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Local Societies:   Diary of Events    Winter 2007-2008

For further information on any event please contact the relevant organiser listed at the end


Date Society/Organisation Subject/Speaker Venue Time
05-Sep-07
Northleach Historical Society
"A Line Across the Cotswold" (Mr J Thomas)
Westwoods Centre, Northleach
7:45pm
06-Sep-07
The History of Tetbury Society
Stagecoach to Tetbury - Alan Twelvetree
Christchurch in the Chipping
7:30pm
10-Sep-07
GADARG
The Villa of Tiberius Claudius Severus: a peep into the Past (Roy Friendship-Taylor, Upper Nene Archaeology Society)
St Andrews United Reformed Church Garden Room, Montpellier Street
7:30pm
10-Sep-07
Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch
Annual General Meeting followed by Constructing Roman Roads - Patronage, Politics and Plebeians - Mr Tim Copeland University of Gloucestershire
Up Hatherley Library
7.30pm
10-Sep-07
Nailsworth Local History Research Group
The Stone Buildings of Stroud - Arthur Price
Mortimer Room at the Library
7.30pm
12-Sep-07
Moreton-In-Marsh Local History Society
Bourton-on-the-Hill and its Neighbouring Estates, Batsford and Sezincote (Allen Firth)
Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-In-Marsh
7.30pm
17-Sep-07
Fairford History Society
Farmor's School (Hugh Dudley)
Farmor's School Business Centre
7.30pm
17/20-Oct
Fairford History Society
Lizze Farmor's Edifying Circus
St Mary's Church
 
18-Sep-07
Cheltenham Local History Society
Mr Roly Kirk – “I remember….”
Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Promenade
7.30pm
18-Sep-07
Minchinhampton Local History Group
Charles Richardson, Brunel's Engineer (Peter Griffin)
Cecily Court Lounge, Minchinhampton
7.30pm
18-Sep-07
Berkeley Local History Society
The Garlick Family of Uley (Tony Curnock)
The Library Berkeley
7.45pm
19-Sep-07
Swindon Village Society
Marianne North, 19th Century explorer and botanist. (Geoff North)
Swindon Village Hall
7.45pm
19-Sep-07
The Oakridge History Group
Sir Stafford Cripps' connections with the Cotswolds (Sarah Mason - Sir Cripps' granddaughter)
Oakridge Village Hall
7:30pm
20-Sep-07
CADHAS
Battle of Edgehill Brigadier (Johnny Rickett CBE)
Upper Town Hall, Chipping Campden
8.00pm
20-Sep-07
Gotherington Area Local History Society
"The Secret Severn" - History of Gatcombe - hamlet in the River Severn - Fishing, Family life over the past 150 years. (Mrs Ann Bayliss)
Gotherington Vilage Hall
8.00pm
20-Sep-07
Leckhampton Local History Society
Gimson & the Barnsleys (David Walton
Church House, Leckhampton
8.00pm
20-Sep-07
Tewkesbury Historical Society
Tewkesbury and its Inhabitants 1960/70 (Mr Roger Butwell)
Tewkesbury Methodist Church Hall
7.45pm
20-Sep-07
Slimbridge Local History Society
Fore and Aft, Lost Memories of the River Severn (L.P. Barnett)
Slimbridge Village Hall
7.30pm
24-Sep-07
GADARG
Forest of Dean Survey update with particular reference to Lidar (Jon Hoyle, Gloucestershire County Council)
Gloucestershire Archives, Alvin Street, Kingsholm
7:30pm
25-Sep-07
Charlton Kings Local History Society
Allotments (Mr John Loosely)
Baptist Church, Charlton Kings
7.30pm
26-Sep-07
Cirencester Archaelogical & Historical Society
The Triangular Trade- ‘Am I Not a Man and a Brother’ (Anne Bowring)
Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road
7.30pm
01-Oct-07
Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch
Why Black History Month? - Professor Neil Wynn, University of Gloucestershire
Up Hatherley Library
7.30pm
02-Oct-07
Maisemore Local History Society
AGM & Film on Haw Bridge Murder (Dowty Cine Club)
Maisemore Village Hall
7.30pm
02-Oct-07
Stow & District Civic Society
Waste & Recycling (Mike Harris)
Church Room
7:30pm
03/10/2007
Northleach Historical Society
"The Cotswold Way, 100 Miles of History" (Dr Steven Blake)
Westwoods Centre, Northleach
7:45pm
03-Oct-07
Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology    The Mills of the Dursley & Wotton-under-Edge Area  (Dr Ray Wilson)
Rodborough Community Hall           
7:30pm
04-Oct-07
The History of Tetbury Society
Lacock Abbey - a presentation by the House Steward, Anelise Holt
Christchurch in the Chipping
7:30pm
05-Oct-07
Westcote Local History Society
