Talk entitled "The Axbridge Banners"  by John Page at the Somerset Heritage Centre £3 donation requested. Please book via the SANHS office (01823 272429; office@sanhs.org ).

A talk by James Bond  entitled Somerset Parks and Gardens. James Bond graduated in Historical Geography at Birmingham University. He rapidly developed an interest and expertise in archaeological field survey and the evolution of the English Landscape. He has worked as a field archaeologist in Worcestershire and in the Oxfordshire Museums Service. In 1996, James moved to North Somerset and worked independently as a freelance landscape investigator. He regularly contributed to the continuing education programmes of the universities of Oxford and…

This will take place at Cross Memorial Hall at 7pm. Please note that members who have not renewed their subscription to the society by the time of the AGM will not be eligible to vote. It will be followed by the talk on Old Maps by Christine and Joe King.      

Joe and Christine King will be talking about how Somerset was mapped and will have on display a large number of old, antique maps from their own collection. The talk will be preceded by the AGM at 7pm

Meet at 2pm in the churchyard opposite the White Horse Inn or inside the church if wet. Duration of visit: about 2 hours The main building of interest in Stogumber is St Mary’s, a large Norman church which still has mediaeval carvings on the outside and was sympathetically restored internally in the 1870’s.  The early C17th almshouses and the High St are also of interest. From the churchyard, we will make a fairly short, but quite hilly, circular walk to view…