Thu 19 Apr Regional History Centre UWE Seminar Dr Kerri Andrews Hannah More, Ann Yearsley, and David Garrick: the politics of patronage in the C18 Venue
Tue 6 Mar Downend LHS Talk John Thompson & Roger Angerson A View from our Past Venue
Fri 3 Feb Fishponds LHS Talk Roger Angerson Richard Champion and his Bristol Porcelain Venue
Thu 9 Feb Frenchay Tuckett Society Talk Roger Angerson William Champion's Brassworks Venue
Fri 24 Feb Whitchurch LHS Talk Robert Bailey Pensford Floods Venue
Mon 20 Feb Keynsham & Saltford LHS Talk Anton Bantock The Berkeleys of Berkeley Castle Venue
Wed 23 May Alveston History Society Talk Paul Barnett The Purton Hulks Venue
Tue 4 Sep Kingswood History Society Talk Ray Barnett The Making of M-Shed Venue
Thu 16 Feb Regional History Centre UWE Seminar Dr Jonathan Barry Methodism and Mummery: George Lukins and his Devils Venue
Tue 3 Apr Kingswood History Society Talk John Bartlett Oldbury Court the Place and the People Venue
Fri 6 Apr Fishponds LHS Talk John Bartlett The Life of Hannah More Venue
Thu 21 Jun Paulton History Group Talk Yvonne Bell Hobble Skirts & Harems Venue
Thu 19 Apr Mendip Society Winscombe Talk Ian Bennett Steam through Somerset Venue
Mon 14 May History of Bath Research Group Visit to Sexey's Hospital and St Mary's Church John Bishton Meet 2.30 Station Approach, Wincanton Road, Bruton Venue
Tue 14 Feb Bath Lunchtime Talk Deborah Boden Managing Cornwall's Heritage Bath Council Chamber, Guildhall 1.10pm - 1.45pm Venue
Mon 14 May Nailsea & District LHS Talk James Bond Monastic Lands in Mendip Venue
Fri 9 Mar Sodbury & District Historical Society Talk Mr J Bond Landscape and Archaeology of North Somerset Venue
Thu 22 Mar Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, Keynsham AGM & Talk Mike Bone Bath Breweries Venue
Thu 19 Jul Paulton History Group AGM & Talk Tim Bowlby Medieval Fish & Fisheries Venue
Wed 1 Feb Olveston Parish HS Talk Tim Bowly Bristol Ships and Shipping in the 15th Century Venue
Fri 10 Feb Sodbury & District Historical Society Talk Mrs A Bowring Clevedon Court - A Medieval Exploration Venue
Tue 22 May Avonmouth Genealogy Group Talk Alison Brown Archives, ancestors & the living past Venue
Mon 21 May Nailsea & District LHS Talks Tony Targett & Becky Brunning The History of the Modern Olympics & The Olympic Gene 7.30 at Backwell School Venue
Fri 13 Apr Banwell Archaeological Society Talk Colin Budge History of Mendip Lead Mining: 1600 -1900 Venue
Tue 4 Sep Yatton LHS Talk Colin Budge Mendip Lead Industry 1600-1900 Venue
Thu 9 Feb Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, Keynsham Talk Moira Buick Historical Paper and its use in society Venue
Tue 16 Oct Bishopston, Horfield & Ashley Down LHS Talk Alan Bull Aspects of Comedy Venue
Fri 30 Mar Whitchurch LHS Talk Dr Frances Burroughes Romans, Vikings and Merchant Slavers. Glass Making From Roman Times To The Early 19th Century In Somerset and Bristol Venue
Wed 21 Mar Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (Gloucester) Talk Anthony Burton 250 Years of Canal History in Britain Venue
Tue 6 Nov Kingswood History Society Talk Clive Burton Trenches to Trams. Venue
Mon 13 Feb Bristol & Avon Family HS, Bristol Talk Colin Chapman The Workhouse & Poorhouse 700 years Venue
Fri 23 Mar Bristol & Avon Family HS, Bath Talk Colin Chapman Genealogy in Pre -1841 British Censuses Venue
Mon 16 Apr History of Bath Research Group Talk & AGM Mike Chapman The Bruton estate in Bath starting 6.30 Venue
