LANGPORT & DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY
Registered Charity No. 1179718
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.
The meetings in January, February and March are held in the afternoon, starting at 2.30pm.
The meetings in April, May and June are evening meetings, starting at 7.30. As things stand
the meetings in September, October and November are evening meetings, but this may
change to afternoons in 2026.
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
3 November 2025 at 7.30pm
Brian Wright. Andrew Crosse and the mite that shook the world
5 January 2026 at 2.30pm
Kingsbury Time Travellers. West Moor: some of its hidden stories
2 February 2026 at 2.30pm
John Ashton. Smallpox & Benjamin Jesty, the farmer vaccinator
2 March 2026 at 2.30pm
Brian Wright. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall: nursery rhymes – a hidden history Part 2
13 April 2026 at 7.30pm
Baz Hamblin. Time gentlemen please
11 May 2026 at 7.30pm
Mike Crew. Princess Louise
1 June 2026 at 7.30pm
Maureen Wincott. A letter from Pitney
7 September 2026 at 7.30pm
Fergus Dowding. Buildings of Martock
Membership costs £16 per annum, which includes all talks, newsletters and a copy of Level
Talk, our annual compilation of local history articles. Under an agreement with Somerton
History Society our members are entitled to half price entry to their talks, and vice versa.
Their talks will be advertised in our newsletters, and vice versa.
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.
