February 2026
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; e-mail memsec.charlsoc@gmail.com for further details.
5th – Eynsham – Neil Wilson “The Wreck of the Cataraqui”. St Leonard’s Church Hall, Thames Street, 7:30pm.
5th – South Oxfordshire Archaeological Group (SOAG) – Amy Styring “What chemistry can tell us about the human past”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail events@soagarch.org.uk for further details.
7th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – David Innes “The Pegasus Bridge Story: In Their Own Words”. SOFO Museum, 2:00pm. More details and tickets: https://www.sofo.org.uk/product/pegasus-bridge-in-their-own-words-screening-with-qa-with-brigadier-retd-david-innes/
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 talk, 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.
10th – Thame – Melanie King “Do women make better spies than men?” Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
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 – Florence Park, Oxford – Simon Wenham “Salters Steamers”. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, 7:30pm.
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.
12th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Tim Mitchell “The History of Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden”. Online talk, 6:00pm, booking at https://ogtevents.eventcube.io/.
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 – the history of brewing”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
17th – Adderbury – Charlie Ross “Antiques and a little bit of nonsense”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.
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.
18th – Faringdon – Bill King “Women of Bletchley Park”. Old Town Hall, Market Place, 7:45pm.
18th – Littlemore – Philip Salmon “John Henry Newman”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:30pm.
19th – Abingdon – Martin Buckland “Malting and Brewing in Abingdon” . Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.
19th – Army Benevolent Fund Oxfordshire & Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust (Woodstock) – Tim Waugh “Confrontation or Cooperation: The International Situation in the Arctic Ocean”. SOFO Museum, Woodstock, 7:00pm. More details and tickets: https://www.sofo.org.uk/product/confrontation-or-cooperation-the-international-challenge-in-the-arctic-tim-waugh-cbe-7pm-19-february-2026/.
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 talk, 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 WTG Woodforde, Abingdon Medical Officer of Health 1873-1908”. Online talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
25th – Dorchester-on-Thames – John Leighfield “Putting Dorchester on the map from Gough to Google”. Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
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.
26th – Launton – Deborah Hayter “Common Right, Private Property – How Enclosure Shaped the Oxfordshire Landscape”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
27th – Bensington – AGM and Graham Twemlow “Recording Britain: Celebrating the country’s natural beauty and architectural heritage”. Benson Parish Hall, 7:00pm.
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 – Eynsham – Melanie King “The Curious History of English Prophets”. St Leonard’s Church Hall, Thames Street, 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.
6th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust (Woodstock) – Al Murray “A Passion for History”. Blenheim Palace, 6:30pm. More details and tickets: https://www.sofo.org.uk/product/an-evening-with-al-murray-a-passion-for-history-6-30pm-6-march-2026-blenheim-palace/
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.
10th – Thame – Simon Draper “Lines in the Landscape: Decoding Boundaries”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 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.
10th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Duncan Murdock “Uncovering Oxfordshire’s Dinosaur Highway” (The Tom Hassall Lecture). Rewley House, Oxford, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php.
11th – Enstone – Jo Willett “Sarah Syddons: the first celebrity actress”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone, 7:00pm.
11th – Florence Park, Oxford – Jan Marshall “Oxford’s twin towns”. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, 7:30pm.
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.
12th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Laura Burt “Inside Out – the Story of Developing Two Gardens at Bullingdon Prison”. Online talk, 6:00pm, booking at https://ogtevents.eventcube.io/.
16th – Adderbury – AGM followed by Bill Williams “Were they the Champions? ” Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.
16th – Bicester – Nigel Collett “St Edburg, Fact or Fiction?” Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
16th – Goring Gap – Richard Marks “The GWR in Victorian Britain”. 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.
18th – Faringdon – Martin Buckland “the wilts & Bucks Canal, past, present and future”. Old Town Hall, Market Place, 7:45pm.
18th – Littlemore – Maurice East “Detroit on Thames: How car production started in Oxford”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:30pm.
19th – Abingdon – Roger Thomas “The Medieval Streets of Abingdon” . Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.
19th – Stonesfield – Douglas Rudlin “Stonesfield’s Nine Pubs”. St James’s Centre, High Street, 7:30pm. Contact megsoc25@gmail.com in advance to check availability of places.
20th – Finstock – Tim Healey “The Drove Roads of Oxfordshire”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
21st – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Mike Tickner “The Battle of Singapore”. SOFO Museum, 2:00pm. More details and tickets: https://www.sofo.org.uk/product/the-battle-of-singapore-with-lt-col-mike-tickner-2pm-21-march-2026/
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.
25th – Dorchester-on-Thames – Viviane Quirke “Oxford’s place in the history of penicillin”. Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
26th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Sean Callery “The Story of the Cotswolds”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.
26th – Launton – Frank Collingwood “The Oxford Bus Museum at Long Hanborough”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
27th – Bensington – Tom Way “Tooth, Claw and Mane: Images from recent photographic trips including tigers in India and the Big 5 in Africa”. Benson Parish 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
1st – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Charles Pither “How to forge a secret agent: the history of the Briggens House forgery unit”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
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.
