October 2025
20th – Adderbury – Muriel Pilkington “The Lost Villages of Oxfordshire”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
20th – Bicester – Pete Seaward “House Arrest in Woodstock”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 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.
21st – Clanfield & Bampton – Rosemary Honour Smith “Clanfield in photographs; a trip down Memory Lane”. Carter Institute, Clanfield, 7:30pm.
21st – Iffley – Stephen Wass “Digging up Stowe – Archaeological Investigations into one of the country’s finest landscape gardens”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
22nd – Dorchester on Thames – Simon Wenham “The Compilation of the Oxford Dictionary”. Dorchester Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
23rd – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Nigel Biggar and Paul Clifford “Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm
27th – Cumnor – Michael Heaney “The man who collected Oxfordshire: the antiquary Percy Manning”. Cumnor Old School, 7:30pm.
27th – Hanney – Paul Whitton “Balliol to Bethlehem, Wycliffe and Hus: Freedom, Faith and Fire” . War Memorial Hall, 8:00pm.
27th – Marcham – Sem Seaborne “The Port of Wantage”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:45pm.
27th – Middleton Cheney – Bill King “The industrial archaeology in your attic, garage and shed”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.
27th – Tackley – Jonathan Healey “1596 and all that: the Oxfordshire Rising in its context”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
28th – Kidlington – Paul Barnett “Light in the Darkest Hour – Dunkirk’s Little Ships”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
28th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Duncan Taylor “A New Understanding of Oxford’s Divinity School Vault”. Rewley House, Oxford, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
29th – Florence Park, Oxford – Frances Moody “A history of the Florence Park estate”. Florence Park Community Centre, East Oxford, 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.
30th – Aston – Kim Davies “Oxfordshire’s Military Heritage in 50 objects”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.
30th – Oxford Preservation Trust – Catriona Bass “Floodplain meadows”. Key Learning Centre, Oxford Castle, 5:30pm. Book at https://app.sheepcrm.com/oxfordpreservation/events/oxfordpreservation-booking-68b9bc840aa1129fa431a8a4/.
31st – Benson – “The Work of the Air Ambulance”. Parish Hall, 7:00pm.
November 2025
3rd – Chalgrove – Karen and Brett Wiles “Wartime children: the 1940s Home Front from a child’s point of view”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
3rd – Friends of Uffington Museum – Liz Derrington “Steam – The New Wonder”. Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
3rd – South Stoke – Steve Parrinder “Witchcraft”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
4th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Spencer Jones “Boer War – Scorched Earth”. Online 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.
4th – Hook Norton – Russell Collins “More Tales from Hook Norton Pottery”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
4th – Lower Windrush – Amy Moore “Charles I and Oxford – Pre-Civil War”. Standlake Village Hall, 7:30pm.
5th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Alice Foster “World War I: Paintings and Poetry”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
6th – Charlbury – Marcus Rees “Oxfordshire uncorked: a guide to our local vineyards”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
6th – Eynsham – Kathryn Davies “Artisan Art in Vernacular Wall Painting”. St Leonard’s Church Hall, 7:30pm.
6th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock – Mike Montagu & Antonia Keaney “Churchill Remembered”. Marlborough Room, Blenheim Palace, 6:30pm. Tickets £45, book online at https://www.sofo.org.uk/whats-on/.
6th – South Oxfordshire Archaeological Group (SOAG) – Ed Caswell “The Portable Antiquities Scheme; an update for West Oxfordshire”. Sonning Common Village Hall, 7:30pm.
10th – Chipping Norton – John Leighfield “From Gough to Google”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
10th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Bill King “The River at War (River Thames) ”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 8:00pm.
10th – Radley – Paul Booth “From Roman Britain to Early Anglos-Saxon England: archaeological evidence from Dorchester-on-Thames” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
10th – Weston on the Green – Maurice East “Slade Army Camp”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
11th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Nigel Hiscock “An Architectural History of Town and Gown in Oxford”. Rewley House, Oxford, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
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.
12th – Enstone – Mark Abrey “St Kenelm’s church records, family histories and old tombstones”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone, 7:00pm.
12th – Florence Park, Oxford – Matthew Spring “A biography of William Hershel”. Florence Park Community Centre, East Oxford, 7:30pm.
12th – Museum of Oxford – Stephen Barker “The Indian Army in the First World War: An Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Perspective”. Museum of Oxford, Oxford Town Hall, 1:00pm. Booking at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunchtime-talk-the-indian-army-in-the-first-world-war-tickets-1389187811139
12th – Oxford Civic Society – Mark Davies “Jericho: Oxford’s ‘dangerously hospitable’ 200-year-old suburb”. Rewley House, Wellington Square, 6:00pm.
12th – Wallingford – Richard Oram “Oxfordshire Archaeology Round-up”. St Mary’s Church, 8:00pm.
12th – Wychwoods – Juliet Heslewood “Fairford Church”. Milton Village Hall, 7:30pm.
13th – Banbury – Duncan Murdock “Uncovering Oxfordshire’s Dinosaur Highway”. Education Studio, Banbury Museum, 7:30pm.
13th – Deddington – Shaun Todd “The history of afternoon tea and its etiquette”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
13th – Didcot – Josie Midwinter “Didcot War Memorials”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
13th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust– Malcolm Airs “‘One of the most Beautiful Landscapes in the World’: Nuneham Courtenay Gardens, House and Village”. Online talk, 6:00pm, further information at https://ogt.org.uk/news-events
17th – Adderbury – Tim Healey “A Victorian Christmas”. The Institute, 7:30pm.
17th – Bicester – Matthew Hathaway “Bicester in World War 2”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 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.
18th – Clanfield & Bampton – Andrew Wright “Fishers, seafarers and us; yesterday and today”. Carter Institute, Clanfield, 7:30pm.
18th – Iffley – David Wiles “Democracy as Theatre”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
19th – Bloxham – AGM and Liz Woolley “Early Cinema in Oxford”. Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, 7:30pm.
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.
19th – Littlemore – Jamie Williams “Another man’s trash is an archaeologists treasure: Excavations from Trinity College”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:30pm.
20th – Abingdon – Teresa Witcombe “The Wandering Mind: From Oxford to the Frontiers of Knowledge in the Middle Ages” . Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.
20th – Friends of Vale and Downland Museum – Marie-Louise Kerr “Romans of Oxfordshire: Roman settlement and impact in the local area”. Vale and Downland Museum, Wantage, 7:30pm.
20th – Longworth – Stephen Wass “The Peculiar History of Fishponds and Fishing in Oxfordshire and around”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:15pm.
20th – Stonesfield – “The Avro Vulcan bomber and its role in the Cold War”. St James’s Centre, High Street, 7:30pm.
20th – Sibfords – Tim Healey “A 17th-century Christmas”. Sibford Gower Village Hall, 7:30pm.
20th – Whitchurch & Goring Heath – Bill King “Industrial archaeology in your garage, shed and attic”. Goring Heath Parish Hall, 2:30pm.
21st – Finstock – Doing Their Bit “Rationing and Cookery in WW2 (with food samples)”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
24th – Cumnor – Alan Copeland “Eccentric London, Part 1” (Social Evening). Cumnor Old School, 7:30pm.
24th – Hanney – Andrew Long “Oxfordshire Place Names” . War Memorial Hall, 8:00pm.
24th – Marcham – Robert Evans “God’s acre: writing village history from the graveyard”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:45pm.
24th – Middleton Cheney – Stephen Barker “Armistice 1918 and after”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.
24th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Claire Moores “The rise of the Reading Rooms”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 8:00pm.
24th – Tackley – Robin Gibbons “Tackley’s parson, priests and pastors: some colourful characters through the centuries”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
25th – Kidlington – Charles Boundy “Ice Age to Athelstan – The emergence of England”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
25th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Michael Dawson “The Boathouses of Oxfordshire”. Rewley House, Oxford, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
26th – Dorchester on Thames – Patsy Smith and Denise Line “Education in Dorchester on Thames”. Dorchester Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
27th – Aston – Peter Gibbs “Concord – First to Last” (talk and film). Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.
