There are talks on a wide variety of local history subjects going on all over the county more or less every weekday. During the Covid-19 lockdown period many groups organised on-line talks, and these proved very popular. They have the advantage of being accessible to everyone, wherever you are in the world! In some cases these are continuing; other groups are hoping to return to face-to-face meetings from September 2021 onwards.
Talks which we know are happening are listed below. Note that a small charge may be made for non-members to attend (on-line or in person).
For other events and exhibitions see this page.
September 2021
22nd – Buckinghamshire Military Museum Trust – Helen Fry “Walls have ears: Latimer, Wilton Park and the Second World War”. On-line talk, 7:00pm, book at http://tiny.cc/9dkiuz
23rd – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Tim Healey “Apples: The Myth and Mystery of England’s Favourite Fruit”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.
27th – Cumnor – Mark Davies “A literary tour of Oxford(shire) Waterways”. Old School, 7:30pm.
27th – Hanney – Janice Kinory “Salt production, distribution and use in Prehistoric and Roman Britain”. War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 8:00pm.
27th – Marcham – AGM followed by Jim Asher “Butterflies, Marcham and Lockdown”. Marcham Centre, 7:30pm.
27th – Middleton Cheney – Marie-Louise Kerr “Romans of Oxfordshire”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.
29th – Buckinghamshire Military Museum Trust – David Abrutat “Tracking spies: Hanslope and the WW2 Radio Tracking Service”. On-line talk, 7:00pm, book at http://tiny.cc/9dkiuz
29th – Shrivenham – Neil Maw “Saving 41 documents concerning Shrivenham from Ebay, and how important they have turned out to be”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
30th – Bloxham – Julie Anne Lambert “The Art of Advertising”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, register by e-mailing ian_myson@hotmail.com
30th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Clare Sargent “Capability Brown at Radley: rediscovering a lost landscape”. On-line talk, 6:00pm, register at https://ogtevents.eventcube.io
October 2021
5th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote)– Kathy Quinlan Flatter and Linda Parker “The Blitz in London December 1940”. On-line talk, 2:00pm, register by e-mailing zoom@bmmhs.org
5th – Hook Norton – Dominic Sandbrook “Britain in the 1980s”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
6th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum – Angie Bolton “Rich Pickings in the Museum Services Archaeology Collection from the Palaeolithic to the late Medieval”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, register by e-mailing contact@FriendsOfTOM.org.uk
7th – Charlbury – Simon Townley “Cornbury Park: Research from the VCH”. On-line talk, 8:00pm, email talks.charlsoc@gmail.com to enquire.
7th – Eynsham – Nicholas Clapton “Another Renaissance: English Music from 1897-1945”. Church Hall, Thames Street, 7:30pm.
7th – Oxford Civic Society – Nigel Fisher “Wytham Woods in a changing world: the past, present and future of Oxford University’s ‘Laboratory with Leaves’”. Magdalen College Auditorium, Longwall Street, 8:00pm.
11th – Chipping Norton – Visit to Churchill Museum with talk by Christine Gower “The abandoned Village of Churchill”. Churchill Museum, 2:00pm.
11th – Radley – Hubert Zawadzki “The Land of the White Eagle: the Story of Poland”. St James the Great Church, 7:30pm.
12th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Julie Dunne “Finding Oxford’s Medieval Jewry using Organic Residue Analysis, Faunal Records and Historical Documents”. On-line talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php (OAHS members only).
12th – Stanford in the Vale – Speaker tbc “The rise and fall of boating on the Thames”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.
12th – Thame – Paul Barnet “In Defence of the Drift”. Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
13th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Gareth Glover “Waterloo Myths and the Quest for the Truth”. Woodcote Willage Hall (Covid-allowing), 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org to confirm venue.
13th – Buckinghamshire Military Museum Trust – Juliette Pattinson “Carve their names with pride: female secret agents in the Second World War”. On-line talk, 7:00pm, book at http://tiny.cc/9dkiuz
13th – Wolvercote – AGM followed by Alison McDonald “10,000 Years of Life Beside the Thames”. Village Hall. 7:30pm.
13th – Wychwoods – David Young “Primitive Methodism”. Milton-under-Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.
14th – Banbury – Nick Lipscombe “Combined Arms Tactics in the English Civil War”. Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, 7:30 pm, and streamed live via Microsoft Teams; for further information e-mail simon.townsend@banburymuseum.org
14th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Timothy Walker “The Harcourt Arboretum – the first 50 years”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.
15th – Finstock – Tony Cooper “The Great Prize Fight at Whiteoak Green, 1846”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
18th – Adderbury – Ciaran Walsh “The Otmoor Riots in a Wider Context”. Adderbury Institute, 7:30pm.