6th – Friends of Uffington Museum – Gillian Cane “Coleshill – Nerve Centre of British Resistance”. Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, Broad Street, 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 – Florence Park, Oxford – Charlotte Ellis “The Gestapo and my granny”. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, 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.
9th – Enstone – Juliet Heslewood “William Morris and the Cotswolds”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone, 7:00pm.
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 talk, 7:45pm.
13th – Radley – Hubert Zawadzki “My Polish father’s experience in WW2 from Gulag to Normandy and Scotland” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
14th – Thame – Dick Richards “The Commonwealth War Graves Commission”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 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.
15th – Faringdon – Bjorn Watson “Cromwell”. Old Town Hall, Market Place, 7:45pm.
15th – Littlemore – Liz Woolley “From Axtell to Zacharias: the men who built Oxford”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:30pm.
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.
18th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Robert Lyman “What do we still forget about the ‘Forgotten War’?”. SOFO Museum, 2:00pm. More details and tickets: https://www.sofo.org.uk/product/what-do-we-still-forget-about-the-forgotten-war-talk-with-dr-robert-lyman-2pm-sat-18-april-2026/
20th – Adderbury – Ian Myson “Doreen Warriner (1904-72): unsung humanitarian hero”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.
20th – Bicester – Robert Evans “Highways & Byways: History of our Footpaths”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
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.
24th – Bensington – Liz Woolley “Felicia Skene: Oxford writer, prison reformer and friend to the poor”. Benson Parish Hall, 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 talk, 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.
29th – Dorchester-on-Thames – Malcolm Airs “‘The most beautiful landscape in the world’, Nuneham Courtenay”. Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
30th – Aston – AGM and in-house session “Aston and Cote Field Names”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.
30th – Launton – Stephen Wass “The Secret Gardens of Oxfordshire and the Birth of Modern Science”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
May 2026
4th – Friends of Uffington Museum – Lauren Golding “Myths, Monuments, and Memory”. Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, Broad Street, 7:30pm.
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.
6th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Duncan Murdock “Uncovering Oxfordshire’s Dinosaur Highway”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
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 talk, 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.
12th – Thame – Mark Davies “Binsey and Medley: some religious, literary and personal insights”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 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.
13th – Enstone – ffiona Perigrinor/Caroline Barron “Edward Marshall and the Church Enstone Fountain”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone, 7:00pm.
13th – Florence Park, Oxford – Martin Stott “900 years of East Oxford”. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, 7:30pm.
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 – Adderbury – George Lambrick “The Rollright Stones: archaeology, history and folklore”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.
18th – Bicester – Nick Millea “The Gough Map: getting about in mediaeval Britain”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
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.
20th – Faringdon – Liz Woolley “From Axtell to Zacharias: The men who built Oxford”. Old Town Hall, Market Place, 7:45pm.
20th – Littlemore – Mark Davies “Alice in Waterland: The Thames as Lewis Carroll’s inspiration”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 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.
27th – Dorchester-on-Thames – Edward Metcalfe “The History of Dorchester’s Allotments”. Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.
28th – Launton – Andrew Long “The Naming of Oxfordshire Pubs”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
29th – Bensington – Yvonne Parks “Bees in the UK: The fascinating world of bees, and the huge role they play in our ecosystem”. Benson Parish Hall, 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.
3rd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – AGM followed by Mark Davies “A Literary Waterways’ Tour: flowing words & ‘liquid history’”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:00pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
8th – Radley – Stephen Wass “Garden archaeology: not that kind of digging” . St James Church, 7:30pm.
9th – Thame – John Naylor “The Viking-Age World of the Watlington Hoard”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
10th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Mike Tickner “The Battle for Singapore”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.
10th – Florence Park, Oxford – Graham Rinaldi “Richard Burton’s Oxford”. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, 7:30pm.
11th – Deddington – Alastair Lack “CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien”. Primary School, 7:30pm.
13th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Ben Barry “The Rise and Fall of the British Army 1975 – 2025”. SOFO Museum, 2:00pm. More details and tickets: https://www.sofo.org.uk/product/the-rise-fall-of-the-british-army-1975-2025-talk-2pm-13-june-2026/
15th – Bicester – Simon Wenham “Crime & Punishment in Victorian Britain”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
17th – Faringdon – Mark Davies “Stories of Oxford castle”. Old Town Hall, Market Place, 7:45pm.
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.
25th – Launton – Tim Healey “St Giles Fair”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
30th – Kidlington – AGM and members evening with coffee and quiz. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
July 2026
1st – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Angie Bolton and Nicole Perry-Bradford “Folklore – an Oxfordshire Museum Exhibition”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
6th – Friends of Uffington Museum – Mike White “Oxfordshire’s Highwaymen”. Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, Broad Street, 7:30pm.
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 zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
8th – Florence Park, Oxford – Max Farrer “The big flame – radical leftist politics in the 1970s”. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, 7:30pm.
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.
14th – Thame –Patrick Leavey “The Stained Glass of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
15th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Guy Walters “Berlin Games – How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.