27th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Dick Richards “The Commonwealth War Graves Commission”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 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”. Online 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 – Hook Norton – Ray Gasson “Farming in Hook Norton”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
2nd – Lower Windrush – Stephen Goss “Oxford’s statues and the forgotten celebrated citizens they remember”. Standlake Village Hall, 7:30pm.
2nd – Oxford Civic Society – Simon Horobin “C.S. Lewis’s Oxford”. Rewley House, Wellington Square, 8:00pm.
2nd – Thame – AGM plus the Launton Handbell Ringers. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
3rd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Colin Harrison “William Turner of Oxford and Shipton-on-Cherwell”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
3rd – Oxford Preservation Trust – Liz Woolley “Dream Palaces: A history of the Ultimate Picture Palace and early cinema in Oxford”. Key Learning Centre, Oxford Castle, 5:30pm. Book at https://app.sheepcrm.com/oxfordpreservation/events/oxfordpreservation-booking-68a2f7e904bb811d408e8ca6/
4th – Charlbury – Liz Woolley “Lord Nuffield’s great generosity to the Oxford colleges”. Online talk, 7:30pm.
5th – Benson – Mike Brook “A Christmas Miscellany: Humorous performance pieces on a seasonal theme”. Parish Hall, 7:00pm.
8th – Chipping Norton – Simon Randall “History in Your Post”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
8th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Sean Callery “Christmas in the Cotswolds”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 8:00pm.
9th – Kidlington – Tim Healey “A Seventeenth-Century Christmas”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
9th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Geoffrey Tyack “Country House Building in South Oxfordshire 1700-1850”. Rewley House, Oxford, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
10th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Gary Sheffield “The Dominion of Fear – The Experiences of Soldiers on the Battlefield in the Two World Wars”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
10th – Florence Park, Oxford – Emma Orton “Covid and the decline of childhood literacy”. Florence Park Community Centre, East Oxford, 7:30pm.
10th – Museum of Oxford – Tim Healey “A 17th-Century Christmas”. Museum of Oxford, Oxford Town Hall, 1:00pm. Booking at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunchtime-talk-a-17th-century-christmas-tickets-1401363940269
10th – Wychwoods – Sean Callery “Christmas in the Cotswolds”. Milton Village Hall, 7:30pm.
11th – Banbury – Stephen Barker “Indian Students at Victorian Oxford”. Education Studio, Banbury Museum, 7:30pm.
11th – Deddington – Simon Wenham “More than three men in a boat: the rise and fall of pleasure boating on the Thames”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
11th – Didcot – Dave Townsend and fiddle player Caroline Butler “Carols and Christmas Music in Rural England in the 19th Century”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
12th – Finstock – Tony Cooper and Kath Lucas “The Wheel of the Year – the history and customs of the seasons in readings and music”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
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.
16th – Iffley – Tim Healey “A Seventeenth-Century Christmas”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
17th – Marcham – Christmas astronomy debate : How does Santa navigate? Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:45pm.
18th – Abingdon – Clare Goodall “A Medieval Christmas with Stories and Music” . Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.
January 2026
5th – Chalgrove – Liz Woolley “Felicia Skene: Oxford writer, prison reformer and friend of the poor”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
5th – South Stoke – Simon Wenham “Living the Lexicon: James Murray & the Creation of the Oxford English Dictionary”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
6th – Hook Norton – Trevor Jackson “Cemeteries of Oxford”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
7th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Lizzy Rowe “John Piper in Oxfordshire”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
8th – Banbury – Stephen Wass “Secret Gardens and Science – Tales from Oxfordshire Gardens 1600 -1680”. Education Studio, Banbury Museum, 7:30pm.
8th – Charlbury – Julie Ingram “Net Zero: food farming and land use”. Online talk, 7:30pm.
