Westbury Society

The Westbury Society provides opportunities for local residents and others to learn about and become involved in the archaeology, wildlife and local history of Westbury-sub-Mendip and its surroundings.

Westbury Society activities include:

Monthly lectures in Westbury Village Hall – see Events calendar for details
Weekly archaeology group meetings – see Events calendar for details
Annual butterfly, swift and glow-worm surveys. Download the Butterfly Survey here: Butterfly Survey Form draft
Occasional outings to lectures and places of interest

We publish several different items:

Westbury Walks – descriptions of walks in and around the parish available from the Village Shop. Download sample walk here Hollybrook Walk
Westbury Calendar – annual calendar with photographs from the village
Archaeological reports – see caf.archaeologyuk.org/WestburySociety for examples
Detailed list of baptisms in St Lawrence church up to 1920. Click here Westbury Baptisms for a downloadable .pdf **
Detailed list of marriages in St Lawrence church up to 1920. Click here Westbury Marriages for a downloadable .pdf **
Detailed list of burials in St Lawrence churchyard up to 1920. Click here: Westbury Burials for a downloadable .pdf **
Newspaper articles about the local Home Guard Auxiliary Units. These were specially trained, highly-secret quasi-military units created by the British government during the Second World War with the aim of using irregular warfare in response to a possible invasion of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany. For background click here: Auxiliary_Units The downloadable articles are in the sidebar on the right of this page.
Three downloadable MS Excel spreadsheets giving details of the memorial stones in St Lawrence churchyard. The People and Details spreadsheets have separate tabs for each person or memorial; tabs are usually found at the bottom of the Excel screen. Westbury Churchyard Memorials List , Westbury Churchyard Memorials People , Westbury Churchyard Memorials Details