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2022 Meetings and visits

Items are marked as either QM (Quarterly Meeting) or Outing.

All Quarterly Meetings are held in the Village Hall, or via Zoom if necessary, starting at 7.30 pm.  In addition to the guest speaker, and when time permits, we aim to inform members about the Society's other activities, which may include displays or short presentations etc.  Refreshments are also provided. Meetings are free for members, £2 for non-members

Places on Outings need to be booked and car sharing is arranged.  Non-members are welcome to join us at a nominal charge.  Dates and times are subject to change, sometimes at short notice.   Admission charges may apply.
Friday 4 March QM  - Guest speaker: Dr Bryn Morris on 'Killerton bygones: three houses, two deer parks, one family'

Wednesday 25 May - a guided walk around the village looking at the geology and building stones, led by Maurice Tucker, a former Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Durham.  We'll start at 2pm in the village car park.


Friday 10 June QM - Guest speaker: Robert Hesketh on 'Devon Smugglers - the truth behind the fiction'

Friday 14 Oct QM & AGM - Guest speaker: Derek Gore on 'The Vikings in the West Country'

Friday 9 Dec QM - Guest speaker: Todd Gray on 'Devon and Slave Emancipation in 1834'

2021 Meetings and visits

Due to coronavirus restrictions we do not know when we will be able to have meetings in the village hall again, or organise outings, so the schedule will be developed as we go along.
Items are marked as either QM (Quarterly Meeting) or Outing.

All Quarterly Meetings are held in the Village Hall, or via Zoom if necessary, starting at 7.30 pm.  In addition to the guest speaker, and when time permits, we aim to inform members about the Society's other activities, which may include displays or short presentations etc.  Refreshments are also provided. Meetings are free for members, £2 for non-members

Places on Outings need to be booked and car sharing is arranged.  Non-members are welcome to join us at a nominal charge.  Dates and times are subject to change, sometimes at short notice.   Admission charges may apply.
Friday 12 March QM via Zoom - Guest speaker: Bill Horner on 'The Romans in Devon'.

Friday  25 June.  QM Guest speaker:  Tim Burt on 'Our changing climate'.  May be in the hall or via Zoom

Friday  8 October
.  QM & AGM - Speaker:  Mike Sampson on 'The Gill altar in Blundell's School Chapel'.

Friday 10 December.  - Speaker not yet decided

​Visits and events planned for 2020 which had to be cancelled, which we may try again when restrictions allow:


Outing - Visit to Taunton Castle and Museum

Outing - Visit to the Fenix Carriage Museum at Clayhidon (a combined visit with Halberton History Group)

Outing - Visit to Lower Ebear local heritage collection

Outing - Visit to Avalon Archaeology Park and Avalon Marshes Centre
 
Workshop on the Sampford Ghost.  The story so far, with input from Todd Gray
 
Other events:
 
Late summer, possibly more archaeological fieldwork at Battens Farm

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