AGM followed by a talk; Farms and Farm Holdings in Bledington - 1170 to 1970 (Michael Weller)
Westcote Village Hall
7:30pm
08-Oct-07
Nailsworth Local History Research Group
The Market on the Hill: Minchinhampton - Dianne Wall
The Christ Church Rooms
7.30pm
10-Oct-07
Moreton-In-Marsh Local History Society
1200 Years in 60 minutes - The Story of Blockley (Jeremy Bourne M.A)
Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-In-Marsh
7.30pm
13-Oct-07
Forest of Dean Local History Society
AGM followed by Gloucester Docks (Les Dalton)
Coleford Community Centre
2.30pm
15-Oct-07
GADARG
Channel Island Megalithic Tombs (Amy Woolacott, GADARG)
St Andrews United Reformed Church Garden Room, Montpellier Street
7:30pm
15-Oct-07
Lechlade History Society
A Victorian Rector and Nine Old Maids (Mike Boyes)
Lechlade Memorial Hall
7.30pm
16-Oct-07
Cheltenham Local History Society
Gloucestershire Churches for the Curious (Mr Alywin Sampson)
Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Promenade
7.30pm
16-Oct-07
Minchinhampton Local History Group
Local Pubs and Beerhouses (Diana Wall)
Cecily Court Lounge, Minchinhampton
7.30pm
16-Oct-07
Berkeley Local History Society
A History of Place Names (Dan Evans)
The Library Berkeley
7.45pm
17-Oct-07
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Gloucestershire's Monastic Landscapes (James Bond)
Parliament Room, Gloucestershire Cathedral
2.30pm
17-Oct-07
Swindon Village Society
Great Views of Gloucestershire (Alan Pilbeam)
Swindon Village Hall
7.45pm
17-Oct-07
The Oakridge History Group
Workshop; More about our village: tracing local families, occupations, land ownership and use
Oakridge Village Hall
7:30pm
18-Oct-07
CADHAS
Cotswold Sheep & Wool Trade (Derek Hunt)
Upper Town Hall, Chipping Campden
8.00pm
18-Oct-07
Gotherington Area Local History Society
The Mary Coventry Charity for Woolstone and Oxenton (Michael Bower)
Gotherington Vilage Hall
8.00pm
18-Oct-07
Leckhampton Local History Society
Members' Evening
Church House, Leckhampton
8.00pm
18-Oct-07
Tewkesbury Historical Society
Zulu Fact or Fiction? (Dr David Evans)
Tewkesbury Methodist Church Hall
7.45pm
19-Oct-07
The RissingtonsLocal History Society
My life in the Gurkhas and BP (Stephen Mullaly OBE)
Great RissingtonSchool
8:00pm
22-Oct-07
Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch
Slavery, Abolition and Empire - Professor John Oldfield, University of Southampton
Up Hatherley Library
7.30pm
22-Oct-07
The RissingtonsLocal History Society
John Taverner - A Medieval Musician & his Work
Wyck Rissington VillageHall
8:00pm
23-Oct-07
Charlton Kings Local History Society
Aviation History of the Cotswolds (Mr G R Pitchfork)
Baptist Church, Charlton Kings
7.30pm
24-Oct-07
Cirencester Archaelogical & Historical Society
Recent Excavations at Horcott Quarry, Fairford (Ken Welsh)
Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road
7.30pm
29-Oct-07
GADARG
Iron Age and Roman Art in the Cotswolds (Dr Alison Brookes, Corinium Museum)
Gloucestershire Archives, Alvin Street, Kingsholm
7:30pm
30-Oct-07
Maisemore Local History Society
Meeting and talk on History of St Giles Church (Robin Stayt). Graveyard survey for family history (John Loosely)
Maisemore Church
7.30pm
31-Oct-07
Stow & District Civic Society
Autumn Dinner
Unicorn Hotel
01-Nov-07
Cheltenham Local History Society
The extraordinary life and death of Edward II (Mr Peter Petrie)
St Luke's Hall, St Luke's Place
10:00am
01-Nov-07
The History of Tetbury Society
Malmesbury Silk Mill - a talk by Miss Campbell
Christchurch in the Chipping
7:30pm
02-Nov-07
Stroud Local History Society
AGM followed by Parliament (David Drew MP)
Old Town Hall, Stroud
7.30pm
07-Nov-07
Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology   
Canal Realignment at Two Mile Bend  (Paul Coupe)     
Gala Club, Fairmile Gardens, Longford, Gloucester         
7:30pm
07/11/2007
Northleach Historical Society
"Windrush Valley Part 2" (Mrs Monee Button)
Westwoods Centre, Northleach
7:45pm
10-Nov-07
Forest of Dean Local History Society
History of Minsterworth (Terry Moore-Scott)
Belle Vue Centre, Cinderford
3.00pm
12-Nov-07
Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch
Icelandic Slaves in 15th Century England - Dr Peter Fleming, University of the West of England
Up Hatherley Library
7.30pm