Thu 1 Mar Long Ashton LHS Talk David Cheesley All the Fun of the Fair Venue
Mon 12 Mar Bristol & Avon Family HS, Bristol Talk David Cheesley Lysaght’s remembered – history and memoirs of the famous Bristol steelmakers Venue
Fri 1 Jun Fishponds LHS Talk David Cheesley Return to Banjo Island - history & memories of Cadbury Heath & Longwell Green Venue
Tue 3 Jul Kingswood History Society Talk David Cheesley Old Market to Kingswood & Hanham in old Photographs Venue
Thu 15 Mar Paulton History Group Talk Isobel Cheetham The Clutton Workhouse & the Poor Law Venue
Tue 21 Feb Downend LHS Talk Davis Merrett-Smith & Terry Chivers Dance Band Music of the 20s,30sand 40s Venue
Fri 9 Mar Mendip Society Wells Talk Les Cloutman The Folklore of Somerset's Wildlife Venue
Mon 27 Feb Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (Bristol) Talk Prof Richard Coates The Bristol namescape:  some problematic local place-names of the Bristol area Venue
Tue 20 Mar Downend LHS Talk Prof. Richard Coates Local place names and dialect Venue
Mon 16 Apr Marshfield & District LHS Talk Christine Cole The Dutch Water Gardens of Dyrham Park Venue
Mon 19 Mar Keynsham & Saltford LHS Talk Carla Contractor Mary Carpenter of Bristol and India Venue
Tue 28 Aug Avonmouth Genealogy Group Talk Philippa Crabbe Update on Internet Research Resources Venue
Tue 27 Mar Yatton LHS Talk Chris Cudlipp All aboard the QEII Note date Venue
Fri 30 Mar Mendip Society Cheddar Talk Peter Davey The Clifton Rocks Railway Venue
Mon 20 Feb Marshfield & District LHS Talk Elizabeth Devon Rocks around the Marshfield Area Venue
Mon 11 Jun History of Bath Research Group Walk: The stones of Bath in the streetscape Elizabeth Devon Venue
Tue 7 Feb Bath Talk Doc Watson Dickens double bill 7 pm Bath Pump Room £8/£6 - Bath Festivals Box Office 01225 463362, Venue
Tue 6 Nov Yatton LHS Talk Alan Dodge Church & Village Life in the 18th century Venue
Fri 2 Mar Fishponds LHS Talk Madge Dresser 1001 Years of Bristol's Ethnic Minorities Venue
Tue 4 Dec Yatton LHS Talk Madge Dresser Slavery and Abolition Venue
Thu 23 Feb Glyn Duggan Talk Glyn Duggan Still more curious things in Bristol and beyond 7.30pm; Broadmead Baptist church, Lower Union Street; £4. Venue
Tue 25 Sep Avonmouth Genealogy Group Talk Ken Edwards Parish Records Venue
Wed 11 Apr Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society Talk Dr James Ellis Jones Romans in the Bristol Channel Venue
Tue 27 Mar Malago Society Talk David Elsbury A wartime childhood on the 1940s Venue
Tue 27 Nov Avonmouth Genealogy Group Magic Lantern Talk David & Eunice Elsbury I do like to be beside the seaside' Venue
Wed 11 Apr Bristol & Avon Family HS, Sodbury Vale Talk Bill English Money for old rope Venue
Wed 20 Jun Western Front Association, Bath & Avon Talk Charles Fair London Territorials Venue
Thu 15 Mar Regional History Centre UWE Seminar Dr Dimitri Fimi Chatterton’s Forgery, Feigned Manuscripts and Literary Legacy: The Case of J.R.R Tolkein Venue
Tue 14 Feb Clutton History Group Talk Alan Freke The Work of Francis Simpson – Technical Artist Venue
Tue 20 Mar Bishopston, Horfield & Ashley Down LHS Talk Alan Freke The Fry Family Venue
Tue 8 May Clutton History Group Talk Amy Frost Beckford's Tower Venue
Mon 13 Feb History of Bath Research Group Talk Dr Amy Frost The architecture of John Pinch in Bath Venue
Wed 28 Mar Alveston History Society Talk Gill Garrett Ghosts of the Severn Way Venue
