Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society
The Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society was founded in 1849. The Society bought Taunton Castle in 1874,[1] and leases it to Somerset County Council to house the Museum of Somerset.[2] A substantial proportion of the items held by the Museum were originally collected by the Society.[3] Since it opened in 2010, the Society's office and library have been located at the Somerset Heritage Centre, alongside the County Council's Heritage Service.[4]
The Society has published an annual journal, the Proceedings, since 1851 which contains scholarly papers on research into the history, archaeology and ecology of Somerset.[5] It also occasionally publishes books,[6] most recently a transcription of Edmund Rack's Survey of Somerset, a comprehensive survey of the county carried out in the late eighteenth century.[7][8]
Professor Mick Aston, well-known due to his involvement with the Time Team archaeology programmes on Channel 4, was a member and Past President of the Society,[9] and regularly contributed papers to the Proceedings.[5]
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