2013 | Read the Chairman's Report for 2013 | |
28th Jan | Informal meeting in the Stoneleigh Club, to help members with their own research. | Social |
26th Feb | Nora and Will Blagburn: Their early memories of moving to Stoneleigh and living in the village for more than 50 years. | |
26th Mar | AGM followed by a presentation from Bruce Smith: on Drovers' Roads, and the possibility of one of them having bisected the village. | |
30th Apr | A "workshop" meeting for all members to discuss their own research interests, their thoughts about future projects for the society and their feelings about the society's meetings. | |
28th May | Sheila Woolf: the Reverend James Wentworth Leigh, erstwhile vicar of Stoneleigh / David Vaughan: Wentworth House, originally the village workhouse, later the vicarage and now a private house. | |
25th Jun | Trip to Bagot's Castle | Outing |
24th Sep | Pete James: History of Stareton families, and how to cope with "old" handwriting. | |
29th Oct | Pam Baker: Investigates "The Disbursements of the Churchwardens 1663". | |
26th Nov | 26 November meeting saw a visitor from Stoneleigh Abbey, Paul Smith, giving us a detailed presentation on the life of Sir Edward Chandos Leigh and his association with cricket; this concluded by looking at the history of Stoneleigh Cricket Club itself. | |
