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Local history

Local history resources

Local history groups

Family history resources

Forthcoming events

Saturday 14th September 2024

• Exhibition: Thornbury Castle and the Duke of Buckingham, Thornbury & District Museum

• 10.30am: Exhibition: Sodbury Quilting (Tue-Thu and Sat), Yate Heritage Centre

• 10am: Visit Thornbury Town Hall on Heritage Open Day, Thornbury Town Hall

• 10am: Heritage Open Day and Ride and Stride, St Mary's Church, Thornbury

Sunday 15th September 2024

• 10am: Railway Heritage Walk, Thornbury Town Hall

• 1pm: Heritage Open Day, Winterbourne Medieval Barn

Tuesday 17th September 2024

• 7pm: Talk: Concorde, Queen of the Skies, Winterbourne Medieval Barn

Saturday 21st September 2024

• 10.30am: Yate International Festival, Yate Heritage Centre

Tuesday 24th September 2024

• 7.30pm: Yate Lecture Series: Traditional Toys and Games, Yate Heritage Centre

Wednesday 25th September 2024

• 7.30pm: Alveston Local History Society Talk, Alveston Methodist Church

Thursday 26th September 2024

• 1pm: Relaxed Museum, Yate Heritage Centre

• The Supper Club, Thornbury Castle

Sunday 29th September 2024

• 10am: Thornbury Arts Festival: Thornbury Town Walk, St Mary's Church, Thornbury

Wednesday 2nd October 2024

• 7.30pm: History Talk: Fishmonger’s Swallet - A Cave in Alveston, Olveston Methodist Church

Sunday 6th October 2024

• 11am: Orchard Harvest Day, Winterbourne Medieval Barn

Tuesday 8th October 2024

• 7.30pm: Thornbury Local History and Archaeology Society, St Mary's Church Hall

• 7.30pm: Yate Lecture Series: Douglas Motorbikes, Yate Heritage Centre

Thursday 10th October 2024

• 7pm: Talk: Death and Dying in Medieval England, Winterbourne Medieval Barn

Wednesday 16th October 2024

• 7pm: SGMRG Talk: Vertical Steam Engines at Brandy Bottom Colliery, Coalpit Heath Village Hall

Tuesday 22nd October 2024

• 7.30pm: Yate Lecture Series: WWII American Soldiers in Bristol, Yate Heritage Centre

Wednesday 23rd October 2024

• 7.30pm: Alveston Local History Society Talk, Alveston Methodist Church

Saturday 26th October 2024

• 10.15am: SGMRG Autumn Walk: Pucklechurch Collieries

Sunday 27th October 2024

• 11am: Dragons & Wizards, Berkeley Castle

Wednesday 30th October 2024

• 11am: Dragons & Wizards, Berkeley Castle

Thursday 31st October 2024

• 1pm: Relaxed Museum, Yate Heritage Centre

Friday 1st November 2024

• 10am: Free Valuations - RWB Auctions, The Chantry, Thornbury

Wednesday 6th November 2024

• 7.30pm: History Talk: The Women of Berkeley Castle, Olveston Methodist Church

Sunday 10th November 2024

• Remembrance Sunday

• Remembrance Day Parade and Service, Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury

Monday 11th November 2024

• Armistice Day

Tuesday 12th November 2024

• 7.30pm: Thornbury Local History and Archaeology Society, St Mary's Church Hall

• 7.30pm: Yate Lecture Series: Shot At Dawn, Yate Heritage Centre

Wednesday 27th November 2024

• 7.30pm: Alveston Local History Society Talk, Alveston Methodist Church

Thursday 28th November 2024

• 1pm: Relaxed Museum, Yate Heritage Centre

Saturday 30th November 2024

• 7.30pm: AAG Talk: Peter Scott “The Man Before the Trust”, St Mary's Church Hall

Wednesday 4th December 2024

• 7.30pm: History Talk: Handel Cossham: Thornbury’s Man of Substance, Olveston Methodist Church

Tuesday 10th December 2024

• 7.30pm: Thornbury Local History and Archaeology Society, St Mary's Church Hall

Sunday 15th December 2024

• 5pm: Orchestral Christmas Concert in the Great Hall, Berkeley Castle

Wednesday 8th January 2025

• 7.30pm: History Talk: The Making of the Modern Matthew, Olveston Methodist Church