10th – Chipping Norton – Jonathan Maisey & Joe Duxbarry “The History of the Windrush Stone Quarries”. Methodist Church Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
10th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Sophie Kay “Genetic Hide-and-Seek: Exploring Missing Ancestor Mysteries Using DNA”. On-line, 7:15pm (members only).
10th – Radley – Bill King “A walk along the Thames Path from Oxford to Pangbourne”. Church of St James the Great, 7:30pm.
11th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Eleanor Townsend “Parish Church Patrons: Supporting your Church and Saving your Soul in Medieval England”. Online talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
11th – Thame – Liz Woolley “Felicia Skene: Oxford writer, prison reformer and friend to the poor”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
12th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Sean Feast “The RAF Pathfinders”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
12th – Florence Park, Oxford – Michael Stimpson “The history of the cricket professionals of Oxford”. Florence Park Community Centre, East Oxford, 7:30pm.
12th – Museum of Oxford – Mark Davies “Alice’s Adventures in Oxford”. Museum of Oxford, Town Hall, 1:00pm. Booking at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/museum-of-oxford-4185260169
12th – Stanford in the Vale – AGM, followed by Bill King “The Role of the Thames in WWII”. Large Village Hall, 7:30pm.
12th – Wychwoods – Liz Woolley “Child Labour in 19th-Century Oxfordshire”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.
13th – Banbury – John Blair “Organization and planning in the Mercian kingdom: a context for Anglo-Saxon Banbury”. Banbury Museum, 7:30pm.
13th – Deddington – Stephen Wass “The archaeology of Stowe Landscape Gardens”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
13th – Didcot – Steve Lucas “Vernon Jones and the Normandy campaign”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
13th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Sem Seaborne “Black Wantage, XIX Century Thieves, Murders and Villians”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.
17th – Adderbury – Joel Greenberg “Bletchley Park: Separating fact from folklore”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
17th – Bicester – Tim Healey “St Giles’s Fair”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
17th – Kennington – Members’ Evening & AGM. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.
17th – Goring Gap – Marie-Louise Kerr “Oxfordshire on canvas”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
18th – Clanfield & Bampton – George Lambrick “Rollright Stones and Devil’s Quoits”. Carter Institute, Clanfield, 7:30pm.
18th – Iffley – John Harris “Mutiny, Bounty and Breadfruit”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
19th – Bloxham – Members’ Night: some of our members share their historical interests. Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, 7:30pm.
19th – Cropredy – Richard Blacklee “The Notorious Culworth Gang of South Northamptonshire”. Village Hall, 7:00pm.
19th – Littlemore – Martin Buckland “A man and his shed: Herbert George Mullard and the Cowley Concrete Co”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:30pm.
20th – Abingdon – DigVentures Team “The Archaeological Excavations at Wittenham Clumps”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road. 7:45pm.
20th – Longworth – Trevor Jackson “Oxford to Fairford Branch line”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:15pm.
20th – Whitchurch & Goring Heath – AGM plus Alan Copeland “Curiosities of the Cotswolds”. Whitchurch Village Hall, 2:30pm.
21st – Finstock – Stephen Wass “Secret Gardens of Oxfordshire”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
24th – Cumnor – Martin Harris “My dad Francis Harris (1925-2010): Growing up in Cumnor and Farmoor”. Old School, 7:30pm.
24th – Marcham – Gillian Cane “Coleshill: Nerve Centre of British Resistance”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:15pm.
24th – Middleton Cheney – AGM plus “Show and Tell: History in umpteen objects which mean a lot to you”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.
24th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Ask the advisor – members evening. On-line, 7:15pm (members only).
24th – Tackley – Liz Woolley “Felicia Skene: Prison reformer and friend to the poor in Victorian Oxford”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
25th – Kidlington – Richard Hancock “While memory lasts: Grandfather’s wars”. Baptist Church, 7:30pm.
25th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Mark Kirby “An Unexpected Revival: Stained Glass in the Early 17th Century”. Online talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
26th – Dorchester on Thames – Michael Heaney “Tom Carter of Baldon, the invisible collector”. Dorchester Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
26th – Florence Park, Oxford – Giles Masters “Let’s build a city: a school project based on the history of East Oxford”. Florence Park Community Centre, East Oxford, 7:30pm.
