From 1983 – 2022, the Society gathered annually at various interesting venues.

Any members interested in meeting up with other members, anywhere in the world, are encouraged to get in touch.

Past Venues Were:

1983 & 1984 – Delapre Abbey, Northamptonshire.

1985 – 1990 – Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire.

1991 – Stoke Bliss, Worcestershire.

1992 – Naseby, Northamptonshire.

1993 – Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

1994 – Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire.

1995 – Frampton Mansell, Gloucestershire.

1996 – Kings Lynn and Sandingham, Norfolk.

1997 – Stockwood Craft Museum and Lutton Hoo.

1998 – Ironbridge’s Blist Hill, the Ironbridge and Darby’s Blast Furnace.

1999 – Warwick Castle.

2000 – Royal Windsor Castle and Eton.

2001 – York’s Historic Walls, the Minister, River Cruise and the Shambles.

2002 – Dudley’s Industrial Museum, West Midlands.

2003 – Bletchley Park and Grafton Regis.

2004 – Chatham’s Historic Dockyard and Rochester.

2005 – Oxford University Press, Bodleian Library, talk on William Henry Bliss DCL and Blenheim                                         Palace at Woodstock.

2006 – Gloucestershire’s Chedworth Roman Villa, Bell-ringing display at Barnsley, St. Mary’s                            Church Fairford, Gloucester Cathedral and Corinium Museum at Cirencester

2007 – Portsmouth Dockyard’s HMS Mary Rose, HMS Victory, Museums and Spinnaker Tower

2008 – Stratford upon Avon’s William Shakespeare’s and his families’ homes,  Narrow Boat                      Cruise on the River Avon and  the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Co’s Courtyard Theatre

2009 –  Greenwich Old Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum and the Queen’s House

2010 – City of London Guildhall, Bank of England, Southwark Cathedral and the Globe Theatre

2011 – National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, Tamworth Castle, the National                                                         Brewery Centre and Museum in Burton-on-Trent and                                                                                        Shugborough Hall, all in Staffordshire.

2012 – Blists Hill and Ironbridge, Shropshire (spoken as Bliss Hill)

2013 – The Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) and a visit and buffet at                                                     Charterhouse.

2014 – Hampton Court Palace, dinner at an Esher Restaurant, Kew Gardens and Kew                                              House.

2015 – London – BBC Broadcasting House, lunch and visit to the Wallace Gallery and                                               Kenwood House.

2016 – London – The Inner Temple, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, dinner at the                                          Tower Restaurant and the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London.

2017 – Cambridge – The American Cemetery, Duxford Imperial War Museum, a dinner at                              a riverside restaurant in Cambridge and Cambridge University’s Clare College

2018 – Richmond – the Poppy Factory, lunch at an Italian Restaurant and Syon House.

2019 – Constable Country – Melford Hall, Flatford Mill, St Mary’s Church, Dedham and dinner at The Angel Inn, Stoke Nayland, The Beth Chatto Gardens at Emstead Market.

2022 – Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire.