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 11th | “Unto Southampton do we shift our scene.” | Geoff Watts |
| February | Saturday 8th | The Rufus arrow. Who killed the King? | Jon Sims |
| March | Saturday 8th | Guest Night – Bygone Bitterne | Ian Abrahams |
| April | Saturday 12th | Legacy of blood – murders that marked Southampton | Rob Eldridge |
| May | Saturday 10th | The life and times of Lady Hamilton | Martin Radford |
| June | Saturday 14th | On the street where you live – the story of Bugle Street. | Dr Cheryl Butler |
| July | Saturday 12th | Southampton: Water, Slaughter and Trade, Part 3, A War winning city | Andrew Negus |
| August | NO MEETING | ||
| September | Saturday 13th | Surprising finds in Hampshire churches | Mary South |
| October | Saturday 11th | AGM – Bygone Bitterne | Ian Abrahams |
| November | Saturday 8th | Local men who served in Siberia during the Russian Civil war | Rupert Wieloch |
| December | Saturday 13th | A Christmas anthology in Bitterne | Ken Hann |
2026 Events
| July | Saturday ?? | TRIFEST | 12.00 – 16.00 |
| September | Saturday 12 or 19 TBC | Heritage Open Day | 10.00 – 16.00 |