12-Nov-07
Nailsworth Local History Research Group
Researching the Marling Family of Stroud - Mike Selly
Mortimer Room at the Library
7.30pm
14-Nov-07
Gloucestershire Family History Society
Researching family history in Glos. Archives - Sue Stafford
Milestone School, Longford Lane, Gloucester
7.30pm
14-Nov-07
Moreton-In-Marsh Local History Society
Farms and Farm Holdings in Bledington 1770-1970 (Michael Weller)
Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-In-Marsh
7.30pm
15-Nov-07
CADHAS
Gloucestershire hill forts and nature of settlements (Dr Alison Brookes)
Upper Town Hall, Chipping Campden
8.00pm
15-Nov-07
Fairford History Society
God Sent a Plague of Frogs to Fairford (Dr Andrew Warmington)
Farmor's School, Business Centre
7.30pm
15-Nov-07
Gotherington Area Local History Society
World War I : 1914-18 "Local Heroes".'For King and Country' - stories behind the names on the local war memorials.(Eunice Powell, Geoff, and Claire Newsum).
Gotherington Vilage Hall
8.00pm
15-Nov-07
Leckhampton Local History Society
One Man's Cotswolds (Gordon Ottewell)
Church House, Leckhampton
8.00pm
15-Nov-07
Slimbridge Local History Society
The Magic Lantern - Its History and a show as it was given 150 years ago (Pat Furley)
Slimbridge Village Hall
7.30pm
19-Nov-07
GADARG
Members evening
St Andrews United Reformed Church Garden Room, Montpellier Street
7:30pm
20-Nov-07
Cheltenham Local History Society
Cheltonians commemorated at Leckhampton (Mr Eric Miller)
Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Promenade
7.30pm
20-Nov-07
Minchinhampton Local History Group
AGM followed by the film Stroud Before Traffic Lights (Geoff and Bet King)
Cecily Court Lounge, Minchinhampton
7.30pm
20-Nov-07
Berkeley Local History Society
Candle and Rushlight to Gas (David Eveleigh)
The Library Berkeley
7.45pm
21-Nov-07
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Late Roman and Early Post-Roman Gloucestershire and surrounding area (Mark Corney)
Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester
7.30pm
21-Nov-07
Swindon Village Society
History of Cheltenham's own bijou opera house
The Everyman Theatre
7.45pm
21-Nov-07
The Oakridge History Group
The Houses of Chalford and Chalford Hill (Nigel Paterson)
Oakridge Village Hall
7:30pm
23-Nov-07
Tewkesbury Historical Society
Occupations in Village Communities around Bredon Hill (Mrs Christine Seal)
Tewkesbury Methodist Church Hall
7.45pm
26-Nov-07
Lechlade History Society
Cotswold Stone Barns (Tim Jordan)
Lechlade Memorial Hall
7.30pm
27-Nov-07
Charlton Kings Local History Society
Researching your Family- The Pates (Mrs Eileen Allen)
Baptist Church, Charlton Kings
7.30pm
28-Nov-07
Cirencester Archaelogical & Historical Society
The Le Marchants - A Victorian Cotswold Family (Michael Boyes)
Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road
7.30pm
29-Nov-07
Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology   
A Digital Walk around the St Lukes Area of Cheltenham (Geoff North)
Society of Friends Meeting House, Warwick Place, Cheltenham      
7:30pm
29-Nov-07
Maisemore Local History Society
Smith's of Taynton and Hownhall (Mr McDougall)
Maisemore Village Hall
7.30pm
01-Dec-07
Forest of Dean Local History Society
The Mighty Severn Bore (Chris Witts)
Coleford Community Centre
3.00pm
02-Dec-07
Cheltenham Local History Society
Special Gloucestershire Millennium Lecture - The origins of Gloucestershire as we know it today (Mr Tim Porter)
St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Montpellier Street
2:30pm
03-Dec-07
GADARG
New excavations in Turkey, 3rd millennium BC (Dr Volker Heyd, University of Bristol)
Gloucestershire Archives, Alvin Street, Kingsholm
7:30pm
04-Dec-07
Charlton Kings Local History Society
Christmas Party
Stanton Room
 -
04-Dec-07
Stow & District Civic Society
Geology & Building Stones of Stow and District (Dennis Jackson)
Church Room
7:30pm
05-Dec-07
Northleach Historical Society
AGM - 10th Anniversary Celebrations
Westwoods Centre, Northleach
7:45pm
06-Dec-07
Gotherington Area Local History Society
Cotswold Morris Dancing (Gwilym Davies)
Gotherington Village Hall
8.00pm
06-Dec-07
The History of Tetbury Society
Annual Social
Chirstchurch in the Chipping
7.30pm
10-Dec-07
Cirencester Archaelogical & Historical Society