8th – Deddington – Marie-Louise Kerr “The Romans of Oxfordshire: Roman settlement and impact in the local area”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
8th – Didcot – John Lowe “History of Oxfordshire Fire Service”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
12th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Penny Walters “Mixing DNA results with a paper trail: Demystifying DNA”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 7:45pm.
12th – Radley – Richard Dudding “Wick Hall: the story of a house and a family” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
12th – Weston on the Green – Stephen Barker “Women in the First World War”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
13th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Martin Watts “Cotswold Archaeology’s Work at Kelmscott”. Online talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
14th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Katherine Carter “Churchill’s Citadel – Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
14th – Wychwoods – Gillian Cane “The Mitford Sisters”. Milton Village Hall, 7:30pm.
15th – Abingdon – Gary Lock “Becoming Roman in Oxfordshire: Excavations at Marcham/Frilford” . Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.
16th – Finstock – Graham Sutton “The Livery Companies of the City of London”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
19th – Goring Gap – Tim Healey “A history of St Giles Fair, Oxford”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
21st – Bloxham – Stephen Goss “The Secret History: Oxfordshire and the Cold War”. Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, 7:30pm.
22nd – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Janice Kinory “Salt in Prehistoric Britain”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 2:30pm
26th – Cumnor – Liz Woolley “Kingerlee: the family and the building firm”. Cumnor Old School, 7:30pm.
26th – Hanney – Sam Seabourne “The Port of Wantage” . War Memorial Hall, 8:00pm.
26th – Marcham – Caroline Rymer “Bugs, Drugs and Goats – how not to plan a career”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:45pm.
26th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Phil Isherwood “Whatever happened to Aunt Gonda? (Looking at mid 20th-century sources) ”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 7:45pm.
26th – Tackley – Stephen Barker “Women in the First World War”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
27th – Kidlington – Dick Richards “The Commonwealth War Graves Commission”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
27th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Nick Wright “Three Houses in St Ebbes: Investigating the History and Development of Oxford Preservation Trust’s Houses in Turn Again Lane” (The Oxfordshire Buildings Record Lecture). Online talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
February 2026
2nd – Chalgrove – AGM followed by Colin Oakes “St Brides Church: London’s History in one Building”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
2nd – South Stoke – Steve Capel-Davies “Ways Over Water-Thames Crossings”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
3rd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Taylor Downing “1983 – The World at the Brink”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
3rd – Hook Norton – Tim Healey “Apples – Myth and Mystery”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
3rd – Lower Windrush – Bill King “Glenn Miller: the magic and the mystery”. Standlake Village Hall, 7:30pm.
4th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Antonia Keaney “Lights, Camera, Action: Behind the Scenes at Blenheim Palace”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
5th – Charlbury – Tim Bryan “Brunel, GWR and the Cotswold Line”. Online talk, 7:30pm.
5th – South Oxfordshire Archaeological Group (SOAG) – Amy Styring “What chemistry can tell us about the human past”. Online, 7:30pm.
9th – Chipping Norton – Hugh Thomas “RAF Flying Training in the Chipping Norton area in WW2”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
9th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Rebecca Probert “The crime of bigamy, 1604-2024: a guide for family historians”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 7:45pm.
9th – Radley – Steven Gunn “Everyday life and accidental death in 16th century Oxfordshire and Berkshire” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
10th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Ben Ford “Initial Results from Recent Excavations at Oriel College and Hertford College”. Online talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
11th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Gordon Rogers “Churchill’s Toyshop”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
11th – Wychwoods – “Witney Blankets or the New Mill”. Milton Village Hall, 7:30pm.
12th – Banbury – Elizabeth Gemmill “Medieval British Women: Myth and Reality”. Education Studio, Banbury Museum, 7:30pm.
