr 8th '10
AGM to be followed by a talk from Nicholas Hooper entitled "Village Medicine in the Wrington Vale" (Please note this is a change to the programme, Richard Storey's documentary drama on Annie Kenney has been moved to December 2010)
Nicholas Hooper
Thu, Mar 11th '10
Metal Detecting, including the bronze age axe heads recently found in Lower Langford
Bob and Dave Whalley
Thu, Feb 11th '10
England's last crime scene execution, Kenn, Somerset 1830
Steve Poole
Thu, Jan 14th '10
"Landscape Archaeology in North Somerset"
James Bond
Thu, Dec 10th '09
Christmas Special
Colin Chapman
Thu, Nov 12th '09
My life as a wheelwright
Mike Horler
Thu, Oct 8th '09
Bristol Curiosities
Glynn Duggan
Thu, Sep 10th '09
Bronze Age Burial Sites ( to be confirmed)
Dr Joshua Pollard
Thu, Jul 9th '09
Grandma's Garden, The Edwardian Garden.
Yvonne Bell
Thu, Jun 11th '09
Visit to Churchill Court
John Murray
Thu, May 14th '09
AGM
and An evacuee at Tyntesfield 1941/1942
Phillipa Perks
Thu, Apr 9th '09
Supper at the Langford Inn with talk
at Langford Inn
Alex Kolombos
Thu, Mar 12th '09
A History of Mendip Lead Mining 1600-1900
Colin Budge
Thu, Feb 12th '09
Trials and tribulations of restoring Crowcombe Court, a Grade 1 Listed Somerset Georgian Country House
Dr Patricia Smith
Thu, Dec 11th '08
100 years of Cider Making at Thatchers
John Thatcher
Thu, Nov 13th '08
History of Bee Keeping
Ivor Davis
Thu, Oct 9th '08
Chasing the tail of the hunter-gatherers in South West England
Paula Goddard
Thu, Sep 11th '08
Postal history
Cedric Prys-Roberts
Thu, Jul 10th '08
Visit to Banwell Caves
Jo and team
Thu, Jun 12th '08
Sidney Hill Centenary
Langford House
Thu, May 8th '08
Bone Caves of Banwell
John Chapman
Thu, Apr 10th '08
Reminiscences of Langford life between the Wars
Alex Kolombos and residents
Fri, Apr 4th '08
Inaugural meeting of LANCET ( Langford Community Archaeology project). Meet 10am at the Blagdon Water Garden Centre.
at Blagdon Water Garden Centre
Vince Russett
Thu, Mar 13th '08
Community Archaeology and a possible "Langford Dig"
Vince Russett
Thu, Feb 14th '08
A most appropriate subject for St. Valentines Day, Love and Marriage, Edwardian Style
Yvonne Bell
Thu, Jan 10th '08
The history and tradition of Wassailing with figgy pudding and wassail to follow!
Eric Holdaway
Thu, Dec 13th '07
The history of campanology – a talk and demonstration on the history of bell ringing
Michael Horseman
Thu, Nov 29th '07
The Shapwick Project, a study of a Somerset village.
Prof. Mick Aston
Thu, Nov 8th '07
The history of Winscombe
Maria Forbes
Thu, Oct 11th '07
Sidney Hill - Langford's benefactor
Peter Archer
Thu, Sep 13th '07
Restoring the stained glass of the Victorian summer House at Langford House
Rita Hinton
Thu, Jul 12th '07
The history of Burrington church and village
Christopher Marsden-Smedley
Thu, Jun 14th '07
Langford trail - a tractor and trailer ride to the houses featured in LHG's book 'Every House Tells a Story' to look at their exteriors and hear a potted history of each
Jo and team
Thu, May 10th '07
A holiday diary from 1836 (includes visits to Weston-super-Mare)
Pat Hase
Thu, Apr 12th '07
2 course meal at the Langford Inn
at Langford Inn
Social
Thu, Mar 8th '07
Dr Whalley at Mendip Lodge
Chris Stevens
Thu, Feb 8th '07
Memories and memorabilia of the 50’s, to include the Golden Jubilee of Churchill Community School
Jo and team
Thu, Jan 11th '07
John Vane, Rector of Wrington and Vicar of Burrington (1828-1870), the quest for his family, social and political connections.
John Gowar