Wed 29 Feb Harptrees History Society Talk Derek Gore Vikings in the South-west Venue
Thu 15 Mar Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, Keynsham Talk Peter Gossons Ships built by Charles Hill1912-1976 Venue
Fri 10 Feb Banwell Archaeological Society Talk Gary Gowans Ancient Olympia & the First Olympic Games Venue
Tue 22 May Malago Society Talk Alan Gray Redcliffe Caves - overground & underground Venue
Wed 18 Apr Western Front Association, Bath & Avon Talk Tom Greenshiel The Highland Soldier Venue
Tue 7 May Yatton LHS Talk Paul Gregory The Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway Venue
Thu 8 Mar Frenchay Tuckett Society Visit to Redcliff Caves Alan Grey for info: 0117 957 0942 Venue
Wed 28 Mar Harptrees History Society Talk Linda Hall Down the Garden Path – the story of Privies Venue
Tue 18 Sep Bishopston, Horfield & Ashley Down LHS Talk Linda Hall Farm Buildings - a vanishing heritage Venue
Wed 19 Sep Western Front Association, Bath & Avon Talk Bryn Hammond A Man called Uncle Venue
Tue 21 Feb Bishopston, Horfield & Ashley Down LHS Talk June Hannam The Women's Movement in the 19th century Venue
Tue 6 Mar Kingswood History Society Talk Dr Jonathan Harlow Bristol and the Civil War Venue
Tue 6 Mar Yatton LHS Talk Pat Hase A Holiday Diary of 1836 Venue
Thu 19 Apr Paulton History Group Talk Pat Hase The Victorian Way of Death Venue
Thu 26 Apr Brislington Conservation & HS Talk Pat Hase My family & Jack the Ripper Venue
Fri 4 May Fishponds LHS Talk Pat Hase George Reed and the development of Burnham on Sea Venue
Tue 15 May Bishopston, Horfield & Ashley Down LHS Talk Pat Hase The Shadow of the Workhouse Venue
Fri 27 Apr Whitchurch LHS Talk Pat Hase Victorian Pleasures and Pastimes Venue
Wed 9 May Bristol & Avon Family HS, Sodbury Vale Talk David Hawkings Transportation to Australia Venue
Wed 17 Oct Western Front Association, Bath & Avon Talk Julian Hawley Harry Murray VC Venue
Tue 28 Feb Bath Lunchtime Talk Alister Hayes Darwin's Landscape Laboratory Bath Council Chamber, Guildhall 1.10pm - 1.45pm Venue
Wed 25 Apr Harptrees History Society Talk Hugh Hewitt Soar Crooked Stick and Grey Goose Wing 2.30 pm St Alphege's Church, Oldfeled Park Venue
Wed 25 Apr Alveston History Society Talk Rose Hewlett Mid Victorian England Venue
Wed 8 Feb Bristol & Avon Family HS, Sodbury Vale Talk Janet Hiscocks The Census Venue
Thu 2 Feb Wick & Abson LHG Talk Shirley Hodgson "Wandering & Begging": the vagrant children of Bristol Venue
Tue 10 Apr Clutton History Group Talk Shirley Hodgson Wandering & Begging – The vagrant children of Bristol Venue
Thu 17 May Paulton History Group Talk Shirley Hodgson Begging and Wandering Venue
Mon 12 Mar History of Bath Research Group Talk Roger Holley The Larkhall Inn Venue
Fri 11 May Sodbury & District Historical Society Talk Mr M Hooper Bristol from the air Venue
Thu 29 Mar Brislington Conservation & HS Talk Mike Horler Life of Michael, a country boy Venue
Tue 24 Apr Avonmouth Genealogy Group Talk Carol Fry & Jean Hutton Nuts & Bolts Venue
Thu 27 Sep Alveston History Society Talk Prof. Ronald Hutton Beliefs of the Ancient Britons Venue
Wed 7 Mar Olveston Parish HS Talk Prof Tom James The Greatest Catastrophe in Recorded History: The Black Death of 1348-50 Venue
Wed 16 May Western Front Association, Bath & Avon Talk Chris John German Tanks Venue
Tue 7 Feb Downend LHS Talk Bob Jones Life in the Backyard, a look at archaeological digs Venue
