The Gloucester Branch of the Richard III Society

Welcome to the Gloucester Branch/Bristol Group. We have a friendly and active membership who participate in monthly meetings, visits, social events and talks.

Although our Branch has a common interest in the life and times of Richard III we have an individual and collective interest in all aspects of life during the late-medieval period. This is very much reflected in the talks and visits we enjoy each year. We are always interested in new members with specialized interests and pleased to incorporate the resultant wider scope as part of our ongoing activities.

Past activities include lectures by Michael Hicks, Rosemary Horrox, Keith Dockray and many other nationally renown historians. Annual Study Days have been a regular feature and have, again featured well known academics discussing a wide range of Late - Medieval topics. Historical visits and "field trips" are a popular part of our annual programme. For example visits have included Ewelme in Oxfordshire under the guidance of Dr Rowena Archer, Malmesbury Abbey Gardens and Maud Heath's Causeway in Wiltshire. We strive to maintain a "healthy" balance between historical research and sampling the local edible produce !

The first Saturday in each month should be reserved for meetings of the Gloucester Branch at a locations in the Cheltenham/Gloucester/Tewkesbury area. This years programme is on the "Events" page click

and see it (then close that page and you will return here). The meetings are open to everyone - we are very happy for casual visitors to join us at meetings to see if they like our activities. The Bristol Group need to reserve the third Friday in the month for their programme of meetings which can be found

at the "Group" page together with details of past outings.

Branch Membership Details

Annual Subscription:-

Single.................... £ 6.00
Family/Couple..... £10.00

Benefits:-

"Ricardian News and Views" 4 copies of our branch newsletter. Click to see sample extracts
Library – Members are free to borrow from our fiction and non-fiction collection of books, essays, videos etc.[.
Website Members Page is a new venture for members to publish papers, articles, short notes, stories, or reviews of books and/or events or just messages drawing attention to items that may be of interest to other members or calls for help.
Book or Pamphlete Publishing. We occasionally publish a collection of past papers for sale at nominal cost and it is intended to produce an annual booklet of papers and research notes compiled by the membership during the course of each year.
The Visits and Outings Last but not least in this list are the quite memorable guided visits to medieval sites (and local hostelries) around this part of England. With the occasional outing further afield

All in all, we aim to project a lively and energetic approach to our interest in fifteenth century history. Members are free to contribute as much or as little as they wish - collectively, all that is required is an interest in the period. We do hope the prospect of either joining or even sampling our Branch activities appears attractive and look forward to hearing from you!

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