Limewash in Park Street: repairing a building, reviving a tradition (Rory Young)
The Daniel Bingham Suite, Bingham Hall
7.30pm
10-Dec-07
Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch
A Victorian Christmas - Dr Neil Armstrong, University of Gloucestershire
Up Hatherley Library
7.30pm
12-Dec-07
Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology
AGM & talk:  World War 2 Sites in Gloucestershire (Alan Strickland)  
Rodborough Community Hall     
7:30pm
12-Dec-07
Gloucestershire Family History Society
History of the Magic Lantern Show - Patrick Furley  
Milestone School, Longford Lane, Gloucester    
7:30pm
12-Dec-07
Moreton-In-Marsh Local History Society
Curious Cotswolds (Mark Turner)Followed by seasonal refreshments.
Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-In-Marsh
7.30pm
13-Dec-07
CADHAS
Christmas Customs (Dr Mairi McDonald)
Upper Town Hall, Chipping Campden
8.00pm
13-Dec-07
Leckhampton Local History Society
Cranham Potteries (Janet Whitton)
Church House, Leckhampton
8.00pm
13-Dec-07
Stroud Local History Society
Christmas Meeting
Old Town Hall, Stroud
7.30pm
18-Dec-07
Cheltenham Local History Society
Learning the Trade: A History of apprenticeship in Gloucestershire (Ms Averil Kear)
Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Promenade
7.30pm
18-Dec-07
Berkeley Local History Society
The History of Bristol Docks
The Library Berkeley
7.45pm
03-Jan-08
The History of Tetbury Society
Members’ Show and Tell Evening
Christchurch in the Chipping
7.30pm
07-Jan-08
Stroud Local History Society
Christmas Past and Present (Susan Marshfield)
Old Town Hall, Stroud
7.30pm
12-Jan-08
Forest of Dean Local History Society
Woolstone & The River Severn (Mary Atkins and Pat Williams)
Coleford Community Centre
3.00pm
14-Jan-08
GADARG
Light at the end of the passage - the way the dead experienced Neolithic Chambered Tombs (Dr George Nash, University of Bristol)
St Andrews United Reformed Church Garden Room, Montpellier Street
7:30pm
14-Jan-08
Nailsworth Local History Research Group
Gloucestershire 1007-2007 and researching its origins (David Smith)
Mortimer Room at the Library
7.30pm
15-Jan-08
Cheltenham Local History Society
Research & Display Evening
Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Promenade
7.30pm
16-Jan-08
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
A Very Fair Field: the history and archaeology of town commons (Mark Bowden)
Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester
7.30pm
16-Jan-08
Swindon Village Society
AGM
Swindon Village Hall
7.45pm
16-Jan-08
The Oakridge History Group
Workshop; More about our village
Oakridge Village Hall
7:30pm
17-Jan-08
CADHAS
Three Campden Houses (The House History Group)
Upper Town Hall, Chipping Campden
8.00pm
17-Jan-08
Gotherington Area Local History Society
The History of Winchcombeshire. (Tim Porter)
Gotherington Village Hall
8.00pm
17-Jan-08
Leckhampton Local History Society
A 'digital' walk around St Luke's and Lower Bath Road (Geoff North)
Church House, Leckhampton
8.00pm
17-Jan-08
Leckhampton Local History Society
A 2nd look at this area in 1850s
Church House, Leckhampton
7:45pm
17-Jan-08
Slimbridge Local History Society
A Village through Time (Rose Hewlett)
Slimbridge Village Hall
7.30pm
18-Jan-08
The Rissingtons Local History Society
Saints, Serpents and the seven sacraments: English medieval church fonts (Dr Steven Blake)
Little Rissington Village Hall
8:00pm
21-Jan-08
Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch
Servants and Masters in Early Modern England - Professor Roger Richardson, University of Winchester
Up Hatherley Library
7.30pm
22-Jan-08
Charlton Kings Local History Society
Holy Apostles Church (Mr Peter Clifford)
Baptist Church, Charlton Kings
7.30pm
23-Jan-08
Cirencester Archaelogical & Historical Society
Salmonsbury Camp, Bourton on the Water (Gail Stoten)
Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road
7.30pm
23-Jan-08
Cranham Local History Society
The Potteries of Cranham (Jan Whitton)
Cranham Village Hall
7.45pm
24-Jan-08
Tewkesbury Historical Society
Social evening
Elmbury Room, Tewkesbury Library
7.45pm
25-Jan-08
Wotton-under-Edge Historical Society
The History of Royal Navy Innovation and its impact on the American Navy (Commander John D Dannecker)
