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The Sevenoaks Historical Society

The Sevenoaks Historical Society was formed in 1996 from the History Section of The Sevenoaks Society.  It is still in association with The Sevenoaks Society.  It is an independent society registered as a separate charity.  The reason for independence was so that it could belong to outside history organisations such as the Kent History Federation and the Kent Archaeological Society.

The aims of the Society are to promote the study of history and interest in history, both local and general.

The Sevenoaks Historical Society has at least nine meetings a year with speakers on various historical subjects on both local and general history.  It organises tours to places of historical interest in this country and sometimes overseas.  It also runs exhibitions and assists others to do the same where there is an historical element.  It aims to encourage historical research and publication.  It published its first book in 2004 on the history of religion in the Sevenoaks Area.

Programme for members' meetings 2008 

Thursday 31st Jan. Decimus Burton (architect) and the Tunbridge Wells
Renaissance, by Dr Ian Bevis.

Thursday, 28th Feb. Samuel Pepys, a Man of His Time, by Jean Bannister.

Thursday, 27th March The 1851 Census, Portrait of a Market Town (Tonbridge), by Pat Mortlock.

Thursday, 24th April A Child's War: Growing up in Wartime Britain 1939 to1945, by Michael Brown.

Thursday, 22nd May AGM. Voices from below, Grass Roots Politics in Kent, 18th.-19th. Century, by Prof. David Killingray.

Thursday, 26th June Maps in History, History in Maps, by Peter Conway

Thursday, 25th Sept. Rudyard Kipling - His life and verse, by Geoff
Hutchinson.

Friday, 4th Oct. Thomas Babington Macaoulay, by Prof. Catherine Hall.

Note: All talks take place at 8pm at the Undercroft, St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks, unless otherwise specified.

Joining the Historical Society

To join the Historical Society please write to the Membership Secretary, 12 Croft Way, Sevenoaks TN13 2JX, or do so at one of the meetings. Membership for the year March 2007 to February 2008 is £6.50. Non-members are welcome at the talks but are charged £2.00. Tours are open to all, but members get preference if there is a large demand for places.

Alan Wilkinson