12th– Deddington – Trevor Jackson “RAF Brize Norton: over 80 years of flying operations”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
12th – Didcot – Marie-Louise Kerr “Famous Local Folk: Blue Plaques of South Oxfordshire”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
16th – Bicester – John May “The Role of the High Sheriff of Oxfordshire”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
16th – Goring Gap – Sue Ellis “Not all beer and skittles”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
17th – Iffley – Edmund Gray “ A brilliant circle of Arts and Crafts designers”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
18th – Bloxham – Members’ Night (some of our members share their historical interests). Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, 7:30pm.
19th – Abingdon – Martin Buckland “Malting and Brewing in Abingdon” . Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.
20th – Finstock – Melanie King “Cold Comforts – the Ice Houses of Oxfordshire”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
23rd – Cumnor – Karen & Bret Wiles “Life on the Home Front in WW2”. Cumnor Old School, 7:30pm.
23rd – Hanney – Gillian Cane “Coleshill- Nerve Centre of British Resistance” . War Memorial Hall, 8:00pm.
23rd – Marcham – Andrew Mann and Barry Hudson “Those other village voices, the birds that share our gardens with us”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:45pm.
23rd – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Tim Healey “Drovers’ Roads in Oxfordshire and beyond”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 7:45pm.
23rd – Tackley – “Collections and recollections” (details tbc). Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
24th – Kidlington – Ann & John Ford “Morris Minors in the Media – not about engines and gearboxes”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
24th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Peter Steere “’A Good Man for his Age’: Dr W.T.G. Woodforde, Abingdon Medical Officer of Health 1873-1908”. Online talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
26th – Aston – Ken Langford and Susie Fletcher “Saddlery & Leather”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.
26th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Lizzie Rowe “Christopher Wren’s Oxford”. St Mary’s Church, Kirtlington (n.b. not the usual venue), 2:30pm.
March 2026
2nd – Chalgrove – Bill King “Dad’s Underground Army: the Auxiliary Units of the British Resistance Organisation”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
2nd – South Stoke – Joseph Rogers “Tithe Barns”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
3rd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) –John Curatola “US Eighth Air Force over Europe in WW2”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
3rd – Hook Norton – Robert Hudson “Elizabeth Woodville – Edward IV’s scandalous wife”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
3rd – Lower Windrush – Stephen Barker “Tricks of the Trade: Spying in WWI”. Standlake Village Hall, 7:30pm.
4th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – David Meara “50 Gems of Oxfordshire”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
5th – Charlbury – Gill Perkins “Charlbury welcomes bumblebees”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
5th – South Oxfordshire Archaeological Group (SOAG) – Martin Bell “The Long Man of Wilmington, a very enigmatic chalk figure”. Sonning Common Village Hall, 7:30pm.
9th – Chipping Norton – AGM followed by Tony Cooper “The Great Prize Fight at White Oak Green 1846”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
9th – Friends of Uffington Museum – Sem Seabourne “Black Wantage”. Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
9th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Carol Anderson “The Woodstock cut-steel industry (postponed from 2025) ”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 7:45pm.
9th – Radley – John Lowe “Always Ready, Always Willing: Fires and firefighting in the city of Oxford from 879 to 1974” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
9th – Weston on the Green – Simon Wenham “Poverty, Pestilence and Public Health in Victorian Britain”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
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.
11th – Wychwoods – Tracey Bowers “The Joint Casualty & Compassionate Centre (Armed Forces & Veterans Services)”. Milton Village Hall, 7:30pm.
12th – Banbury – Tom Crook “The corruption of Parliament? A brief history of where MPs get their money from, 1800-2025”. Education Studio, Banbury Museum, 7:30pm.
12th – Deddington – Christopher Hotten “The Man who Saved England: James Lees–Milne”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
12th – Didcot – Candida Adkins “World War Two Ferry Pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA)”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
16th – Goring Gap – Richard Marks “The history of the Great Western Railway in Berkshire”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
17th – Iffley – Liz Woolley “Leisure and Entertainment in Victorian and Edwardian Oxford”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
18th – Bloxham – Film Night (rare ‘shorts’ covering aspects of the local history of our area). Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, 7:30pm.
