WHAT'S ON

Members of the Society generally meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm at the Hinton Hall in Tisbury. Visitors are welcome at a charge of £1.

PROGRAMME FOR 2009

10 February	Annual General Meeting Followed by two short films - 'Urchfont:  A Wiltshire village in the 1930s' 'The Nadder Valley in August 1990'
10 March	Forty Years of Archaeological Fieldwork on Cranbourne Chase	Martin Green
14 April	'Voices from the Gallery' Pre-Victorian Village Church Music	Alan Dodge
12 May	'The Age of Steam' -   An exhibition and talk to commemorate 150 years of Tisbury Railway Station	Dr Ivor Howcraft
9 June Tuesday	Visit to a Farm Museum on Cranbourne Chase A unique collection of local historical and archaeological remains situated in the landscape in which it was discovered.
19 July Sunday 9.45am	Visit to Beckford's Tower & Museum, Bath Depart Tisbury 9.45am, includes conducted tour and free time.
11 August Tuesday 2.20pm	Visit to Arundells, the home of Prime Minister Edward Heath from 2.20pm in Salisbury Cathedral Close (three consecutive groups)
8 September	'Sarum Morris' -   Talk and Display on the ancient pastime of morris dancing.	See pictures!
13 October	'Colourful Characters of the Nadder Valley'	Rex Sawyer
10 November	The Life and Times of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (with links with Tisbury and Dinton).	Norman Thorne
December	No meeting

AIMS OF THE SOCIETY

•    To promote interest in history, especially the local history of Tisbury
      and its neighbourhood
•    To carry out research
•    To promote interest in archaeology and all associated studies
•    To establish a local museum and archives to be available to all