Tue 28 Feb Avonmouth Genealogy Group Talk David Jones Merchant Benefactors of Bristol Venue
Thu 23 Feb Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, Keynsham Talk Andy King Industrial Decline? M Shed & the future of Bristol Industry Venue
Mon 26 Mar Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (Bristol) Talk Prof Roger Leech Lodges, garden houses and villas, 1500 – 1800: the second residence and its place in the landscape of Bristol and the wider Atlantic world Venue
Wed 21 Nov Western Front Association, Bath & Avon Talk Martin Levisk War Memorial Trust Venue
Tue 8 May Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & NHS Talk Dr Jodie Lewis Recent research into the Henges and Stone Circles in Somerset Venue
Fri 9 Mar Banwell Archaeological Society Talk Gerald Little History of Bank Notes: 1914 - 2010 Venue
Wed 15 Feb Western Front Association, Bath & Avon Talk Vern Littley Basra Venue
Tue 23 Oct Avonmouth Genealogy Group Talk Steve Livings The Families of Abbots Leigh and the History of the Village Venue
Wed 4 Apr Olveston Parish HS Talk John Loosley Childhood Employment in Gloucestershire Venue
Fri 20 Apr Stoke Bishop & Sneyd Park LHG Talk Peter Malpass The floating Harbour of the 19th century Venue
Wed 22 Feb Alveston History Society Talk Jill Martin Church Wardens, Church Ales& Church Houses Venue
Tue 13 Mar Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & NHS Talk Tom Mayberry A New Museum and Heritage Centre for Somerset Venue
Tue 21 Feb Downend LHS Talk Terry Chivers & David Merrett-Smith Dance Band Music of the 20s,30sand 40s Venue
Fri 13 Jul Banwell Archaeological Society Talk Gina Merritt Smith Marianne North: the Remarkable Victorian Floral Artist Venue
Tue 14 Feb Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & NHS Talk Dr Nicoletta Momigliano Turkish delight: archaeological investigations in northern Lycia Venue
Wed 13 Jun Bristol & Avon Family HS, Sodbury Vale Talk Richard Moore Books we forget to use! Venue
Thu 15 Mar Bath & Camerton Archaeological Society Talk Sam Moorhead The Frome Hoard of Roman coins Venue
Tue 5 Feb Yatton LHS AGM & talk Faith Moulin Littlewood in Claverham Drove 8 pm Chapter House at St Mary's Venue
Tue 1 May Kingswood History Society Talk Dr M Murray Bristol Fashion, Steam Locomotives made in Bristol Venue
Thu 22 Mar Mendip Society Winscombe Talk Bob Musgrove The Stories behind Inn Signs Venue
Thu 12 Apr Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, Keynsham Talk Prof Roy Severn & David Neale Brunel Swivel Bridge, Bristol City Docks entrance Venue
Thu 9 Feb Bristol Civc Society Talk Anthony Negus Creating Better Places In Bristol Venue
Wed 15 Feb Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (Gloucester) Talk Geoff North VAD Hospitals in Gloucestershire Venue
Mon 19 Mar Marshfield & District LHS Talk Richard Osgood The Tormarton Dig Venue
Thu 31 May Brislington Conservation & HS Talk Don Packham My life at Bristol Zoo Venue
Thu 5 Apr Long Ashton LHS Talk John Penny The Bristol Blitz Venue
Tue 19 Jun Bishopston, Horfield & Ashley Down LHS Talk John Penny A Night at the Cinema Venue
Fri 6 Jul Fishponds LHS AGM &Talk John Penny The Blitz on Bristol, 1940-44 Venue
Tue 13 Mar Clutton History Group Talk Richard Porter Prison Profile – Life in Shepton Mallet Prison Venue
Fri 10 Feb Mendip Society Wells Talk Peter Poyntz-Wright Benchends of Somerset Venue
Wed 8 Feb Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society Grinsell Memorial Lecture Julian Richards West Kennet Long Barrow - and friends Venue
