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Journals

Index/List of Journals

Since 1965 Keynsham & Saltford Local History has published a great deal of information based on research carried out by its members.

Much of the information has appeared in the Society's Journal which has been published, usually annually, since 1987. Society members receive a copy as part of their annual subscription. Copies of back numbers are also available for sale price £2.50 per journal with the exception of WW1 which is £5. Please click below to see the index of articles published in the Journals.

Series 3 - Volume 4 - 2023

The Three Horse Shoes Beer House

Keynsham Cemetery and the Roman Remains

The Hickling Ironmongers of Keynsham

Keynsham & the Spanish Armada

A Tragedy at Ellsbridge House

The Old Eyelet Factory

Hilary Carole Smedley 1935 – 2022

Joan Ellison 1936 – 2022

Series 3 - Volume 3 - 2022

Anne Victoria Gwendolen Wills

Tough Justice

A Casualty of WW2

The Wellington Bomber Crash

Keynsham’s First Flower Show

The Slave Trade and Keynsham

A Refugee from Austria

Memories of my childhood

The Shallard Steel works, Keynsham (1716 to 1812)

Elizabeth White

Series 3 - Volume 2 - 2021

All Beer and Skittles

Keynsham Celebrities 1911

A Prequel to the ‘Sad Case of Ann Mortimer

Keynsham Abbey and Marshfield

The Polysulphin Horse Ferry

The Trials of a Keynsham Clergyman

The Somerset Salmon Fishery District

The Curious Suicide of a Keynsham Blacksmith

Witchcraft at Keynsham

Images of Keynsham

Series 3 - Volume 1 - 2020

V.E. Day

Bristol 1831 Reform Act Riots

The Wingrove Family

Death of a Keynsham Landlord

Lord Baden-Powell’s Visit to Corston

The Bush Brothers’ Gliders - 1910 to 1912

Sue Trude

Series 2 - Volume 19 - 2019

A Railway Accident at Keynsham

The History of the Wingrove Hotel

All that Work

An Incident in 1940

Jerome Harvey of Houndstrete and Compton Dando

Perils of Travel in the 19th Century

The Railway That Never Was

A Keynsham Man Goes West

Margaret Whitehead 1936 – 2018

Joan Day 1928- 2019

Series 2 - Volume 18 - 2018

The Great Flood of 1968

A History of Saltford Community Hall

The Lost Loos of Keynsham

The Keynsham Co-op

Monmouth at Keynsham

A Brawl at the Angel

The Story of a Parcel of Land

Series 2 - Volume 17 - 2017

Early Days at Broadlands

Boundary Stones found in Saltford

Great Fires at Dapp’s Hill

My Wartime Childhood Part 3

Lucy Cox – A Politician born in Keynsham

Saltford’s Liberator of Slaves, Admiral Kelly

Goodbye to a Friend

Series 2 - Volume 16 - 2016

A Keynsham Tragedy

The Making of 'Son et Lumiere' in 1970

The Charlton Cinema

My Wartime Childhood Part 2

Ancient Happenings in Our Twin Town

The Victoria Fountain

An Article from the Past - Tarpaulin Joe

The Closure of the Keynsham Fire Station

The Keynsham Coffee Tavern

No Longer with Us

Series 2 - Volume 15 – 2015

K & S Local History Society’s 50th Anniversary

My Wartime Childhood

Edwin Fray

Keynsham Football Club

Some People have all the Luck

The Record under the Stairs

Keynsham and its Scouts 1909 – 1974

The Horse Thieves of Keynsham

Series 2 - Volume 14 – 2014

SPECIAL CENTENNIAL EDITION Aspects of WW1

Part 1 The Recruitment 1914-1915

The Fate of Local Men

The Keynsham Volunteers

The Sacrifice of the Men of Saltford village

Part 2 The Saltford Regatta 1914

Keynsham & Saltford Horticultural Society 1914-1919

Some Soldiers’ Stories

The Baker Boys

James Brookman Godfrey

Victory at Last

Series 2 - Volume 13 – 2013

The Keynsham By-pass

Looking Back, Some Thoughts on Old Keynsham

Mrs Blanche Wilks, Ambulance Driver

Out and About with Celia Fiennes

A Mystery at Keynsham

Barbara Lowe

Series 2 - Volume 12 - 2012

The Changing Face of Keynsham

My Time with Dad's Army

War Time Memories of Rockhill

Pipley Brook in the 1920's

A Keynsham Man and his Silver Cup

Keynsham's Coronation Celebrations 1953

Robert Cantle - A Mystery

Series 2 - Volume 11 - 2011

Recent Happenings

Keynsham's link with the Duke of Chandos

The Veales of Keynsham

Two Giants of Keynsham Rugby Club (Dennis Cockbaine and Peter Scarman)

