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  WELCOME 

   Recording and Preserving History  

    for Future Generations    

 **** WORKSHOPS  ****
Weekly "Face-to-Face" Workshop meetings in the Romsey Town Hall Basement
each Monday (just drop in)
between 10.00 a.m. to Noon.   (except Bank Holidays ) 

For other times (including evenings) by arrangement -
either by email:
romsey.history@gmail.com
or
by phone to the chairman
01794 367701
Romsey Local History Society

*** Please check "Events & Talks" and "Workshops" below for any forthcoming changes to the programme *** 

 Click "Here"  to see "Events " for Jan 2025 - June 2025 

May be subject to change so please check back now & then. 

Images from the  Romsey  Local History Society  Collection  -   
Hover for a description

The next Main Event is on 

A Zoom "Chat" meeting 

will be held at 11 a.m.  on the 3rd Thursday of each Month as follows :-

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Thursday 19th June

11.00 a.m. via Zoom
 

Topic:

   Builders of Romsey -  

John Read & Son

by Alec Morley​

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​The "Survey of  Romsey  Project" (SORP) group will meet on the 1st

 Thursday of each month between

9.30 a.m.  - 11.30 a.m.

at the Town Hall and by "Zoom" if requested.​

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Next meeting of SORP

is on Thursday

5th  June - 9.30 a.m.

"The Inland Revenue Valuation Map"

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Members who have already provided their email address

to the Society will be sent a

'Link' and 'Passcode' which

can then be used to join

"Zoom" meetings

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Please Contact us well

beforehand if you require

help in joining any

future "Zoom" meetings .

​​Thursday 29th May 7.00 p.m.

A Visit to Wellow Church
Leader: Roy Perry
Meet at: Church of St. Margaret of Antioch,

off Hackleys Lane, East Wellow, SO51 6DR 

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followed by on​​​​​​​​

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Monday 9th June 7.30 p.m.

King John and the Road to Magna Carta

Speaker: David Imeson

Venue: Town Hall Court Room

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and then on

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Friday 20th June 2.00 p.m. for Coffee

for a 2.30 p.m. start

The Petty House in Romsey

- a repeat of a Zoom talk from 2023

Speaker : Ronnie Munday

Venue : Town hall Court Room

 

and on 

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Thursday 26th June at 7 p.m. 

A Walk - Kings Somborne

Leader: Tricia Silver-Warner

Meet at: Car Park at Kings Somborne

Village Hall, SO20 6PP 

 Zoom "Online" Talks - Click "Here" to
see how to attend these Meetings

Our main  "Programme"  of

events for 2025 will start with

Zoom Meetings in

January and February and then 

continue in March with "face to face" meetings in the

Town Hall Court Room.  

A few Meetings may be held in the Council Chamber

upstairs which can now be accessed by a new "proper"

lift that has been installed in the rear of the Town Hall for use by

those who may have difficulty using the front staircase. 

To all members of Romsey Local History Society : We will send out newsletters, notifications and changes by email.  To receive these then, if you have not already done so, please send your email address, to  romsey.history@gmail.com . 

Past Newsletters can also be viewed on the website under "Romsey's History" on the menu, for you to print out.  If requested a paper version of the Newsletters is available.
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Click on Romsey Abbey Saxon Rood to view the results of the work carried out during the
"Saxon Romsey Project" 
Events

Book sales - please click on  "Buy Our Books" to have a browse and maybe place an order. 

  Why not Join Us  

We are an active group of over 250 members which includes local amateur historians and archaeologists, whose aims are to research, record and preserve the history of Romsey and local areas for future generations.

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The Town Hall Basement, 1 Market Place, Romsey, Hants. SO51 8YZ

Romsey Local History Society
is part of the LTVAS Group
 (The Lower Test Valley Archaeological Study Group).
LTVAS Group is a registered charity No. 271293

Web site created

December 2014 

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Webmaster - Alec Morley 

romsey.history@gmail.com 

Tel: 01794 367701

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