19th – Abingdon – Roger Thomas “The Medieval Streets of Abingdon” . Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.
20th – Finstock – Tim Healey “The Drove Roads of Oxfordshire”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
23rd – Hanney – John Naylor “The Watlington Hoard” . War Memorial Hall, 8:00pm.
23rd – Marcham – Alan Bovingdon-Cox “The History of RAF Abingdon”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:45pm.
23rd – Tackley – Deborah Hayter “’The Poor law in the 18th century: crisis in the parishes”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
26th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Sean Callery “The Story of the Cotswolds”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm
30th – Cumnor – Mark Davies “James Sadler: the Oxford air balloon pioneer”. Cumnor Old School, 7:30pm.
31st – Kidlington – John Duddington “Wick Hall – from bin bag to book”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
April 2026
2nd – Charlbury – Marjorie Glasgow “The Oxfordshire Lieutenancy”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
2nd – South Oxfordshire Archaeological Group (SOAG) – AGM followed by Francesca Giarelli “Archaeological discoveries at the Brookside Meadows site, Grove”. Sonning Common Village Hall, 7:30pm.
7th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) –Paul Whittle “River Kwai Railway – The True Story”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
7th – Hook Norton – Tim Guile “The 1549 Oxfordshire Rising”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
7th – Lower Windrush – Andrew Long “Oxfordshire place names”. Standlake Village Hall, 7:30pm.
8th – Wychwoods – Family genealogy evening”. Milton Village Hall, 7:30pm.
9th – Deddington – Carol Anderson “All that glitters: Woodstock’s cut steel industry”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
9th – Didcot – AGM and Maurice East “The History of Headington”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
13th – Chalgrove – Marie-Louise Kerr “Oxford’s Penicillin: the forgotten WW2 story of the development of penicillin by scientists”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
13th – Chipping Norton – Ramon Gater “Chastleton Graves”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
13th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Simon Davies “Family History Archive on wearexyz”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 7:45pm.
13th – Radley – Hubert Zawadzki “My Polish father’s experience in WW2 from Gulag to Normandy and Scotland” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
15th – Bloxham – Members of the Bloxham Underground Tunnels Society “Bloxham’s Underground Tunnels” (tbc). Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, 7:30pm.
15th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Chris Leworthy “Operation Chastise – The Dambusters Raid”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
16th – Banbury – Map evening; details to be confirmed. Education Studio, Banbury Museum, 7:30pm.
17th – Finstock – David Pratley “Finstock Life – a long-standing Finstock character in conversation about changes and events in the village over the years”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
20th – Goring Gap – Malcolm Summers “Greyfriars, Reading: prison to parish church”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
21st – Iffley – Christina Hardyment “Alyce Chaucer: The Facts and the Fictions”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
27th – Cumnor – AGM and Melanie King “‘Taking the Waters’: the waxing and waning of the English spa”. Cumnor Old School, 7:30pm.
27th – Hanney – Richard Marks “The Wantage Tramway” . War Memorial Hall, 8:00pm.
27th – Marcham – David Guyoncourt “The Wildlife of Radley Lakes”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:45pm.
27th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Simon Doyle “How AI can save you hours when researching your family history”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 7:45pm.
27th – Tackley – Anni Byard “Tackley: The Dig at Gibraltar Point”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
28th – Appleton with Eaton – Jane Harrison “Besselsleigh Manor dig update”. Appleton Village Hall, 7:30pm.
28th – Kidlington – John Caldecott “The story of how John (a foundling baby) found his mother (the rest of the story)”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
30th – Aston – AGM and in-house session “Aston and Cote Field Names”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.
May 2026
5th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Guy Bartlett “Operation NIMROD – SAS in Action”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
5th – Hook Norton – AGM followed by Stephen Wass “Baddesley Clinton & Packwood House: Recent archaeological discoveries”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
7th – Charlbury – Marie-Louise Kerr “Oxfordshire on Canvas”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
11th – Chalgrove – Julie Ann Godson “Free Spirits of Oxfordshire: true originals from history”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
11th – Chipping Norton – George Lambrick “The Rollright Stones”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
11th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Richard Marks “Royal Navy WW1 (part one of two talks) ”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online, 7:45pm.
