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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 July 2023 - December 2023 

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  

A Zoom "Chat" meeting 

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

Thurs. 21st. Dec. 2023

- Topic TBA  

Thursday 18th Jan. 2024 

- Topic TBA

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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 .

Next meeting of SORP

is on 7th. December 2023.

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

Please Contact us well beforehand if you

require help in joining

any future "Zoom"

 meetings .

"Face to Face" meeting on

Monday 11th December at 7.30 p.m.

The Christmas Film Show

Venue : Town Hall Council Chamber

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followed by a "Zoom" meetings on

Monday 8th January at 7.30 p.m.

How Archaeology has changed over the last 

Fifty Years in the Test Valley and Beyond
Speaker: Dr. Mike Heyworth
Venue : via a "Zoom" Link which will be sent

nearer the date to those members who have

already provided their email address.

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and then another "Zoom" meeting on

 

Thursday 25th January at 7.30 p.m.

Mashed Potato Sandwiches &

Bottle-Top Tinsel

Speaker: Dr. Ann Featherstone
via a "Zoom" Link which will be sent nearer the

date to those members who have already      provided their email address.  

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Click on Saxon Helmet to view the results of the work carried out during the
"Saxon Romsey Project" 
Anglo Saxon Settlement.jpg

Our main   Programme  of

events for 2023 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.
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.

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