Somerset IAS – The History of Stoates Mill, Watchet
Paul Upton recalls how brothers William and Thomas Stoate started flour milling in Watchet in 1832, later introducing steam power, but suffered a major fire in 1911. The mill was…
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Silver Street Baptist Church Hall Silver Street, Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sussex IAS – AGM then Rye Harbour’s wide industrial history
West Blatchington Mill Barn Holmes Avenue, Hove, Sussex, United KingdomThe Society's AGM will be followed by presentation by Geoffrey Mead Rye Harbour is the oft-ignored cousin of the more famous ‘Ancient Town of the Cinque Ports’- Rye town. Two…
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Berkshire IHS – Berkshire Industries before the 20th century
St Mary's Church Hall 14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, ReadingUsing as a starting point Ditchfield and Page’s volume on Industries from ‘A History of Berkshire’ published in 1906, Jo Alexander-Jones, will speak about the various industries in the county…
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Somerset IAS – Crofton Beam Engines and their 200 year old Technology
OnlineJon Willis of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust tells the story of the two historic beam engines, still housed in their Grade 1 listed Pumping Station. One dates to…
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Yorkshire AHS, IH Section -The Otley Printing Industry
St George's Centre Room 4, 60 Great George Street, LeedsTalk by David Clegg Find the venue: https://stgeorgescentreleeds.org.uk/find-us Non-members are welcome – a £2 donation towards costs would be appreciated. Following our meetings, all are welcome to join us for…
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Somerset IAS – The Mapping of Somerset
Silver Street Baptist Church Hall Silver Street, Taunton, Somerset, United KingdomThe first printed map of the Somerset was produced by Christopher Caxton and published 1575-79. Using many physical examples, Christine King describes how the development of cartography was pushed forward…
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Yorkshire AHS, IH Section -Ploughshares to Swords – the Royal Ordnance Shell-Filling Factory at Thorp Arch
St George's Centre Room 4, 60 Great George Street, LeedsTalk by Chris Berendt Find the venue: https://stgeorgescentreleeds.org.uk/find-us Non-members are welcome – a £2 donation towards costs would be appreciated. Following our meetings, all are welcome to join us for…
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Berkshire IHS – A history
St Mary's Church Hall 14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, ReadingAnn Middleton has been part of BIAG for many years and she will enlighten us about what went on in the days when we were allowed to investigate, build and…
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Somerset IAS – Mining Engineering in Cornwall
OnlineBen Sumpter is a Research Consultant and co-owner of Cornwall Underground Adventures. He has ventured deep into archives and underground workings to research Cornwall’s mining heritage, technology and practices, and…
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Sussex IAS – Harold Frankland 1915-2016, a fascinating neighbour
West Blatchington Mill Barn Holmes Avenue, Hove, Sussex, United KingdomTalk by Adrian Backshall In the early 1930s the family moved to Broad Road in Lower Willingdon where Harold became a model railway engineer and skilled craftsman, making anything required…
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Yorkshire AHS, IH Section – Engineering the Shipley-Guiseley Railway in 1876
St George's Centre Room 4, 60 Great George Street, LeedsTalk by Geoffrey Shaw-Champion Find the venue: https://stgeorgescentreleeds.org.uk/find-us Non-members are welcome – a £2 donation towards costs would be appreciated. Following our meetings, all are welcome to join us for…
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Yorkshire AHS, IH Section – John Smeaton, his Family and Friends
St George's Centre Room 4, 60 Great George Street, LeedsTalk by Dorothy Schofield Find the venue: https://stgeorgescentreleeds.org.uk/find-us Non-members are welcome – a £2 donation towards costs would be appreciated. Following our meetings, all are welcome to join us for…