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Tour of the Deanery Gardens in Wells
The visit will be led by Frances Neale There has been a garden behind 9 Cathedral Green for about 850 years. In 2003 a team of volunteers undertook to clear the then neglected garden and restore the herb garden which had been laid out by Dean William Turner, well known botanist and author of "A New Herball" Although his planting schemes are not laid down they have created a Tudor-style garden with typical C16th plants Frances had been actively involved…
Find out more »Daily Life in Roman North Somerset
John Smith will be giving a talk about life in Roman North Somset
Find out more »Talk on Medieval Deer Parks
Cat Lodge, an archaeologist at North Somerset Council, will be talking about Medieval deer parks
Find out more »The History of Birnbeck Pier and the work of the Birnbeck Regeneration Trust
Peter Lander, will be talking about “The History of Birnbeck Pier and work of the Birnbeck Regeneration Trust” A former welder, Peter moved from his home in Derbyshire to Weston-super Mare after taking early retirement, and is now the Trust’s archivist. As well as looking at the recorded history Peter will be talking about his work recording people’s memories of the Pier, researching their stories and gathering memorabilia. They now have a collection of personal photographs, which are used in…
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