Meetings
Meetings of Bitterne Local History Society are held on the second Saturday of each month at 7.00 pm in Bitterne United Reformed Church (entrance in the Precinct, next to Bitterne Churchyard) above Iceland.
Locate the Church using: Google Maps, OpenStreetMap.
Society news and notice of local meetings of historical interest are followed by talks on a variety of topics illustrated with slides, sometimes with related artefacts.
ENTRY FEES:
Members £1.00
Non Members £3.00
2026 Meetings
| January | Saturday 10th | “Unto Southampton do we shift our scene.” | Geoff Watts |
| February | Saturday 14th | The Rufus arrow. Who killed the King? | Jon Sims |
| March | Saturday 14th | Guest Night – Bygone Bitterne | Ian Abrahams |
| April | Saturday 11th | Legacy of blood – murders that marked Southampton | Rob Eldridge |
| May | Saturday 9th | The life and times of Lady Hamilton | Martin Radford |
| June | Saturday 13th | On the street where you live – the story of Bugle Street. | Dr Cheryl Butler |
| July | Saturday 11th | Southampton: Water, Slaughter and Trade, Part 3, A War winning city | Andrew Negus |
| August | NO MEETING | ||
| September | Saturday 12th | Surprising finds in Hampshire churches | Mary South |
| October | Saturday 10th | AGM – Bygone Bitterne | Ian Abrahams |
| November | Saturday 14h | Local men who served in Siberia during the Russian Civil war | Rupert Wieloch |
| December | Saturday 12th | A Christmas anthology in Bitterne | Ken Hann |
2026 Events
| July | Saturday TBC | TRIFEST | 12.00 – 16.00 |
| September | Saturday 12 or 19 TBC | Heritage Open Day | 10.00 – 16.00 |