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North Wilts

History

Status:Active, open to new members
Coordinator:
When: Monthly on Friday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
2nd Friday of each month
Venue: Chippenham Museum
Cost: £3,00 a session

We discuss historical subjects based on presentations from members covering social and cultural topics as well as political. We have the occasional session covering archaeology.

The next meeting is on 13th November when we will learn about the impact of the Reformation in a Devon parish

In the coming months we will have the following talks, all starting at 10:30 but come along from 10:00 o'clock and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and a chat.

13th November                                                                        Voices of Morebath (A social history of the impact of the Reformation in a Devon parish)

11th December                                                                        Ernest Bevin

8th January                                                                             History of London Teaching Hospitals part 2

a typical meeting

The History Group enjoyed examining some exhibits in Chippenham museum. Some of them seen here with King Alfred who married his daughter to the King of Mercia in a wooden church standing on the site of today's St Andrew's church