Civic Centre
7.30pm
29-Jan-08
Maisemore Local History Society
Battle of Tewkesbury (Mr Goodchild)
Maisemore Village Hall
7.30pm
04-Feb-08
GADARG
Farming in the SW in the Iron Age (Clare Randall, South Cadbury Environs Project)
Gloucestershire Archives, Alvin Street, Kingsholm
7:30pm
04-Feb-08
Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch
Working Life in Stroud Textile Mills - Mr Ian Macintosh of the Stroudwater Trust
Up Hatherley Library
7.30pm
05-Feb-08
Stow & District Civic Society
The Adventurous lives of Five Cotswold Brothers (Mike Boys)
Church Room
7:30pm
06-Feb-08
Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology   
Aerial Survey of
Gloucestershire  (Helen
Winter of English Heritage)
Gala Club, Fairmile Gardens, Longford, Gloucester
7:30pm
07-Feb-08
The History of Tetbury Society
The History of Severn Ferries (Tim Ryan)
Christchurch in the Chipping
7.30pm
10-Feb-08
Forest of Dean Local History Society
Sir Charles Dilke
(J R Howe)
Coleford Community Centre
3:00pm
11-Feb-08
Nailsworth Local History Research Group
Researching and reconstructing Halmore Mill (Geoff Vatcher)
Mortimer Room at the Library
7.30pm
14-Feb-08
Tewkesbury Historical Society
Members' Research Evening
Tewkesbury Methodist Church Hall
7.45pm
15-Feb-08
The Rissingtons Local History Society
Social evening (members only)
 
7:30pm
18-Feb-08
Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch
Front Parlour Capitalism: Mail Order Agencies in 20th Century Britain - Dr Dilwyn Porter, De Montfort University, Leicester
Up Hatherley Library
7.30pm
18-Feb-08
Stroud Local History Society
Bits and Pieces of Old Stroud (Jenny Bailey)
Old Town Hall, Stroud
7.30pm
19-Feb-08
Cheltenham Local History Society
What’s New in Archaeology in Gloucestershire? (Mr Neil Holbrook)
Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Promenade
7.30pm
20-Feb-08 Bourton on the Water & District LHS Memories of Bourton(Edith Walter, Yvonne Finch, etc) Baptist Church Rooms, Bourton-on-the-Water 7.30pm
20-Feb-08
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
The Newport Ship (Bob Trett)
Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester
7.30pm
20-Feb-08
The Oakridge History Group
Oakridge Methodist Chapel and Chapel Families (John Loosley)
Oakridge Village Hall
7:30pm
21-Feb-08
CADHAS
The Illuminated Psalter (Dr Frederica Law-Turner)
Upper Town Hall, Chipping Campden
8.00pm
21-Feb-08
Fairford History Society
Edwin Cuss
Fairford Community Centre
7.30pm
21-Feb-08
Gotherington Area Local History Society
A Walk Round Cheltenham 1850. (Geoff North)
Gotherington Village Hall
8.00pm
21-Feb-08
Leckhampton Local History Society
Member's Evening
Church House, Leckhampton
8.00pm
25-Feb-08
GADARG
Hillforts of the Ridgeway (Dr Gary Lock, Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford)
St Andrews United Reformed Church Garden Room, Montpellier Street
7:30pm
26-Feb-08
Maisemore Local History Society
Building of Cheltenham Pittville estate (Dr Steven Blake)
Maisemore Village Hall
7.30pm
27-Feb-08
Cirencester Archaelogical & Historical Society
Croome Lecture -The Archaeology of Buildings (Richard Morriss)
Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road
7.30pm
27-Feb-08
Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology   
The Brunel Legacy (Keith Hickman)   
Society of Friends Meeting House, Warwick Place, Cheltenham       
7:30pm
29-Feb-08
Wotton-under-Edge Historical Society
AGM and Westbury Court, A history and its challenges (Gerry Green)
Civic Centre
7.30pm
03-Mar-08
Stroud Local History Society
The Wharf at Over, Gloucester-Hereford Canal (Ted Beagle)
Old Town Hall, Stroud
7.30pm
06-Mar-08
The History of Tetbury Society
AGM and Frederick Godwin of Westonbirt
Christchurch in the Chipping
7.30pm
08-Mar-08
Forest of Dean Local History Society
Clearwell Caves (Jonathon Wright)
Belle Vue Centre Cinderford
3:00pm
10-Mar-08
Nailsworth Local History Research Group
Nailsworth Archives what you can find there
Mortimer Room at the Library
7.30pm
10-Mar-08
The Oakridge History Group
Workshop; More about our village
Oakridge Village Hall
7:30pm
12-Mar-08
Cirencester Archaelogical & Historical Society
Whittle - The Jet Pioneer (Nicholas Jones)Joint lecture with the Cirencester Science & Technology Society.
Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road
7.30pm
12-Mar-08
Moreton-In-Marsh Local History Society
AGM, followed by Excavations at Blenheim Farm, Moreton-In-Marsh (Jonathon Hart)
Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-In-Marsh
7.30pm
13-Mar-08
CADHAS
John Bellamy (1808-93) Gloucestershire Travelling Showman (Dr Steven Blake)
Upper Town Hall, Chipping Campden
8.00pm
13-Mar-08
Tewkesbury Historical Society
"Welcome to Britain", Black GI's in the South West in World War II (Prof Neil A Wynn)
Tewkesbury Methodist Church Hall
7.45pm
14-Mar-08
Westcote Local History Society
Wandering along the Windrush (Gordon Ottewell)
Westcote Village Hall
8.00pm
17-Mar-08
Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch
Strikes: The British Disease since 1945? - Professor Chris Wrigley, University of Nottingham
Up Hatherley Library
7.30pm
18-Mar-08
Cheltenham Local History Society
A Scene of Glorious Magnificence” - the building of the Pittville Estate 1824-1860 (Dr Steven Blake)
Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Promenade
7.30pm
18-Mar-08
Maisemore Local History Society
Village History over a 1,000 years (Elizabeth Skinner)
Maisemore Village Hall
7.30pm
19-Mar-08 Bourton on the Water & District LHS Gloucestershire Curiosities (Hugh Conway-Jones) Baptist Church Rooms, Bourton-on-the-Water 7.30pm
19-Mar-08
Cotswold Archaeology
Mosaics and Other Animals: Domestic Art in the Roman Cotswolds (Professor Roger Ling)
Bingham Hall, King Street, Cirencester.
7.30pm
19-Mar-08
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Gloucester and Bristol and the trade with Dublin in the 11th and 12th Centuries (Joe Hillaby)
Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester
7.30pm
20-Mar-08
Cranham Local History Society
History of Cheltenham (Steven Blake)
Cranham Village Hall
7.45pm
20-Mar-08
Gotherington Area Local History Society
"Render unto Caesar" - The Impact of the Established Church from Medieval to Victorian Times. (David Smith)
Gotherington Village Hall
8.00pm
20-Mar-08
Leckhampton Local History Society
Ancient Woodlands (John Heathcott)
Church House, Leckhampton
7:45pm
20-Mar-08
Slimbridge Local History Society
Historic Gloucester (Phil Moss)
Slimbridge Village Hall
7.30pm
21-Mar-08
The Rissingtons Local History Society
The origin and development of the County of Gloucester (David Smith)
Little Rissington Village Hall
8:00pm
25-Mar-08 Charlton Kings LHS Policing in Gloucestershire (Dr Tim Brain) Baptist Church, Charlton Kings 7.30pm
28-Mar-08
Wotton-under-Edge Historical Society
The Secret Severn (Ann Bayliss)
Civic Centre
7.30pm
01-Apr-08
Stow & District Civic Society
The Cotswolds: A Literary Tour (Gordon Dotterel)
Church Room
7:30pm
02-Apr-08
Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology   
William Murdoch and The Intelligent Pig (The History of Gas)  (Glyn Thomas )
Rodborough Community Hall
7:30pm
03-Apr-08
The History of Tetbury Society
The History of the Royal Forest of Dean (Averil Kear)
Christchurch in the Chipping
7.30pm
07-Apr-08
GADARG
New discoveries at Bredon Henge, Worcestershire (Dr Jodie Lewis, University of Worcester)
Gloucestershire Archives, Alvin Street, Kingsholm
7:30pm
09-Apr-08
Moreton-In-Marsh Local History Society
The Cotswolds Under Henry VIII (Tim Porter)
Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-In-Marsh
7.30pm
12-Apr-08