26th – Friends of Uffington Museum – Jim Gunter “Spirit of the Ridgeway: discoveries from archaeological investigations near the Ridgeway”. Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
27th – Aston – Trevor Jackson “The Oxford to Fairford Railway”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.
27th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Richard O Smith “Z-A of Oxford”. Village Hall, Kirtlington, 2:30pm.
27th – Launton – Janine Kilroe “Piers, their History and Future”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
28th – Benson – AGM followed by Peter Adamson “A Town Called Wallingford”. Parish Hall, 7:00pm.
March 2025
3rd – Chalgrove – Marie Louise Kerr “Famous local folk the people behind the blue plaques of South Oxfordshire”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
3rd – South Stoke – Ian Keable “The Century of Deception : Birth of the Hoax in the Eighteenth Century”. Village Hall 7:30pm.
4th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – James Goulty “The Path to Dien Bien Phu – The French in Indo China 1945-1954”. On-line talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
4th – Hook Norton – Carol Anderson “Portraits of two 18th-century gentlemen”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
4th – Lower Windrush – Shaun Todd “The history of afternoon tea”. Standlake Village Hall, 7:30pm.
5th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum – Trevor Jackson “Cemeteries of Oxford”. The Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, Woodstock, 7:30pm. Also available on-line; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
6th – Appleton with Eaton – Robert Evans “God’s Acre: Writing Village History – From the Graveyard”. Appleton Village Hall, 7:30pm.
6th – Charlbury – Alison Butler “The history of Charlbury’s Churches through baptism”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
6th – Eynsham – Ed Caswell “The Bronze Age in Oxfordshire”. St Leonard’s Church Hall, Thames Street, 7:30pm.
6th – Oxford Preservation Trust – Sarah Couch “Christ Church Meadow”. Key Learning Centre, Oxford Castle, 5:30pm; booking recommended.
10th – Chipping Norton – AGM followed by Neil Datson “Elsie Corbett – Pioneering Nurse and Benefactress”. Methodist Church Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
10th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Liz Woolley “‘A tough but full-blooded area’: The Parish of St Thomas the Martyr, West Oxford”. On-line, 7:15pm (members only).
10th – Radley – Maurice East “Metropolis versus the Meadow”. Church of St James the Great, 7:30pm.
10th – Weston on the Green – Richard Dudding “Radley Manor & Village”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
11th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – David Miles and Simon Palmer “The Uffington White Horse: Exploring a Wonder of Britain” (The Tom Hassall Lecture). Rewley House, Oxford, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
11th – Thame – John Leighfield “Putting Thame on the map: from Gough to Google”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
12th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Tim Saunders “The Peninsular War – The making of the Light Division”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
12th – Enstone – Virginia Bainbridge “Social Climbing in Fifteenth Century England”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone 7:00 pm.
12th – Florence Park, Oxford – Maurice East “‘The total pits’: the remarkable history of Headington Quarry, the village that built Oxford”. Florence Park Community Centre, East Oxford, 7:30pm.
12th – Harwell – Ivan Cadge “History of the GWR Abingdon branch”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
12th – Museum of Oxford – Liz Woolley “The remarkable life of Olive Gibbs”. Museum of Oxford, Town Hall, 1:00pm. Booking at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/museum-of-oxford-4185260169
12th – Stanford in the Vale – Tim Healey “The Green Man Trail in Oxfordshire”. Large Village Hall, 7:30pm.
12th – Wychwoods – Paul Booth “Archaeology developments in the Chipping Norton area”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.
13th – Banbury – Carol Anderson “Over the Hills to Glory: the Ascott Martyrs”. Banbury Museum, 7:30pm.
13th – Deddington – Liz Woolley “Lord Nuffield’s great generosity to the Oxford colleges”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
13th – Didcot – Gary Lock “Archaeology of the White Horse”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
13th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – John Lowe “Fire and firefighting in Oxford City”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.
17th – Adderbury – Stephen Barker “The British Civil Wars, 1642-51 in eight paintings”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
17th – Bicester – Nick Millea “The Message in the Map”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
17th – Goring Gap – Roy Larkin “Where the money went in the Great War”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
17th – Kennington – Karen & Brett Wiles “Wartime children: the 1940s Home Front from a child’s point of view”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.
18th – Clanfield & Bampton – Abigail Lloyd “The undercrofts of Gloucester … and others”. Carter Institute, Clanfield, 7:30pm.
