LANGPORT & DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY
We organise a programme of talks and visits, collect local photographs, research aspects of local history and produce publications of local interest. We can also provide guided history walks around Langport. Visiting speakers are invited to give illustrated talks on subjects of historical interest, either about the local area or more generally.
Our talks usually take place in All Saints' Hall, North Street, Langport on the first Monday of the month, excepting Bank Holidays, when we meet a week later. There are no meetings in July and August.

This year we are experimenting with afternoon meetings in January, February and March. They will start at 3pm, with doors open at 2pm for refreshments. There are evening meetings in October, November, April, May and June.

Evening talks start at 7.30pm, with doors open at 7pm. Talks are free to members. Non-members are very welcome, £4.00 per talk. Our December meeting is a social event, held elsewhere.

LANGPORT & DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY Talks programme
2 September 2024 at 7.30pm
Chris Eldridge. The Normans in Somerset

7 October 2024 at 7.30pm
Kathryn Brook. Life and death in Roman Somerton (followed by the AGM)

4 November 2024 at 7.30pm
Charlotte Coles. The social history of clay pipes

6 January 2025 at 3pm
Jonathan Holt. Somerset follies

3 February 2025 at 3pm
John Highnam. Up a lazy river

3 March 2025 at 3pm

Brian Wright. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall: nursery rhymes – a hidden history

7 April 2025 at 7.30pm
Robert Guyver. Lady Harriet Acland’s American adventure

12 May 2025 at 7.30pm
David Nunn. Tolpuddle & its martyrs: radicals, revolutionaries & religion

2 June 2025 at 7.30pm
Richard Kay. `A Garden is a Lovesome Thing: God Wot!`: Domestic British Gardens 1850-1910

Membership costs £16 per annum, which includes all talks, newsletters and a copy of Level Talk, our annual compilation of local history articles. If you would like to join, please contact our Treasurer, Peter Mottram on 07936 166841 or motty.goodwood@yahoo.co.uk
For more information about the Langport & District History Society, please visit our website https://langportheritage.org.uk. Here you can also find extensive illustrated information about the history of the area, and about Walter Bagehot, Langport’s most famous inhabitant. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us at langporthistory@fastmail.com.