Petersfield High Street North

Part of front cover designed by Edward Grainger for Petersfield Monographs No. 2 entitled ‘High Street Petersfield’.

Programme

14 May 2019

  • Hospital of St Cross, Winchester

    The Hospital of St Cross is England's oldest almshouse. Following coffee in the medieval Hundred Men Hall, we'll have a guided tour of the Norman Church, a cathedral in miniature, the Georgian Kitchen, Cloisters and the Master's walled garden, full of colour. We end up at the local pub for lunch.

    Coffee and cake at 10.30am followed by guided tour by one of the Brothers.

    Cost £10
    To be booked by 18 April
    Maximum number 25

    Call 01730 260277 or email info@petersfieldhistoricalsociety.org for a booking form.




    Trips

11 September 2019

  • More traditional music on unusual instruments

    Derrick Hughes and Joy Lewis

    Herne Farm Leisure Centre, Moggs Mead, Petersfield
    7:30 PM
    Visitors welcome

    Talks

09 October 2019

  • West Horsley Place, Surrey: a medieval manor house and its history

    June Davey

    Herne Farm Leisure Centre, Moggs Mead, Petersfield
    7:30 PM
    Visitors welcome

    Talks

13 November 2019

  • Sacrifice and Remembrance: The Common wealth War Graves Commission

    Jeremy Prescott

    Herne Farm Leisure Centre, Moggs Mead, Petersfield
    7:30 PM
    Visitors welcome

    Talks

11 December 2019

  • A Christmas Cracker

    Jonathan Jones

    Herne Farm Leisure Centre, Moggs Mead, Petersfield
    7:30 PM
    Visitors welcome

    Talks

08 January 2020

  • Petersfield in Transition: Changes in the Town during the 20th Century

    David Jeffery

    Herne Farm Leisure Centre, Moggs Mead, Petersfield
    7:30 PM
    Visitors welcome

    Talks

12 February 2020

  • From Hunting Box to 17,000 acres: The story of the Goodwood Estate

    Hilly Sloan

    Herne Farm Leisure Centre, Moggs Mead, Petersfield
    7:30 PM
    Visitors welcome

    Talks

11 March 2020

  • A Conspiracy History of the World

    Andy Thomas

    Herne Farm Leisure Centre, Moggs Mead, Petersfield
    7:30 PM
    Visitors welcome

    Talks

08 April 2020

  • AGM followed by Ashford Chace, Steep

    Ashford Chace, Steep: a prestigious house and gardens, and former home of Lord Horder, physician to five monarchs

    Fran Box

    Herne Farm Leisure Centre, Moggs Mead, Petersfield
    7:30 PM
    Visitors welcome

    Talks



Where We Meet

Herne Farm Leisure Centre
Moggs Mead
Petersfield
GU31 4PY‎
Tel: 01730 266874

Where Petersfield Archaeology Group Meets

Physic Garden
High Street
Petersfield
GU32 3JJ
Tel: 01730 269060
Website

How To Join

Contact us for an application form. Membership costs £12 per person or £17 per couple. This includes eight meetings per year with a speaker and five optional meetings of the Society’s Archaeological Group. You will also receive a copy of the Society’s twice-yearly bulletin.

Petersfield Museum

Petersfield Museum

Visit the Petersfield Museum to see some of the archival work PAHS has undertaken.

Musical Festival

Petersfield Musical Festival Petersfield Musical Festival has entertained the town with choral music for over 100 years.

Physic Garden

fritillaryThe Physic Garden is open daily except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s day. Check the website for times. Entrance is free.

People of the Heath

People of the Heath Visit People of the Heath for more on the excavation of the Petersfield Heath barrows.