What we do :
The Society holds regular meetings at St Cuthbert's Church (see Events), and assists with enquiries about Brislington and family connections. Members receive a regular newsletter. We would welcome any information, photographs etc you may have about Brislington to add to our knowledge and to record for future generations.
The Society meets on the last Thursday of the month, at St Cuthbert's Church Crypt, Sandy Park Road, Brislington, commencing at 7.30pm. Meetings comprise a talk, which may be illustrated, by a Society member or invited speakers, on issues of general or local historic interest. We aim to provide at least two Brislington-themed events each year.
Annual Membership Subscription: £22
£2 p.p. per meeting, which includes tea/coffee + raffle ticket.
Visitors: £5
Life Membership: £50
Upcoming Meetings:
All meetings commence at 7.30pm
2025 Events
December 4 - Christmas Lunch (Members only)
2026
Thursday 26 February 7.30 "A SERIAL KILLER - MY PART IN HIS DOWNFALL" Retired Detective Sergeant Rob Jones tells the story of his involvement in the apprehension of 1980s Bristol connected serial killer John Cannan (1954 - 2024)
March 26 7.30 "BRISTOL YARNS" . Eugene Byrne , Journalist and Editor of "Bristol Times", local history pull out in '"Bristol Post" , tells some quirky local history Bristol stories and urban myths, including , "The Kingswood Elephant", "The Giant Spider of Baldwin Street", and a possible illegitimate child of George 111 with a Bristol connection.
Thursday April 30 at 7.30 "THE LIFE OF HANNAH MORE" Dr Jo Edwards tells the story of Hannah More ( 1745 - 1833 ), the Bristol born writer and philanthropist who opened the first school in Brislington c 1796 at Keeper's Cottage, Brislington Hill, and wrote the epitaph memorial in St Luke's Church for Frances Ireland of Brislington Hall ( site of B & M , Bath Road ) in 1805.
Thursday May 28 at 7.30 "DOUBLE BILL" - " CATHERINE ANNE HUBBACK: JANE AUSTEN'S NIECE" and "JANE AUSTEN'S BRISTOL" Jonathan Rowe tells the story of Catherine Anne Hubback ( 1818 - 1877 ), Jane Austen's novelist niece and her memorial in St Luke's churchyard and Jane Austen's Bristol links in her life and novels.
The Society holds regular meetings at St Cuthbert's Church (see Events), and assists with enquiries about Brislington and family connections. Members receive a regular newsletter. We would welcome any information, photographs etc you may have about Brislington to add to our knowledge and to record for future generations.
The Society meets on the last Thursday of the month, at St Cuthbert's Church Crypt, Sandy Park Road, Brislington, commencing at 7.30pm. Meetings comprise a talk, which may be illustrated, by a Society member or invited speakers, on issues of general or local historic interest. We aim to provide at least two Brislington-themed events each year.
Annual Membership Subscription: £22
£2 p.p. per meeting, which includes tea/coffee + raffle ticket.
Visitors: £5
Life Membership: £50
Upcoming Meetings:
All meetings commence at 7.30pm
2025 Events
December 4 - Christmas Lunch (Members only)
2026
Thursday 26 February 7.30 "A SERIAL KILLER - MY PART IN HIS DOWNFALL" Retired Detective Sergeant Rob Jones tells the story of his involvement in the apprehension of 1980s Bristol connected serial killer John Cannan (1954 - 2024)
March 26 7.30 "BRISTOL YARNS" . Eugene Byrne , Journalist and Editor of "Bristol Times", local history pull out in '"Bristol Post" , tells some quirky local history Bristol stories and urban myths, including , "The Kingswood Elephant", "The Giant Spider of Baldwin Street", and a possible illegitimate child of George 111 with a Bristol connection.
Thursday April 30 at 7.30 "THE LIFE OF HANNAH MORE" Dr Jo Edwards tells the story of Hannah More ( 1745 - 1833 ), the Bristol born writer and philanthropist who opened the first school in Brislington c 1796 at Keeper's Cottage, Brislington Hill, and wrote the epitaph memorial in St Luke's Church for Frances Ireland of Brislington Hall ( site of B & M , Bath Road ) in 1805.
Thursday May 28 at 7.30 "DOUBLE BILL" - " CATHERINE ANNE HUBBACK: JANE AUSTEN'S NIECE" and "JANE AUSTEN'S BRISTOL" Jonathan Rowe tells the story of Catherine Anne Hubback ( 1818 - 1877 ), Jane Austen's novelist niece and her memorial in St Luke's churchyard and Jane Austen's Bristol links in her life and novels.