Forest of Dean Local History Society
A Study of Noxon Park Bream (Brian Johns)
Belle Vue Centre Cinderford
3:00pm
14-Apr-08
Nailsworth Local History Research Group
Researching and restoring Dunkirk Mill Ponds (Nigel Brown)
Mortimer Room at the Library
7.30pm
16-Apr-08
The Oakridge History Group
1000 years of Sheepscombe History (Elisabeth Skinner)
Oakridge Village Hall
7:30pm
17-Apr-08
CADHAS
AGM followed by William Bradway (d.1488) Campden's richest inhabitant ever? (Prof. Christopher Dyer)
Upper Town Hall, Chipping Campden
8.00pm
17-Apr-08
Cheltenham Local History Society
The adventurous lives of five Cotswold brothers (Mr Michael Boyes)
St Luke's Hall, St Luke's Place
10.00am
17-Apr-08
Gotherington Area Local History Society
Necessary Exemptions: the lifestyle of the Marquis of Exeter (1525). This focuses on the lifestyle of a major Tudor Nobleman, as reflected in his Household Account Book. (Michael Greet)
Gotherington Village Hall
8.00pm
21-Apr-08
Stroud Local History Society
Almshouses in Gloucestershire (John Loosley)
Old Town Hall, Stroud
7.30pm
16-Apr-08 Bourton on the Water & District LHS Members’ Evening Baptist Church Rooms, Bourton-on-the-Water 7.30pm
17-Apr-08
Leckhampton Local History Society
Winchcombe Abbey (Jo & John Stevinson)
Church House, Leckhampton
8.00pm
17-Apr-08
The Rissingtons Local History Society
400 Years of Stroudwater Textiles (Ian Mackintosh)
Wyck Rissington Village Hall
8:00pm
21-Apr-08
Stroud Local History Society
Almshouses in Gloucestershire (John Loosley)
Old Town Hall, Stroud
7.30pm
22-Apr-08 Charlton Kings LHS Dr Edward Wilson (Dr Simon McMinn) Baptist Church, Charlton Kings 7.30pm
23-Apr-08
Cirencester Archaelogical & Historical Society
The Cotswold Way : 100 Miles of History (Dr Steven Blake)
Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road
7.45pm
24-Apr-08
Forest of Dean Local History Society
"Fore & Aft" - An illustrated journey through the Purton Halks (Paul Barnett)
Belle Vue Centre Cinderford
3.00pm
24-Apr-08
Tewkesbury Historical Society
Annual General Meeting
Tewkesbury Methodist Church Hall
7.45pm
25-Apr-08
Wotton-under-Edge Historical Society
Significant Changes in the Gloucestershire Countryside (Alan Pilbeam)
Civic Centre
7.30pm
May-08
Stow & District Civic Society
Outing to Kelmscott Manor
 
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01 May-08
The History of Tetbury Society
The History of Boldridge Farm and its Wildlife (Arthur Witchell)
Christchurch in the Chipping
6-45pm
12 May-08
Nailsworth Local History Research Group
Rediscovering the Nailsworth cloth trades (Ian Mackintosh)
Mortimer Room at the Library
7.30pm
14-May-08
Moreton-In-Marsh Local History Society
An Illustrated History of Longborough (Margaret Shepard)
Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-In-Marsh
7.30pm
15-May-08
Fairford History Society
AGM
Fairford Community Centre
7.30pm
15-May-08
Leckhampton Local History Society
AGM & Frampton-on-Severn (Rose Hewlett)
Church House, Leckhampton
8.00pm
16-May-08
The Rissingtons Local History Society
AGM. Followed by Michael Carded and the West Country slipware tradition.
Great Islington School
7:45pm
16 May-08
Westcote Local History Society
A Journey to Peru (Michael Boyes)
Westcote Village Hall
8.00pm
17-May-08
Cirencester Archaelogical & Historical Society
A site visit to Salmonsbury Camp at Bourton on the Water.
