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David Lloyd
Jun 19, 20241 min read
TODBER MEMORIES
An Exhibition of Todber Memories was presented at St.Andrew's Church, Todber on Friday and Saturday 14th & 15th June 2024. There were...
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David Lloyd
Jun 3, 20242 min read
GRANT AWARD for GILLINGHAM MUSEUM
Gillingham Museum Awarded Funding for its Future - press release. Gillingham Museum and Local History Society has received a grant for an...
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David Lloyd
May 16, 20241 min read
A Lecture on William Barnes and Thomas Hardy A FRIENDSHIP BEYOND BELIEF
Two Dorset Poets William Barnes and Thomas Hardy A Lecture on Barnes and Hardy and their friendship To be given on Friday 7th June 2024...
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David Lloyd
May 9, 20243 min read
The Gillingham Historian May 2024
The Newsletter for Gillingham Local History Society and Museum May 2024 Volume 14 Number 5 7.00pm Tuesday 21 May at Wyke Primary School...
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David Lloyd
Apr 30, 202410 min read
WW1 - BUCKHORN WESTON -WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Some moved away from home and signed up elsewhere; others had subsequent links to Buckhorn Weston or Gillingham or the Dorset regiments....
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David Lloyd
Apr 1, 20243 min read
The Gillingham Historian April 2024
The Newsletter for Gillingham Local History Society and Museum April 2024 Volume 14 Number 4 7.00pm Tuesday 16 April at Wyke Primary...
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David Lloyd
Mar 4, 20243 min read
MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS
The following publications are available from Gillingham Museum - opening hours 10.00am-12.30pm except Sundays and Wednesdays and subject...
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David Lloyd
Mar 2, 20244 min read
The Gillingham Historian March 2024
The Newsletter for Gillingham Local History Society and Museum March 2024 Volume 14 Number 3 7.00pm Tuesday 19th March at Wyke Primary...
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David Lloyd
Dec 19, 20231 min read
Gillingham History Papers Volume 2
The latest publication from the Society contains eleven papers written by members in recent years, and makes a major contribution to the...
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David Lloyd
Oct 23, 202322 min read
WW1 -BOURTON - WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
The following Soldiers gave their lives in WW1 and are remembered on the Bourton War Memorial, and also in St. George's Church, on a...
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