Events in 2023 - Freshford Parish Council

Freshford and District Local History Society

Meetings are held in Freshford Village Memorial Hall on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

The hall is open from 7.00 pm and meetings begin at 7.30 pm.

Annual membership is £10. Visitors £3 a talk. All are welcome.

If you know of anyone who would like to become a member, please suggest they just turn up at the next meeting, contact Penny Jones on peter.pennyjones@gmail.com or phone 01225 723447 and leave a message if you have a query. Email Penny Jones if you are interested and would like to be kept informed but can’t get to meetings.

2023 Meeting Dates

Date	Subject	Speaker
25 January	Ancliff Square	Trevor Turpin, Author
22 February	A History of Iford’s Families & Their Influences On Their Surroundings	Mrs Cartwright-Hignett Co-owner of Iford Manor Estate
22 March	Joseph Glanvill, Rector of Bath Abbey and Witch Finder of the West Country	Tony McAleavy Author and Local Historian
26 April	St Mary’s Church and St Edith’s Pilgrimage Walk	David Sibley Retired Director of Music, Monkton Prep School and local organist
24 May AGM & Alan Dodge Memorial Lecture	An Extraordinary Life: The Revd. Francis Pocock 1829-1919 Founder of Monkton Combe School	Jacqueline Burrows Archivist, Monkton Combe School
21 June	Visit to Hinton Priory	Guided by Margaret Dodge
28 June	Visit to Hinton Priory	Guided by Margaret Dodge
27 September	Bath And Its Local Government in 1800	Dr Rose Wallace Senior lecturer in British Social History and Associate Director of the Regional History Centre at the University of the West of England
25 October	An Introduction to Wiltshire Gate Lodges	James Holden Author and local historian
22 November	All the Queen’s Jewels 1445-1548: Power, Majesty and Display	Nicola Tallis Historical Author

Dates are subject to the Covid-19 rules that are in place at that point in time.

If you have any queries, would like or can offer a lift to meetings, please contact peter.pennyjones@gmail.com or phone 01225-723447.