18th – Iffley – Marie-Louise Kerr“Romans of Oxfordshire”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
19th – Bloxham – Jeremy Holmes “Mad, bad and dangerous to know: Lord Byron and his women”. Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, 7:30pm.
19th – Cropredy – George Martin “The History of the Double Bass”. Village Hall, 7:00pm.
19th – Littlemore – Marie-Louise Kerr “The WW2 development of penicillin by Oxford scientists”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:30pm.
20th – Abingdon – Hubert Zawadzki “My Polish Father’s Experiences in WW2”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road. 7:45pm.
20th – Longworth – Paul Whitton “King Henry’s Doctor”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:15pm.
20th – Sibfords – Bill King “Yesterday’s Childhood”. Sibford Gower Village Hall, 7:30pm.
20th – Whitchurch & Goring Heath – Mike Cooper “The Defence of Reading from Vikings and Nuclear War”. Whitchurch Village Hall 2:30pm.
21st – Finstock – Mike Heaney “The Ancient English Morris Dance”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
24th – Marcham – Jackie Smith “A History of Christ’s Hospital, Abingdon”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:15pm.
24th – Middleton Cheney – Graham Robb “Railway to Nature Reserve: the Development of Farthinghoe Nature Reserve and a History of its Site”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.
24th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Ian Waller “My Average Ancestor”. On-line, 7:15pm (members only).
24th – Tackley – John Harwood “The history of the role of Lord Lieutenancy”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
25th – Kidlington – Carol Anderson “‘Over the hills to glory’ – the story of the Ascott Martyrs”. Baptist Church, 7:30pm.
26th – Dorchester on Thames – Liz Woolley “The coming of the railway to Oxford”. Dorchester Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
27th – Aston – Mark Davies “Artists in Wonderland: the Pre-Raphaelites in Oxford”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.
27th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Stephen Kershaw “Alexander the Great”. Village Hall, Kirtlington, 7:30pm.
27th – Launton – Antonia Keaney “Odd Men and Necessary Women (Blenheim staff)”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
28th – Benson – Jim MacLeod “The History of the Traditional British Toastmaster”. Parish Hall, 7:00pm.
29th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock – James Campbell “Shepard’s War: The man who drew Winnie-the-Pooh”. 2:00pm. Tickets £10; book on-line at https://www.sofo.org.uk/product/friends-talk-shepards-war-2pm-29-march-2025/.
31st – Cumnor – Ciaran Walsh “The ups and downs of Ruskin College: a history of the college”. Old School, 7:30pm.
April 2025
1st – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – James Porter “Attacks on the Vichy Fleet in North Africa”. On-line talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
1st – Henley – Wendy Morrison “Iron Age Hillforts of the Chilterns”. The Chantry House, St Mary’s Church, Hart Street, 7:30pm.
1st – Hook Norton – Marie-Louise Kerr “Two William Morris’ of Oxford”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
3rd – Charlbury – Simon Randall “The Civil War in the Cotswolds”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
3rd – Eynsham – Gareth Winrow “Stories of Middle Way”. St Leonard’s Church Hall, Thames Street, 7:30pm.
7th – – Tim Healey “Pagans and Puritans: the story of May Morning in Oxford”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
7th – South Stoke – Gillian Cane “A Tour of the Bodleian Library”. Village Hall 7:30pm.
8th – Thame – Bill King “RAF Mount Farm – The short life of a wartime airfield”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
9th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Philip K Allan “Wellington’s Navy”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
9th – Enstone – Mark Page “Churchill, Kingham and Sarsden: Current VCH Work in West Oxfordshire”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone 7:00 pm.
9th – Florence Park, Oxford – Mark Davies “The professors of rowing”. Florence Park Community Centre, East Oxford, 7:30pm.
9th – Stanford in the Vale – Stephen Wass “The Peculiar History of Fishponds and Fish in Oxfordshire – An Archaeology Perspective”. Large Village Hall, 7:30pm.
10th – Banbury – Film showing “Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman”. Banbury Museum, 7:30pm.
10th – Deddington – Ciaran Walsh “Jericho: Oxford’s first industrial suburb, from cholera epidemics to gentrification”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
10th – Didcot – AGM plus David Taylor “Historic Pubs of the City of Oxford”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
14th – Bicester – Frank Collingwood “The Oxford Bus Museum”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
14th – Chipping Norton – Malcolm Rogers “The Broadway Colony of Artists and Writers”. Methodist Church Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
14th – Goring Gap – Sarah Somerville “The guides’ guide: working in historic houses today”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
14th – Kennington – Stephen Wass “Garden Archaeology: “not that kind of digging”, an overview of recent discoveries in historic gardens”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.
