Please visit our website for more information - https://harptreeshistorysociety.org/

All talks are held at West Harptree Memorial hall and start at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated.
Visitors are very welcome with a donation of £3.
Booking, which is essential, opens for visitors a fortnight before the event.
Contact info@harptreeshistorysociety.org

Talks and Visits for 2026 - 2027 season;

28 October 2026; Elaine Cook, ‘Keynsham Abbey; Characters and Events’.
Elaine is Chair of Bristol History and Archaeology Society, Keynsham Abbey Volunteers

25 November 2026; Steve Osman, ‘Thankful Villages of Somerset and Gloucestershire’.

27 January 2027; Nick Roberts, ‘Harptrees in 20 Objects’, plus Winter Supper.

24 February 2027; Chris Eldridge, ‘Medieval Wells’.

31 March 2027; Mike Harvey, ‘Somerset v Hitler’

28 April 2027; Peter Lander. ‘Birnbeck Pier’, (Part 1, History). He is Pier Archavist. I

Summer visits;

26 May 2027; English Heritage SW Archaeology Store, Temple Cloud. 10am -1pm, .

30 June 2027; proposed visit to New Rooms, Bristol, oldest purpose built Methodist Chapel.

28 July 2027; Stowey Church, Royal Coat of Arms and Henry Strachey murals. 3pm, 1 hour tour plus tea and cake