Romsley & Hunnington History Society -

Romsley & Hunnington History Project

The Romsley and Hunnington History Project brings together a group of enthusiasts to transcribe and analyse documents which illuminate the history of our two villages. The results are being made available through this website and may well lead to new Society publications. In particular, the group is transcribing Romsley and Hunnington wills and inventories from the 16th and 17th centuries.During late 2012 the Group will meet in Romsley Village Hall at 2.30pm. on: Wednesday 10th October Wednesday 7th November Wednesday 12th December The Project is funded by the generous bequest of Robert Deeley, for many years a strong supporter of the work of the Romsley and Hunnington History Society.

Programme 2014-15

Our meeting season for 2014/15:

Autumn 2014:

• Sep 23   William Shenstone Poet and Landscape Gardener. Julian Hunt. Read the Meeting Report
• Oct 28    Guiding and Scouting in Romsley and Hunnington. Andy Shepherd Read the Meeting Report
• Nov 25   'Meet at Dawn' - Memories of the First World War. Andrew Hamilton Read the Meeting Report

2015:   

• Feb 24   Romsley Schools and Schoolteachers - 1684 to 1950. Julian Hunt Read the Meeting Report
• Mar 24   John Corbett and the making of Droitwich Spa. Julian Hunt (change of programme) Read the Meeting Report
• Apr 28    What the Court Rolls Tell Us - A Progress Report. Dr. Michael Hall  New: Read the Meeting Report         
• May 26   Annual General Meeting  - Followed by a selection of local photographs from the collection of Brian Green
• Jun 23   Soggy Cabbage and Ink Stained Fingers - Ex-pupils' memories of Romsley School  - Ruth Harper and others. This meeting will be held in the School Hall. New: Read the Meeting Report

 

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The next meeting of the History Society is the Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday 26th May in the Church Hall at 7.30 p.m. This will be followed by a selection of photographs taken by Brian Green of the local area. If you saw the last selection of his photographs you will know this is not to be missed!

On the 23rd June, Ruth Harper will be giving a talk on Romsley School, 'Soggy Cabbage and Ink Stained Fingers' as it celebrates its centenary. The meeting will take place in the school, which we hope will be open about 6.30 p.m. so that people can view the exhibition. The talk will begin about 7.30 p.m.

On 2nd July there will be a visit to the Carpet Museum in Kidderminster at 10.30 a.m., cost £6.00 and on the 10th July the Annual Dinner will take place at Blakedown Golf Club, the cost will be £19.00 per person

The next meeting of the Court Rolls Group will be on Wednesday 17th June at 2.30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

Full details of our programme here.  Click to read reports from 2013-14 programme.

Romsley Court Rolls

Over the last few years, work has been underway to transcribe the rolls of the Manor Court, which existed in Romsley from medieval to modern times. The rolls from the 18th and 19th centuries are now complete and can be searched here. 

The rolls are in two parts, 1716-1811 and 1817-1872.

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