Lectures & Meetings Programme

Autumn 2024 – Summer 2025

Lectures are held at Ashcroft Church, Ashcroft Road, Cirencester GL7 1RA unless indicated otherwise. 

See Location details above.

Lectures start promptly at 7.30pm.

Lectures are £3 per person and free to members.

Wednesday 26th March 2025

Men Behaving Badly

Ian Mackintosh

Ian Mackintosh will lead us through 500 years of misdemeanours, from selling rotten meat to infringements on the common and collective action in times of hardship, also exploring how these offences were processed through different courts.

Wednesday 23rd April 2025

Casting Stones at Napier’s Bones

Malcolm J Watkins

A joint meeting with Cirencester Science and Technology Society at the Ashcroft Centre

In the late 16th and 17th centuries the advancement of mathematical thinking and ideas was phenomenal, with many new ideas and techniques being published and invented. This illustrated talk explores the story from Napier’s Bones to the Pascaline (the first commercial mechanical calculator) looking at slide rules and other tools used.

You do not need to be mathematically minded to enjoy this talk!

Wednesday 28th May 2025

                   Annual General Meeting followed by

Archaeology of the ‘Missing Link’

Alex Thomson

Alex Thomson of Cotswold Archaeology will take us through the latest discoveries on the route of the A417 ‘missing link’. The site has unearthed a wealth of remarkable artefacts spanning various historical periods, from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age to the Roman eras, and even artefacts from the Second World War.

Officers & Committee 2024-2025

Chair                                             Anne Buffoni          

Vice Chair                                    Aileen Anderson    

Minutes Secretary                      Karen Mogridge

Treasurer                                      Lynton Mogridge

Membership Secretary              Karen Mogridge

Programme Secretary                Alison Wagstaff           

Social Media Secretary               Sylvia Warman

Website Manager                        Martin Ling

Committee Members                  Andrew Chapple

                                                        Martin Graebe

Honorary Editor/Archivist          David Viner

Honorary Examiner                    Philip Twentyman

The Society is a registered charity – No 287289

CAHS Subscription Rates:

Single membership £11.00    (£10 by standing order)

Joint membership £17.00    (£15 by standing order)

Lectures are free to members and students in full-time education.

Non-members – £3

 Visitors are always welcome.