Discussion Group: list of talks for 2023
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you haven’t been along to a session yet, do try it out.
The meetings take place on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room, and are FREE to members. Non-members can attend one session before being asked to join. If you know of someone who isn’t a member, do bring them along –...
Read MoreOnline lecture on Sutton Hoo by Professor Martin Carver
Online lecture: Sutton Hoo 2021 – old stories and new adventures Thursday 28th October, 7:30 – 9pm, online (Zoom)
As we are sadly unable to have our usual annual lecture in person again this year, we have once again teamed up with Wiltshire Museum and the Saxon Church of St Laurence in a joint fundraiser to provide an online lecture...
Read MoreOnline lecture by Michael Wood
Bradford on Avon Museum, jointly with the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes and the Saxon Church of St Laurence in Bradford, is co-hosting an online lecture by the well-known historian Michael Wood on “King Æthelstan and the making of England” on 5th May 7.30-9.00 pm. Æthelstan (c894– 939) is regarded as having been the first...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: List of talks for 2020
UPDATE – Tuesday 17th March 2020
REGRETTABLY, WE ARE CANCELLING DISCUSSION GROUP WHILE THE MUSEUM REMAINS CLOSED. WE HOPE TO RE-SCHEDULE THE TALKS FOR LATER IN THE YEAR, WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you haven’t been along to a session yet, do try it out.
The meetings take place on the...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Claverton Pumping Station
Wednesday 4th March, 7:30pm, Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, George Eycott will be talking about Claverton Pumping Station. I do hope you can join us!
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you haven’t been along to a session yet, do try it out.
The meetings take place on the first...
Read MoreDiscussion Group Special: Local History Question Time
Wednesday 4th December, 7:30pm, Library Meeting Room
This Discussion Group session will be a little bit different to usual as it’s:
Local History Question Time (sort of Gardener’s Question Time meets Antiques Roadshow)
Our panel for the evening will be:
Roy Canham, former Country Archaeologist for... Read MoreLecture – News from the frontier: recent work on Hadrian’s Wall with Mark Corney
Friday, 8 November, 7:30pm, St Margaret’s Hall, Bradford on Avon
Announcing Bradford on Avon Museum Autumn lecture ‘News from the frontier: recent work on Hadrian’s Wall‘ with Time Team regular, Mark Corney. The lecture starts at 7.30pm, with the bar available from 7pm (doors open at...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Wool, Weaving and Water Power: Bradford on Avon’s Medieval Woollen Industry
Wednesday 6th November, 7:30pm, Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, Rob Arkell will be looking at the development of the local woollen industry in the Bradford Hundred up to 1650, putting this in a national context. This will include wool preparation, dyeing, weaving and fulling. Rob is a regular speaker at Discussion Group, and his...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Henry ‘Orator’ Hunt and the Peterloo Massacre
Wednesday 2nd October, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
This year is the bicentenary of a peaceful protest that ended in violence at St Peter’s Field in Manchester. So, for October’s Discussion Group session, Derrick Hunt will be talking about Henry ‘Orator’ Hunt and the Peterloo Massacre.
Do come along to find out...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Interactive Historic Landscapes
Wednesday 4th September, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
September’s Discussion Group topic will be Interactive Historic Landscapes presented by Roy Canham and Ritchie Brown. This is an exciting new project which will allow us to create 3D representations and interpretations of the landscape through time, based on LIDAR, aerial...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: The Memorial Baths
Wednesday 3rd July, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, Kate Turnbull will be talking about the Memorial Baths (the old public baths) that stood on the site occupied now by the Museum. Hopefully a number of you have memories of the baths that you can share at this session too. Discussion Group covers a wide range...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Sidney Meade, Curate of Christ Church – His Scrapbook and Frankleigh House
Wednesday 5th June, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, Ivor and Pam Slocombe will be pooling their considerable knowledge to talk to us about Sidney Meade, his scrapbook, and his home: Frankleigh House.
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you haven’t been along to a session yet, do try...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: A Dry Pub Crawl Around Bradford
Wednesday 1st May, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, our Hon. Curator, Roger Clark, will be taking us on a (virtual) Dry Pub Crawl Around Bradford. Many of you will know that Roger wrote our Museum booklet “Lost Pubs of Bradford on Avon“, but that was published a few years ago now, and there have been...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Stately Homes in Miniature – an introduction to Wiltshire gate lodges
Wednesday 3rd April, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
Gate lodges are amongst the most attractive of all small buildings, yet little known about. James Holden, who has recently had published a book on Wiltshire’s lodges, will illustrate their development, their place in Wiltshire history, and the wide range of architectural styles which has produced buildings...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: List of Talks for 2019
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you haven’t been along to a session yet, do try it out.
The meetings take place on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room, and are FREE to members (please remember to bring along your Museum membership card!). Non-members can attend one session before being asked to join. If you...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: The Current Work of the Museum Research Group
Wednesday 6th March, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
This session will be led by Roy Canham who will be giving us an update on the Current Work of the Museum Research Group. As you may know, Research Group meets on Monday mornings at our premises in Holt, and for the past few years a lot of the group’s work has focused on Budbury,...
Read MoreMuseum AGM 2019
The Museum’s Annual General Meeting for 2019 will take place on Thursday 14th March at 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room. All are welcome.
Links to the Minutes of the 2018 AGM and to the Agenda for the 2019 AGM are given below:
Minutes of the Museum Society AGM 2018 Agenda of the Museum Society AGM... Read MoreDiscussion Group: Archives of the Moulton Family of The Hall, Bradford on Avon
Wednesday 6th February, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In our first Discussion Group session of 2019, Claire Skinner, Principal Archivist at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre will be talking about the archives of the Moulton Family following the archive survey undertaken by Claire and other volunteers (including Jess Smith and Sarah...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Local History Question Time
Wednesday 5th December, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
Our December Discussion Group session will be a bit different to the usual format, and a bit special, because we have a panel of four experts ready to answer all of your local history questions!
Our illustrious panel members are:
Roy Canham, former Country Archaeologist for Wiltshire Roger Clark,... Read MoreDiscussion Group: Rowley – Bradford’s Lost Medieval Village
Wednesday 7th November, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In our next Discussion Group session, Rob Arkell will be taking a look at the history of the village and tithing of Rowley and the possible reasons for its decline which include the Black Death, loss of the church, and the expansion of Farleigh Hungerford Castle’s deer park. Rob has presented every year...
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