Tue 7 Feb Yatton LHS AGM & Talk Trevor Riddle GWR 150 celebrations 8 pm Chapter House at St Mary's Venue
Wed 14 Mar Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society AGM & Talk Tony Roberts Nesley Farm, Westonbirt, the homestead of Mettus? Venue
Thu 2 Feb Long Ashton LHS Talk Cyril Routley Who was Amelia Edwards? Venue
Tue 28 Feb Malago Society Talk Cyril Routley A life on the ocean wave - the experiences of the early emigrants to Australia on SS Great Britain Venue
Mon 2 Apr Nailsea & District LHS Talk Cyril Routley A life on the ocean wave (SS Great Britain) Venue
Fri 8 Jun Banwell Archaeological Society AGM & Talk Cyril Routley Gadgets of Yesteryear Venue
Tue 2 Oct Yatton LHS Talk Cyril Routley Experience of Emigrants on SS Great Britain Venue
Tue 5 Mar Yatton LHS Talk Cyril Routley Gadgets of Yesteryear Venue
Tue 17 Apr Bishopston, Horfield & Ashley Down LHS Talk Cyril Routley From Pillar to Post Venue
Thu 1 Mar Wick & Abson LHG Talk Mike Rowland Brunel the little giant Venue
Mon 12 Mar Nailsea & District LHS Talk Mike Rowlands Lipstick on a Gorilla Venue
Thu 5 Apr Wick & Abson LHG Talk Tim Ryan Aust Ferry Venue
Thu 12 Apr Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, Keynsham Talk David Neale & Prof Roy Severn Brunel Swivel Bridge, Bristol City Docks entrance Venue
Fri 24 Feb Mendip Society Cheddar Talk John Shaw Grandad's Bikeride around Britain Venue
Wed 21 Mar Western Front Association, Bath & Avon Talk Mike Shaw Battle of Tannenburg Venue
Wed 14 Mar Bristol & Avon Family HS, Sodbury Vale Talk David Smith The Codringtons of Dodington Park Venue
Mon 21 May Marshfield & District LHS Talk David Smith The Codringtons of Doddington Venue
Mon 13 Feb Nailsea & District LHS Talk Derek Smith Over Here: the American military in Bristol & the West Country 1942-1945 Venue
Thu 16 Feb Mendip Society Winscombe Talk John Smith The Romans in Mendip Venue
Thu 16 Feb Paulton History Group Talk Robin Smith Stop me for a Pint (about Royal Pub signs) Venue
Tue 24 Apr Malago Society Talk Shaun Spencer-Smith The history and adventures of The Matthew Venue
Fri 14 Sep Stoke Bishop & Sneyd Park LHG Talk Terry Chivers & David Stevens Developments at Tyntesfield over the last 5 years Venue
Thu 26 Apr Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, Keynsham Talk Mike Taylor Bedminster Coal Venue
Tue 21 Feb Bath Lunchtime Talk Cath Thomas Coal dust to gold dust? Welsh Mining Heritage Bath Council Chamber, Guildhall 1.10pm - 1.45pm Venue
Tue 6 Mar Downend LHS Talk Roger Angerson & John Thompson A View from our Past Venue
Fri 13 Apr Sodbury & District Historical Society Talk Mr R Turner A Sodbury Family - Turner and Higgs Venue
Thu 7 Jun Wick & Abson LHG Talk Elizabeth White Pill - a queer little village Venue
Tue 27 Mar Avonmouth Genealogy Group AGM & Talk Pete Williams Berrow Church Venue
Thu 23 Feb Brislington Conservation & HS Talk Barry Williamson The Arundells of Wardour Venue
Thu 3 May Wick & Abson LHG Talk Barry Williamson The Arundells of Wardour: a Catholic family from Bosworth to Colditz Venue
Fri 9 Nov Stoke Bishop & Sneyd Park LHG Talk Barry Williamson A Bristol Soldier of the great war Venue
Tue 10 Apr Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & NHS Talk Dr Jaqueline Wilson Ireland in the Roman World Venue
Tue 5 Jun Kingswood History Society Talk Chris Witts My Life on the River Severn Venue