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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 17th April

11.00 a.m. via Zoom
 

Topic:

The Importance of the Broadwater Area

of Romsey

Barbara Burbridge​

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

 Thursday of each month between 10 a.m.  - 12 noon

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

​

Next meeting of SORP

is on Thursday

 1st May 2025

Subject TBA

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 .

​Monday 14th April 7.30 p.m.

​

Women, Work and Wool : The

Women of Tudor Southampton

 

Speaker: Dr. Cheryl Butler

Venue: Town Hall Court Room

 

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followed by on

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​Thursday 24th April 7.30 p.m.

​

The Military Landscape of the Home

Front during the time of Jane Austen
 

Speaker: Alan Turton
Venue: Town Hall Court Room

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and then on

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Friday 2nd May 2.00 p.m. for Coffee

for a 2.30 p.m. start

​

Station Road - A Slide Show
 

Host: Phoebe Merrick/Mary Harris
Venue: Town Hall Council Chamber

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Please check "Events 2025" below to

see changes to current Printed programme

on Monday 12th May 2025

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 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.

Click any button or underlined text to read more or to view external web pages. Some photos will enlarge when clicked.

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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