Steyning History Society

Steyning History Society was formed in 2007. We have monthly presentations from September to May on local national and occasionally international history aspects.

Annual Subscription £10 per person (plus a donation of £1 per meeting towards refreshments in the interval, of tea/coffee and cake). Visitors always welcome – admission £3.00 per person per meeting.

Programme for 2019/20

11 September 2019   “The Pubs and Breweries of Steyning” Dr. Janet Pennington

9 October 2019   “Secret Sussex Resistance”  Stewart Angell

13 November 2019  “From Sussex Oxen to Fordson Major”   Ian Everest

11 December 2019  “A Policeman’s Lot”  Neil Sadler

8 January 2020   “Folk Songs in Sussex”  Mak Norman

12 February 2020  “Warrior Queens”  Tony Turner

11 March 2020  “Human and animal locomotion (including the photographic career of Eadweard Muybridge 1830-1904)”  Sarah Green

8 April 2020  “Brides, booty and battles” The Tudors and the golden age of Spain. Helen Poole

13 May 2020  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING followed by “The historic story behind The Race” (based on the book by Ian Ivatt)  Ian and Mary Ivatt