Reigate Society; Current Meetings

The Priory is built on the site of an Augustinian priory founded in about 1235. Very little of the medieval foundation survives, and it is only visible from inside the building. After the dissolution of the monasteries the property was granted to Lord Howard of Effingham in 1541, who erected a house on the site. The house assumed much of its present appearance during extensive rebuilding in about 1770. Edward VII and his mistress were frequent visitors to the Priory in the early 1900s. During 2007/2008 Priory Park was extensively re-modelled, and also maintenance work has been undertaken on the Priory itself.

Meetings and Events from Sep 2014 to Aug 2015

The following information is outdated and retained on the site solely to help give a feel for the type of events organised by the Reigate Society.

See our meetings archive page for more.

Full Programme for the Year

Date & Time	Monday 6th Oct 2014, 8:30pm	Event Type	Members Evening Admission by ticket
Title of Talk	The Parks and Countryside of Reigate and Banstead.	Guest Speaker	Ian Wright and Emanuel Flecken
Venue	The Reigate Manor Hotel, Reigate RH2 9PF
Additional Information	The talk will cover how the Councils Parks and Countryside Service is rolled out across the Borough showing what the Parks and Countryside team can do and why they cannot do many of the things they would like to.

Date & Time	Monday 10th Nov 2014, 8:15pm	Event Type	Talk
Title of Talk	The Borough Goes to War	Guest Speaker	Sean Hawkins
Venue	Colman Redland Centre, 33 Croydon Road, Reigate RH2 0LZ
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Date & Time	Monday 8th Dec 2014, 8:15pm	Event Type	Talk
Title of Talk	Pub Signs and their Meanings	Guest Speaker	David Roe
Venue	Colman Redland Centre, 33 Croydon Road, Reigate RH2 0LZ
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Date & Time	Monday 26th Jan 2015, 8:15pm	Event Type	Talk
Title of Talk	Painshill - An English Landscape	Guest Speaker	Graham Dash
Venue	Colman Redland Centre, 33 Croydon Road, Reigate RH2 0LZ
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Date & Time	Monday 23rd Feb 2015, 8:15pm	Event Type	Talk
Title of Talk	Samuel Palmer in the valley of vision	Guest Speaker	Tim Wilcox
Venue	Colman Redland Centre, 33 Croydon Road, Reigate RH2 0LZ
Additional Information	Samuel Palmer in the valley of vision: Shoreham, Redhill and beyond.

Date & Time	Monday 23rd Mar 2015, 8:15pm	Event Type	Talk
Title of Talk	Einstein, Honeybees & Survival of the Human Race	Guest Speaker	Jack Chapman
Venue	Colman Redland Centre, 33 Croydon Road, Reigate RH2 0LZ
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Date & Time	Monday 13th Jul 2015, 9:15pm	Event Type	A.G.M.
Title of Talk	An insider's view of the National Trust	Guest Speaker	Roger Cayzer
Venue	Colman Redland Centre, 33 Croydon Road, Reigate RH2 0LZ
Additional Information	As the former Regional Building Manager for the East of England Roger will give a light hearted and yet informative talk on what goes on behind the scenes of the building department. This will cover the consequences of using the wrong materials on historic buildings and the Trust's conservation philosophy. As one of the 62,000 volunteers Roger is currently very involved in the Trusts apprenticeship scheme and will talk about what's being done to address the shortage of people with traditional crafts skills. PLEASE NOTE that this talk will follow the AGM.