Westbury Wassail

Old Ditch Farm

Celebrate Old Twelfth Night by wassailing several cider apple orchards to bring fertility to the trees and good health & prosperity to all.  Crown the Wassail King & Queen, light the ashen faggot, and witness the ‘Wassail Mumming Play’ by the Westbury Footlights. Bring a lantern, warm clothes and an appetite for mulled cider & […]

Westbury Archaeology Group ON HOLD

NO DIGGING OR MEETING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! The Westbury Archaeology Group carries out excavations, geophysical surveys and research in the parish of Westbury-sub-Mendip. We meet every Wednesday morning, unless the weather is dreadful! To contact us, go to the Westbury Society page, and use the contact form at the bottom.

Westbury Society Meeting – CHERT, Community Archaeology

Westbury Village Hall Hannah's Lane

2019 Barry Lane Lecture Vince Russett talks about the archaeological discoveries made by the Charterhouse and Environs Research Team, explains their contribution to our understanding of Mendip's history, and reveals the lessons other community archaeologists can learn from CHERT.

AGM Community Shop

Westbury Village Hall Hannah's Lane

See the Community Shop webpage on this site for the Agenda and past minutes.

Westbury Society – “Duck Decoys”

Westbury Village Hall Hannah's Lane

Alan Stone talks about duck decoys, explaining how they were used and tells the history of the one on Westbury-sub-Mendip's parish boundary with Rodney Stoke.

Westbury Society Meeting

Westbury Village Hall Hannah's Lane

Duck Decoys with Alan Rowntree

£2