Founded in 1982
Yatton Local History Society was founded in 1982 with the original aim of researching the history of the parish of Yatton. Public meetings and visits were added later to the programme of research.
The Society has since published two series of books, Yatton Yesterday and More Yatton Yesterdays, over the years, along with a Parish Survey, the book A History of Yatton and a Yatton Trail booklet, and has organised exhibitions and displays of photographs and paintings in the local library amongst other activities. The current series of books is entitled Yatton Past and Present with issue 3 published at the end of 2015 and issue 4 available now.
Meetings with a guest speaker are currently held during the winter months and there are occasional trips and visits in the summer.
The Society is a registered charity (no. 1019832) and is affiliated to the ALHA – Avon Local History and Archaeology.
News & Updates
Geoff Marchant, former YLHS Treasurer
We are sorry to report the recent death of former YLHS Treasurer Geoff Marchant.
Geoff Marchant took on the mantle of Treasurer for Yatton Local History Society at the
2008 AGM and immediately set out to consolidate the Society’s finances after a period of uncertainty. Geoff was meticulous in his record-keeping and set about the accounts in his own careful and thorough manner.
During the course of his tenure the role of Membership Secretary became vacant and
Geoff kindly stepped into the breach, again keeping full records and also monitoring
attendances at meetings.
By 2016 it became obvious that Geoff was suffering with health issues, but he managed
to soldier on until resigning at the 2018 AGM. Following this he continued to expand his research interests on many topics and gave the Society’s May 2018 talk to the membership on Captain Henry, a village hero of WWII.
Geoff ensured a smooth handover of his roles in 2018 and the Society remains truly grateful to him for all he achieved during his ten-year appointment.
Membership
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Benefits of being a member of the Society include: entry to all presentations , being entertained by specialist speakers, learning new information about people, places and events.