14th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Jackie Depelle “Out and about – in the name of Family History”. On-line, 7:15pm (members only).
14th – Radley – John Leighfield “Putting Radley on the map: from Gough to Google”. Church of St James the Great, 7:30pm.
15th – Clanfield & Bampton – Julie Ann Godson “1066 – Oxfordshire’s part in the Norman Conquest”. Carter Institute, Clanfield, 7:30pm.
15th – Iffley – Elizabeth Wells “The Smiths of Iffley – glimpses of a 17th-century family”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
16th – Bloxham– Film Night: rare ‘shorts’ covering aspects of the local history of our area. Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, 7:30pm.
16th – Cropredy – Gill White “John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough”. Village Hall, 7:00pm.
16th – Harwell – Richard Martin “History of MG Cars”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
16th – Littlemore – Philip Powell “Geology of Oxfordshire, the very early history of Littlemore”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:30pm.
17th – Abingdon – David Griffiths “The Archaeology of East Oxford”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road. 7:45pm.
17th – Longworth – Robert Evans “History of our Footpaths”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:15pm.
17th – Sibfords – Lizzy Rowe “Duncan Grant at St Peter’s College”. Sibford Gower Village Hall, 7:30pm.
17th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock – Anthony Glees “The Occupation of Alderney: Nazi War Crimes on British Soil?”. 7:00pm. Tickets £12; book on-line at https://www.sofo.org.uk/whats-on/.
18th – Finstock – Neil Huband “Local Heroes – the contribution made by and the effect upon local people of the World Wars”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
19th – Wychwoods – Laurence Waters “The Chipping Norton Branch Line”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.
21st – Cumnor – Martin Buckland “Canal history: The world to Wiltshire from 502BC to the present day”. Old School, 7:30pm.
23rd – Dorchester on Thames – Marie-Louise Kerr “Blue Plaques in South Oxfordshire”. Dorchester Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
23rd – Wolvercote – Mark Davies “Our Canal, Wolvercote to Oxford”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
24th – Aston – AGM followed by Stephen Wass “The Peculiar History of Fishponds and Fishing in Oxfordshire”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.
24th – Charlbury – AGM plus Neil Clennell “Wychwood Forest Trust: Progress in Nature Recovery”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
24th – Launton – John Tyler “Reading the Countryside”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
25th – Benson – Graham Twemlow “The Great British Poster Artists: The Golden Age of Posters in Britain”. Parish Hall, 7:00pm.
28th – Marcham – Paul Whitton “George Owen, Royal Physician”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:15pm.
28th – Middleton Cheney – Gill White “Bess of Hardwick and Hardwick Hall”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.
28th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Solving Brickwalls – members evening. On-line, 7:15pm (members only).
28th – Tackley – Anni Byard “Tackley: The dig at Gibralter Point”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
29th – Adderbury – AGM followed by Bill King “Yesterday’s Childhood”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
29th – Kidlington – John Naylor “Knossos, myth and reality”. Baptist Church, 7:30pm.
May 2025
6th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Rupert Hague Holmes “Operation FLAVIUS – Death on the Rock”. On-line talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
6th – Henley – Liz Woolley “Children and War: Children’s Experiences of the Second World War in Oxfordshire”. The Chantry House, St Mary’s Church, Hart Street, 7:30pm.
6th – Hook Norton – AGM followed by Andrew Lewis “The village wheelwright”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
7th – Enstone – Jane Potter “The Life of Wilfred Owen: WW1 Poet”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone 7:00 pm.
7th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum – Naomi Bergmans “Conservation methods in archaeology”. The Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, Woodstock, 7:30pm. Also available on-line; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
8th – Deddington – Robert Evans “The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques scheme”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
8th – Didcot – Chris Webber “Pendon Museum, bringing the past to life”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
10th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock – Mike Tickner “The Oxf & Bucks LI & The Burma Campaign – VE & VJ Day 80th Anniversary”. 2:00pm. Tickets £12, book on-line at https://www.sofo.org.uk/whats-on/.