11th – Radley – Mike Hurst “Tracks to trenches: railway activities in southern England and France during WW1” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
11th – Weston on the Green – Tim Healey “Drovers’ Roads in Oxfordshire and Beyond”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
13th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Stephen Goss “The War that No One Wanted: The Origins of the Great War”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
13th – Wychwoods – AGM followed by “From the Archive”. Milton Village Hall, 7:30pm.
14th – Deddington – Tim Healey “The Green Man Trail in Oxfordshire”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
14th – Didcot – David Taylor “Period Houses of Didcot”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.
15th – Finstock – Neil Huband “The Home Front in Oxfordshire – a look at the industrial, agricultural and social changes enforced by WW2”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
18th – Goring Gap – Mike Cooper “The defence of Reading from the Vikings to the Civil War”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
18th – Hanney – Timothy Walker “History of Oxford Botanic Garden” . War Memorial Hall, 8:00pm.
19th – Iffley – Malcolm Graham “Removing nuisances, creating vistas: the work of the Oxford Paving Commissioners 1771-1800”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm.
20th – Bloxham – Martin Buckland “Canal People”. Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, 7:30pm.
21st – Abingdon – Clare Sargent “Rediscovering Capability Brown at Radley Hall” . Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.
25th – Marcham – Ricky Smith “The History of Rycote Chapel”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:45pm.
26th – Kidlington – Andrew Shapland “Knossos – Myth or Reality”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
June 2026
1st – Chalgrove – Melanie King “Taking the Waters: the waxing and the waning of the English spa”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.
1st – South Stoke – Dick Richards “The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Archives”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
2nd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – James Porter “German Occupation of the Channel Islands”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
8th – Radley – Stephen Wass “Garden archaeology: not that kind of digging” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
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.
11th – Deddington – Alastair Lack “CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
18th – Abingdon – Open evening with presentations by members. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.
22nd – Marcham – Catherine Sampson “Berkshire and South Oxfordshire Churches: hidden gems and stories”. Marcham Centre, Barrow Close, 7:45pm.
30th – Kidlington – AGM and members evening with coffee and quiz. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
July 2026
6th – South Stoke – Andrew Long “The Naming of Oxfordshire Pubs”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
7th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Robert Verkaik “Arnhem and the Cambridge Spies”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
13th – Radley – Victoria Bentata “Alice and the Dodo in Oxford” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
13th – Weston on the Green – Nick Millea “The Message in the Map”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
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.
28th – Kidlington – Al Sylvester “Exercise Southern Reach – the conception of an Antarctic expedition”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
September 2026
14th – Radley – AGM and Melanie King “Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough: taking the waters in Bath, Scarborough and Windsor Great Park” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
October 2026
6th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Richard Gibbons “Berlin – A Divided City”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
14th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Ross Beadle “There was more to it than Tanks – The Battle of Cambrai”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
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.
November 2026
3rd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Richard Phillips “German Spies in Britain in WW2”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
9th – Weston on the Green – Tim Healey “A Victorian Christmas”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
11th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Chris Finn “Buccaneer and Tornado Operations in Operation GRANBY”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
16th – Bicester – Nigel Walton “1918 – Peace & Remembrance in Bicester”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
December 2026
15th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Helen Fry “The White Lady – The story of British Intelligence Networks behind German Lines”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
January 2027
13th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Linda Parker “Rudolf Hess – His Flight to England”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
February 2027
2nd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Rachel Pistol “World War Two Internment in UK and USA”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
March 2027
2nd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – James Porter “Battle of Narvik 1940”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
10th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Jack Bowsher “Battle of Burma – Meiktila”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
April 2027
14th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Andy Richardson “Britain’s Atomic V Bombers – The Ultimate Peacekeepers”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
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