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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society

Events

Below is a list of upcoming SDFHS events.

Downe through the ages: Downe Hall and Bridport 1770 to 1944

Date: 14th June 2025
Time: 14:00
Location: Loders Village Hall
West Dorset Group

Tim Gale will be speaking on Downe Hall and its place in Bridport’s history. Tim is a local landscape architect and urban designer. The Hall, on Coneygar Hill, is intertwined with Bridport’s rope and net history and amongst its owners and occupants were rope and twine merchants, lawyers and the Commander of the Hanoverian Army.

All welcome, members £2, visitors £4.

Dorset Heroines by David Beaton

Date: 16th June 2025
Time: 19:30
Location: The Hilda Coles Learning Centre off Crown Mead, Wimborne
East Dorset Group

Dorset Heroines by David Beaton

Dorchester – Small Town, Big Story

Date: 20th June 2025
Time: 14:30
Location: St. Aldhelm's Church Centre, DT3 5EW
South Dorset Group

‘Dorchester – Small Town, Big Story’ by Alistair Chisholm

Churchill’s Secret Chart Makers

Date: 30th June 2025
Time: 19:00
Location: The Phoenix Centre, 5 Harbour Road, Watchet TA23 0AQ
West Somerset Group

Speaker Adrian Webb, Churchill’s Secret Chart Makers

Basic Heraldry

Date: 8th July 2025
Time: 19:30
Location: Society Research Centre
Yeovil Group

Basic Heraldry with Sue Burne