12th – Chalgrove – Stephen Wass “The peculiar history of fish ponds and fishing in Oxfordshire including Ascot Park”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
12th – Chipping Norton – Matthew Armitage “Tooley’s Boatyard, Banbury”. Methodist Church Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
12th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Carol Anderson “All that glitters: Woodstock’s cut steel industry”. On-line, 7:15pm (members only).
12th – Radley – Katherine Bradley “Early women professional gardeners, including the founders of Waterperry”. Church of St James the Great, 7:30pm.
13th – Thame – Ciaran Walsh “Otmoor Riots in the wider context”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
14th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Robert Lynam “Bill Slim and Burma”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
14th – Florence Park, Oxford – Simon Wenham “The history of the Morris Works, Cowley”. Florence Park Community Centre, East Oxford, 7:30pm.
14th – Stanford in the Vale – Antonia Keaney “Odd Men & Necessary Women – Servants at Blenheim”. Large Village Hall, 7:30pm.
14th – Wychwoods – AGM and “From the Archive”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.
15th – Abingdon – Ed Caswell “The Portable Antiquities Service with Especial Reference to Local Finds”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road. 7:45pm.
15th – Longworth – Gillian Cane “The Mitford Sisters”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:15pm.
15th – Sibfords – Gillian White “The History of the Hugely Huggable Teddy Bear”. Sibford Gower Village Hall, 7:30pm.
16th – Finstock – Ben Long “History of Falconry – with flying display dependant on the weather”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
19th – Adderbury – Hywel Lloyd “The story of the discovery and ascent of Everest”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
19th – Bicester – Stephen Wass “Garden Archaeology – a different kind of digging”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
19th – Goring Gap – Aldon Ferguson “Interpretation of aerial maps in WW2 and beyond at RAF Medmenham”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
19th – Kennington – Lizzy Rowe “Christopher Wren’s Oxford”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.
20th – Clanfield & Bampton – Andrew Wright “Service to Seafarers”. Carter Institute, Clanfield, 7:30pm.
20th – Iffley – Alastair Lack “Oxfordshire Country Houses”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
21st – Bloxham – Karen and Bret Wiles “World War II rationing and Cooking for Victory: a fair share for all”. Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, 7:30pm.
21st – Cropredy – Tony Mawbey “Treasures of Upton House”. Village Hall, 7:00pm.
21st – Harwell – Adrian Rance McGregor “St Matthews – a church in the Landscape”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
21st – Littlemore – Katie Hambrook “Littlemore Priory”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:30pm.
26th – Marcham – Members’ Evening. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:15pm.
27th – Kidlington – Shaun Todd “The history and etiquettes of afternoon tea. What you may not know!”. Baptist Church, 7:30pm.
28th – Dorchester on Thames – Hugh Macmillan “The Thames”. Dorchester Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
29th – Burford – George Lambrick “The Rollright Stones, a reflection on their archaeological, folklore and cultural value”. Baptist Church, Witney Street, 7:30pm.
29th – Launton – Martin Sirot Smith “Daily Life in Tudor Times”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
30th – Benson – Christina Hardyment “Imagining Ewelme’s Greatest Lady: Alyce Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk, 1404-1475”. Parish Hall, 7:00pm.
June 2025
2nd – Chalgrove – Andrew Long “Oxfordshire place names”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
2nd – South Stoke – Shaun Todd “The History of Afternoon Tea and its Etiquette”. Village Hall 7:30pm.
3rd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – David Bickerton “Sinking of the Bismark”. On-line talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
3rd – Henley – Heather Adams “Frankenstein and Ozymandias: Discovering the Shelleys of Marlow”. The Chantry House, St Mary’s Church, Hart Street, 7:30pm.
9th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Michael Riordan “Family and Local History in Oxford College Archives”. On-line, 7:15pm (members only).
9th – Radley – Mike Evans “The Fitzharry’s Estate – from medieval knights to atomic spies”. Church of St James the Great, 7:30pm.
10th – Thame – Lucy Lawrence “Recent Archaeological discoveries in Buckinghamshire”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
11th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Mike Nicholas “The Battle of the Bulge”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
11th – Florence Park, Oxford – Local authors “Oxford Crime: how to interweave plotting, characterisation and the city streetscape”. Florence Park Community Centre, East Oxford, 7:30pm.
11th – Stanford in the Vale – Stephen Barker “Oxford in the English Civil War”. Large Village Hall, 7:30pm.
12th – Deddington – Clive Evans “Deddington Primary School and its history”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
16th – Adderbury – Our village: an open meeting to share reminiscences and archive material”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
16th – Bicester – Simon Wenham “Poverty, Pestilence and Public Health in Victorian Britain”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
16th – Kennington – Marie-Louise Kerr “Famous Local Folk: the people behind the blue plaques of South Oxfordshire”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.
17th – Clanfield & Bampton – AGM and light entertainment from Richard Martin”. Carter Institute, Clanfield, 7:30pm.
18th – Cropredy – Bill King “Industrial Archaeology in Your Attic, Garage and Shed”. Village Hall, 7:00pm.
18th – Enstone – Helen Castle “The Great Rollright Shepherd, Richard Widdows, who died in 1910 aged 104”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone 7:00 pm.
19th – Abingdon – Open evening with presentations by members. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road. 7:45pm.
19th – Sibfords – Screening of the Sibfords Millenium Pageant. Sibford Gower Village Hall, 7:30pm.
23rd – Marcham – Peter Barker “Birds of Otmoor”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:15pm.
23rd – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Richard Holt “Apprentice records: History and sources with a case study”. On-line, 7:15pm (members only).
24th – Kidlington – Bill King “WW1, part 3 and beyond”. Baptist Church, 7:30pm.
26th – Burford – Richard Martin “Limestone, the ‘other’ material of the Cotswolds”. Baptist Church, Witney Street, 7:30pm.
26th – Launton – Gillian Cane “Bletchley Park”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
July 2025
1st – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Alina Nowobilska “VE Day 1945 – Poland under the Russians”. On-line talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
8th – Thame – Eve Bacon “Spices and Medieval society”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
9th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Tony Bray “Manna from Heaven – The Story of Air Re-Supply”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
12th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock – Ross King “EH Shepard: Italy, the Great War and a Bear”. 2:00pm. Tickets £12, book on-line at https://www.sofo.org.uk/whats-on/.
14th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Ian Everest “Flanders and the Somme – then and now”. On-line, 7:15pm (members only).
14th – Radley – Mark Davies “What a liberty!”. Church of St James the Great, 7:30pm.
16th – Cropredy – Alastair Lack “CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien”. Village Hall, 7:00pm.
21st – Adderbury – Mary Sutcliffe “A history of Sezincote House and Gardens”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
24th – Burford – Graham Kew “The history of Minster Lovell”. Baptist Church, Witney Street, 7:30pm.
29th – Kidlington – Gillian Cane “The Miracle of Bletchley Park”. Baptist Church, 7:30pm.
August 2025
12th – Thame – Members’ evening. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
September 2025
8th – Radley – Simon Wenham “More than three men in a boat: the rise and fall of pleasure boating on the Thames”. Church of St James the Great, 7:30pm.
9th – Thame – Sarah Somerville “Shaw House: Over 400 years of history”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
15th – Adderbury – Barrie Trinder “The Village Carrier”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
15th – Goring Gap – Nick Millea “The Gough map: getting about in medieval Britain”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
15th – Kennington – Deborah Hayter “Harvest rituals”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.
17th – Cropredy – Helen Frost “The Women’s Land Army in the First World War”. Village Hall, 7:00pm.
17th – Enstone – Jo Willett “Sarah Siddons: The First celebrity Actress”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone 7:00 pm.
17th – Harwell – David Gahan “A history of Hanney”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
18th – Longworth – Marie-Louse Kerr “Oxfordshire on Canvas”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:15pm.
18th – Sibfords – Mark Davies “Oxford Castle: 17th– and 18th-century Crimes, Escapes and Punishments”. Sibford Gower Village Hall, 7:30pm.
24th – Dorchester on Thames – Viviane Quirke “The Importance of Place: the Development of Penicillin in WWII in Oxfordshire”. Dorchester Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
25th – Burford – Carol Anderson “The Great Exodus of the 1870s, featuring agricultural labourers from Fulbrook, Taynton and Burford who emigrated to Australasia and beyond”. Baptist Church, Witney Street, 7:30pm.
25th – Launton – Dick Richards “Commonwealth War Graves Commission”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
26th – Benson – Helen Cresswell “Roman Britain and its links to Benson”. Parish Hall, 7:00pm.
October 2025
7th – Henley – Paul Lacey “Bus Operators of Henley and Marlow”. The Chantry House, St Mary’s Church, Hart Street, 7:30pm.