A Brief History of Allotments

Some Memories of Saltford Primary School in Wartime

Goodbyes (memories of John Shore and Mary Lanning)

Series 2 - Volume 9 - 2009

A Rose by any other name (Origins of the name of Keynsham)

The Bells, The Bells (St John's Church, Keynsham)

Burnett

Down the Drain

Inns & Alehouses

A Tribute to Gordon Tarrant

Series 2 - Volume 8 -2008

Two Chappell families of Keynsham

James Pemberton (1847-1905)

The Exons of Keynsham

Commuting 1930's Fashion

Obituary - Charles Browne

Series 2 - Volume 7 - 2007

A District Nurse in the 1920's

Keep Them Clear

Keynsham in War Time

Stoke Hill Mine

Obituary - Trevor Whitehead

Book Review - Roman Mosaics of Britain Vol 11, Local Books

Series 2 - Volume 6 - 2006

St Augustine's Medical Practice

Arnos Vale Cemetery

Royal Victoria Park

A Grand Day Out - 1920’s Style

Basic Education in 1920's

A Village Shop in 1925

Something You May Not Know (Local Firms in the Second World War)

Series 2 - Volume 5 - 2005

Keynsham & Saltford LHS - The Early Years 1965-1967

A Keynsham Man at Trafalgar

Children in Keynsham Workhouse

Rookehill, Rockhill, Rookhill

Neighbourhood Watch - 19th Century Style

The Reverend Stephen Wells

Bits & Pieces (Bygone Buildings and Events)

Series 2 - Volume 4 - 2004

The Keynsham Flower Show

Mr & Mrs Wiltshire

War over Saltford

Queen Charlton Chapel

Hanham Walkabout

Bits & Pieces

Series 2 - Volume 3 - 2003

The Lamb & Lark Hotel

Saltford Reminiscences

A Saltford Childhood

Greenhill Farm

The Haringtons of Kelston

Obituaries - Mrs Susan James, Mr Eric Linfield and Mr Chris Wiggins

Series 2 - Volume 2 - 2002

Crime and Punishment

Royal British Legion - Keynsham Branch

Keynsham Gas Works

Fire and Water

Mary Fairclough's talk to Rotary about our environment

Series 2 - Volume 1 - 2001

Saltford Regatta

Letter from Australia

Paper Mill Apprenticeship

Teaching the Three R's

Letter from King George VI, 1946

Series 1 - Volume 11 - 1999

Charitable Establishments

History of Milward Homes and Keynsham Charities

Keynsham and its Poor Houses

The Bridges' Almshouses

The Feoffees of Keynsham

Series 1 - Volume 10 - 1998

Domestic Accounts of a Keynsham Housewife

Memories of Park House Farm

Memoirs (Percy Baker)

Series 1 - Volume 8 - 1996

Memories of a Farming Life

The Common Meadows of Keynsham

Keynsham Great Park

Tale of Two Farms

Series 1 - Volume 7 - 1995

Demise of Keynsham's Great House

Sad Story of Annie Mortimer

God's Acre

Keynsham Cemetery Bier

Trades and Tradesmen in Bygone Days

More Hot Air

Series 1 - Volume 6 - 1994

Memories of Upton Cheney

The "Slipper Well", Temple Street

Woad and Woadmen in Keynsham

When I Was Six

Keynsham Cemetery

Local Archaeological Work

Series 1 - Volume 4 - 1992

Stanton Prior, part 1

The Doctors Harrison

Memories of Keynsham

Postscripts to the Good Old Days

Tales my Father Told Me

Demolition Discoveries

Roman Remains at Saltford

Series 1 - Volume 3 - 1990

Village Childhood (Keynsham)

Recollections of the Good (?) Old Days

Friendly Societies

Doctors Fox of Brislington House

The J N Fear Institute

Series 1 - Volume 2 - 1988

Jasper Tudor

Jasper Tudor's Will

Jasper Tudor's Tomb

Mary Fairclough Remembers

Public Library Services in Keynsham area

Obituary: Frank Millard

Series 1 - Volume 1 - 1987

Ammonites and their Strange Religious Associations

Burnett Memories

Was Keynsham Trajectus?

West Wansdyke Survey

Section of ditch of Wansdyke

Somerdale Museum

Archives additions

Manor Woods Roman Site

Local Publications

All books listed above are published by Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society unless otherwise stated.

Available from the Society direct at:

Email: books@keysalthist.org.uk

Phone: 0117 9864453

Address: 31, Windrush Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1QN

Delivery: Free in Keynsham and Saltford area

Postage and Packing: £4.50 (UK only, by Royal Mail second class)

Payment: By cheque payable to: Keynsham and Saltford Local History Society

By on-line banking: Account name: Keynsham and Saltford Local History Society

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