 
7.30pm 
18-May-08
Forest of Dean Local History Society
Guided tour at Purton (lead by Paul Barnett)
Nr Gloucester at The Riverside
3:00pm
20-May-08 Cheltenham Local History Society AGM followed by Mr Geoff North - The Voluntary Aid Hospital. Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Promenade 7.30pm
21-May-08 Bourton on the Water & District LHS The Adventurous Lives of Five Cotswold Brothers (Michael Boyes) Baptist Church Rooms, Bourton-on-the-Water 7.30pm
21-May-08
The Oakridge History Group
Workshop; More about our village
Oakridge Village Hall
7:30pm
22 May-08
Cranham Local History Society
Road travel and transport in Georgian Gloucestershire (Nick Herbert)
Cranham Village Hall
7.45pm
22-May-08
Tewkesbury Historical Society
Railways and Industrial History (Mr Ian Pope)
Tewkesbury Methodist Church Hall
7.45pm
27-May-08 Charlton Kings LHS Researching your House (Averil Kear) Baptist Church, Charlton Kings 7.30pm
28-May-08
Cirencester Archaelogical & Historical Society
Traditional Music of the Cotswolds (Gwilym Davies)
Ashcroft Centre, Ashcroft Road
7.30pm
03-Jun-08
Stow & District Civic Society
Lost Villages (Eric Williams)
Church Room
7:30pm
09 Jun-08
Nailsworth Local History Research Group
Researching Family History (Sue Stafford)
Mortimer Room at the Library
7.30pm
18-Jun-08
The Oakridge History Group
Project presentation
Oakridge Village Hall
7:30pm
19-Jun-08
Slimbridge Local History Society
AGM plus Members Night
Slimbridge Village Hall
7.30pm
26-Jun-08
The Rissingtons Local History Society
Visit to Berkeley Castle. Guided tour possibly (Mr Charles Berkeley)
Berkeley Castle
2:00pm
Jul-08
Stow & District Civic Society
Outing to Blenheim Palace
 
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16-Jul-08 Bourton on the Water & District LHS Archaeology at Greystones Farm Nature Reserve (Gail Stoten) Baptist Church Rooms, Bourton-on-the-Water 7.30pm
16-Jul-08
The Oakridge History Group
Local Visit
 
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09-Sep-08 Bourton on the Water & District LHS Canal Boat History (David Morton) Baptist Church Rooms, Bourton-on-the-Water 7.30pm
13-Oct-08
Forest of Dean Local History Society
AGM & Forest of Dean Geology (Dave Owen - Geology Trust)
Coleford Community Centre
2:30pm
08-Nov-08
Forest of Dean Local History Society
Slag Blocks in Gloucestershire (Keith Walker)
Belle Vue Centre Cinderford
3:00pm
06-Dec-08
Forest of Dean Local History Society
History of allotments in Gloucestershire (John Loosely)
Coleford Community Centre
3:00pm
11-Jan-09
Forest of Dean Local History Society
Title to be advised (Dee Ashurst)
Coleford Community Centre
3:00pm



Berkeley Local History Society: Programme Secretary: Peter Wells (01453 269233)
Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society: Angela Newcombe (01452 859308)
Campden & District Historical & Archaeological Society (CADHAS): www.chippingcampdenhistory.org.uk
Charlton Kings Local History Society: Chairman: Mrs. Mary Southerton (01242 520492)
Cheltenham Local History Society: Chairman: Sue Newton (01242 243049)
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society: Chairman: David Viner (01285 651513)
Forest of Dean Local History Society: Anne Childs (01594 834402)
Friends of Gloucestershire Archives: Programme Secretary: Mary McGhee
GADARG: Martin Ecclestone (01453 759516)
Glos. Society for Industrial Archaeology: Secretary Dr Ray Wilson (01453 860595)
Gotherington & District Local History Society: Secretary: Jill Collins (01242 672848)
Historical Association: Secretary: Robert Sutton (01242 574889)
Lechlade History Society: Secretary: Keith Newsome (01367 252457)
Leckhampton Local History Society: Chairman: Miss Amy Woolacott (01242 522566)
Maisemore Local History Society: Rosealeen Lane (01452 527341)
Moreton-in-Marsh & District Local History Society: Secretary: Miss M Shepard (01451 830531)
Nailsworth Society: Local History Research Group: Nick Peters (01453 834000)
Oakridge History Group: Pat Carrick (01452 770454)
Rissingtons Local History Society: Mike Boyes (01451 822476)
Slimbridge Local History Society: Peter Ballard (01453 890207)
Stroud Local History Society: Secretary: Angela Howard (01453 766764)
Tewkesbury Historical Society: Secretary (01684 294056)
Westcote Local History Society: Secretary: Mrs. Pamela Rouse (01993 830684)
Wotton-under-Edge Historical Society: M. Rowley (01453 845287)

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