15th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Michael Philips “Hitler’s Gunner Generals”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
15th – Cropredy – Stephen Barker “A Watershed: Mahatma Gandhi”. Village Hall, 7:00pm.
15th – Wolvercote – AGM followed by Alastair Lack “Wolvercote Cemetery”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
14th – Thame – Stephen Wass “The archaeology of Stowe Landscape Gardens”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
15th – Harwell – Katherine Watsom “Crime, Medicine and Science in History”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
16th – Longworth – Andrew Long “Naming of Oxfordshire Pubs”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:15pm.
16th – Sibfords – Marie-Louise Kerr “The Romans of Oxfordshire”. Sibford Gower Village Hall, 7:30pm.
20th – Adderbury – Muriel Pilkington “The Lost Villages of Oxfordshire”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
20th – Goring Gap – Timothy Walker “The history of Harcourt Aboretum”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
20th – Kennington – Stephen Barker “Warrior women of the Civil War”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.
22nd – Dorchester on Thames – Simon Wenham “The Compilation of the Oxford Dictionary”. Dorchester Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
30th – Burford – David Cohen “Conversation around the archive images and reflections of old Burford”. Audience participation encouraged. Baptist Church, Witney Street, 7:30pm.
31st – Benson – “The Work of the Air Ambulance”. Parish Hall, 7:00pm.
November 2025
4th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Spencer Jones “Boer War – Scorched Earth”. On-line talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
4th – Henley – John Rogers “Kings, Boxes and Dots: A Brief History of the Post Office and Royal Mail”. The Chantry House, St Mary’s Church, Hart Street, 7:30pm.
11th – Thame – Stephen Barker “Oxfordshire in the British Civil Wars, 1642-51”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
12th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Anthony Tucker Jones “Churchill: the Cold War Warrior”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
17th – Adderbury – Tim Healey “A Victorian Christmas”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
17th – Goring Gap – Stuart Ackland “Oxford maps”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
17th – Kennington – Bill King “Women of World War Two”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.
19th – Cropredy – Marie Lou Kerr “The Woman who would be Queen: Empress Matilda, the anarchy and her links to Oxford Castle and Wallingford”. Village Hall, 7:00pm.
20th – Longworth – Stephen Wass “The Peculiar History of Fishponds and Fishing in Oxfordshire and around”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:15pm.
20th – Sibfords – Tim Healey “A 17th-century Christmas”. Sibford Gower Village Hall, 7:30pm.
26th – Dorchester on Thames – Patsy Smith and Denise Line “Education in Dorchester on Thames”. Dorchester Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
27th – Launton – Pat Tucker’s “Launton Quiz”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
December 2025
2nd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Christina Holstein “Verdun – The German Offensive 1916”. On-line talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
2nd – Henley – Adrian Cox “Excavations at Greys Court”. The Chantry House, St Mary’s Church, Hart Street, 7:30pm.
2nd – Thame – AGM plus the Launton Handbell Ringers. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
5th – Benson – Mike Brook “A Christmas Miscellany: Humorous performance pieces on a seasonal theme”. Parish Hall, 7:00pm.
10th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Gary Sheffield – topic tbc. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
15th – Goring Gap – Rob Clarke “The Maiwand lion in the Forbury, Reading”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
15th – Kennington – Tim Healey “Victorian Christmas”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.
January 2026
19th – Goring Gap – Tim Healey “A history of St Giles Fair, Oxford”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
February 2026
11th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Gordon Rogers “Churchill’s Toyshop” (tbc). Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
16th – Goring Gap – Sue Ellis “Not all beer and skittles”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
March 2026
11th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Geoffrey Vesey Holt “The Last Hundred Days – The Battle of Amiens to the Hindenburg Line”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
16th – Goring Gap – Richard Marks “The history of the Great Western Railway in Berkshire”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
April 2026
20th – Goring Gap – Malcolm Summers “Greyfriars, Reading: prison to parish church”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
May 2026
18th – Goring Gap – Mike Cooper “The defence of Reading from the Vikings to the Civil War”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
June 2026
10th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Mike Tickner “A Head Ache and a Heart Ache. The Indian Army at Partition”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
July 2026
15th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Guy Walters “Berlin Games – How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
October 2026
19th – Goring Gap – Katrina Cooper “For God and the Cause: soldiery in the English Civil War through the lens of the Sealed Knot”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
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