20th – Adderbury – Neil Wilson “Oxfordshire Emigrants on the Cataraqui ship 1845”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.
28th – Kidlington – Al Sylvester “Exercise Southern Reach – the conception of an Antarctic expedition”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.
September 2026
2nd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Nigel Leavy “Oxfordshire: the Silicon Valley of Formula 1”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
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.
21st – Adderbury – Rowena E Archer “The rise and fall of Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk (d. 1475)”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.
21st – Goring Gap – Karen & Brett Wiles “The Women’s Institute in World War II”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
24th – Launton – Joseph Rogers “Tithe Barns”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
25th – Bensington – Tim Coulson “‘The Greatest Story ever Told’: The history of you, me and everything – of how we all came to be”. Benson Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
October 2026
6th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Richard Gibbons “Berlin – A Divided City”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
7th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Jemma Davey “Celebrating 60 years of the Oxfordshire Museum”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
8th – Thame – John Gilbert “Tetsworth Through the Ages”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
13th – Thame – Tim Healey “The Green Man Trail in Oxfordshire”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
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.
15th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Laura Mayer “Jane Austen and the English Landscape Garden”. Online talk, 6:00pm, booking at https://ogtevents.eventcube.io/.
19th – Adderbury – Melanie King “Cold Comforts: The hidden ice houses of Oxfordshire”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.
19th – Goring Gap – Katrina Cooper “Soldiery of the English Civil War seen through the lens of the Sealed Knot”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
21st – Littlemore – Katie Hambrook “The Littlemore Psalter”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:30pm.
29th – Launton – Graham Harrison “Aspects of Prehistoric Britain”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
30th – Bensington – Edwina Johnson “Three Wayward Women and Wallingford Castle: Dark deeds in the shadows of history”. Benson Parish Hall, 7:30pm.
November 2026
3rd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Richard Phillips “German Spies in Britain in WW2”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
4th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Byron Russell “Everyday Life at North Leigh Roman Villa, 300AD”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
7th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Ross Beadle “The Origins of the Schlieffen Plan”. SOFO Museum, 2:00pm. More details and tickets: https://www.sofo.org.uk/whats-on/
9th – Weston on the Green – Tim Healey “A Victorian Christmas”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
10th – Thame – Charles Boundy “A Norman Inquest. The Aftermath of 1066: what it really meant for England”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
11th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Chris Finn “Buccaneer and Tornado Operations in Operation GRANBY”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.
16th – Adderbury – Simon and Patrick Bradshaw “Lampreys of Banbury”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.
16th – Bicester – Nigel Walton “1918 – Peace & Remembrance in Bicester”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
16th – Goring Gap – Melvin Seaborne “Black Wantage”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
19th – Stonesfield – Deborah Hayter “Lost Villages of Oxfordshire”. St James’s Centre, High Street, 7:30pm. Contact megsoc25@gmail.com in advance to check availability of places.
19th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Oliver Spacey “Mistletoe: Magic, Myths and Mysteries”. Online talk, 6:00pm, booking at https://ogtevents.eventcube.io/.
December 2026
1st – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Jerry Cockeram “The Long Range Desert Group – Pirates of the Desert”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
2nd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Gillian Cane “A Tour of the Bodleian Library”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
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.
21st – Goring Gap – Malcolm Summers “Signs of the times: Some of Reading’s memorials”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
January 2027
6th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Colin Hill “Swalcliffe Barn, Behind the Scenes”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
13th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Gary Sheffield “The Dominion of Fear”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.
18th – Goring Gap – Roy Larkin “The invisible corps”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
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.
3rd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Liz Woolley “From Axtell to Zacharias: The men who built Oxford”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
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.
15th – Goring Gap – Nick Millea “Maps as art”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
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.
3rd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Lizzy Rowe “William Morris: An Oxfordshire Designer, Artist and Writer”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.
10th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Jack Bowsher “Battle of Burma – Meiktila”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.
15th – Goring Gap – Aldon Ferguson “The lady pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary in World War II”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
April 2027
6th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Andy Stuart “Churchill’s Intervention In Northern Russia: 1918-20”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
14th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Andy Richardson “Britain’s Atomic V Bombers – The Ultimate Peacekeepers”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.
19th – Goring Gap – Debbie Hall “Adventures in maps”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
May 2027
12th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Matthias Strohn “The Battle for Berlin”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.
17th – Goring Gap – Mike Tickner “A headache and a heartache: The Indian Army at partition”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
July 2027
6th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Mike Nicholas “The Battle of Ulundi”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
September 2027
20th – Goring Gap – Robert Hulse “Watermen and lightermen of the Thames”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
October 2027
5th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – James Goulty “Air War Korea”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
18th – Goring Gap – Liz Woolley Dream Palaces: a History of the Ultimate Picture Palace and early cinema in Oxford”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
November 2027
15th – Goring Gap – Rob Clarke “Brunel and his Great Western legacy in Reading, Bristol and the Thames Valley”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
December 2027
5th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Spencer Jones “U-Boat War 1914-1918”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.
20th – Goring Gap – Timothy Walker “The twelve plants of Christmas”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
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