18th – Bicester – Sheila Allcock “Homes fit for Heroes: The Centenary of Council Houses”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
18th – Goring Gap – Paul Henderson “James Sowerby: Enlightenment, Art and Science”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
19th – Clanfield & Bampton – Alan Larkman “Birds in our locality”. Carter Institute, Main Street, Clanfield, 7:30pm.
19th – Iffley – AGM and Deborah Hayter “Ridge and Furrow – What’s it all about?”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm. Non-members please contact Paul Butler on mpetipa@ntlworld.com in advance, as places may be limited.
20th – Bloxham – Ian Keable “The Century of Deception: The Birth of the Hoax in the Eighteenth Century”. 7:30pm, format tbc, contact ian_myson@hotmail.com for further information.
20th – Enstone – ffiona Perigrinor “The Hazards of Medieval Pilgimage: Marjery Kempe and her fellowship (1414-1417)”. 7:30pm; e-mail johnch.pritchard@tiscali.co.uk for venue.
21st – Longworth -Julie Ann Godson “On This Day in Oxfordshire”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
21st – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Advolly Richmond “Flora Domestica: A Social History of Indoor Pot Plants”. On-line talk, 6:00pm, register at https://ogtevents.eventcube.io
21st – Wychwoods – David Young “Primitive Methodism”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, register by e-mailing mail@wychwoodshistory.uk
22nd – Thame Museum – Susan Fern “The Lenborough Hoard and the Buckingham Mint”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, tickets from www.thamemuseum.org/whats-on/talks-online/
25th – Cumnor – Liz Woolley “Victorian and Edwardian industrial buildings of Oxford”. Old School, 7:30pm.
25th – Hanney – Trevor Jackson “The history of RAF Brize Norton – from 1936 to the present day”. War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 8:00pm.
25th – Marcham – Alastair Lack “The History of St John’s College”. Marcham Centre, 7:30pm.
25th – Middleton Cheney – Brian Goodey “The People who lived at The Holt”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.
25th – Tackley – John Perkins “Revisiting The Romans in Tackley”. Memorial Hall, 8:00pm.
26th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – George Lambrick “‘The Brothers Whose Buildings Now Soar to Regal Heights’: Matthew Paris and the Mendicants in Medieval Oxford”. On-line talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php (OAHS members only).
27th – South Stoke – Tim Healey “Apples: the myth and mystery of England’s favourite fruit”. Village Hall, 2:15pm.
28th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Mark Davies “James Sadler: Oxford pastry cook and First English Aeronaut”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.
November 2021
2nd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote)– Gary Sheffield “The Role of NCOs in the armies of the British Empire 1914 – 1945”. On-line talk, 2:00pm, register by e-mailing zoom@bmmhs.org
2nd – Hook Norton – Tim Healey “Sex, Drink and Health in the 17th century”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
3rd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum – Alice Foster “In Memoriam: War in Art and Literature”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, register by e-mailing contact@FriendsOfTOM.org.uk
4th – Charlbury – Rod Evans “A whistle-stop tour of the planning system loosely based on 23 years a planning inspector”. On-line talk, 8:00pm, email talks.charlsoc@gmail.com to enquire.
4th – Eynsham – Peter Burnett “The Devil’s Picture Book: Playing Cards and their story”. Church Hall, Thames Street, 7:30pm.
4th – Oxford Civic Society – Mark Davies “150 Years of ‘Through the Looking-Glass’”. Magdalen College Auditorium, Longwall Street, 8:00pm.
8th – Chipping Norton – Mike Hurst “Old Time Christmas”. Methodist Church Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
8th – Radley – Timothy Walker “The Harcourt Arboretum”. St James the Great Church, 7:30pm.
9th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Lee Prosser and Tansy Collins “Baltic Timber Marks” (The Oxfordshire Buildings Record Lecture). On-line talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php (OAHS and OBR members only).
9th – Oxfordshire Buildings Record – Lee Prosser “Baltic timber marks”. Details from events@obr.org.uk
9th – Thame – Liz Woolley “Oxfordshire and the Spanish Civil War”. Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.
10th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Paul Beaver “Suez”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, register by e-mailing zoom@bmmhs.org
10th – Shrivenham – Bjorn Watson “The Claridge family”. Memorial Hall, 7:30pm.
10th – Wychwoods – Juliet Heslewood “William Morris and the Cotswolds”. Milton-under-Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.
11th – Banbury – Anni Byard “Archaeology, artefacts and a career in ruins”. Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, 7:30 pm, and streamed live via Microsoft Teams; for further information e-mail simon.townsend@banburymuseum.org
11th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Liz Woolley “The common lodging house in Victorian England”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.
12th – Thame Museum – Tom Crook “The Big Stink: The Victorian Battle Against Dirt”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, tickets from www.thamemuseum.org/whats-on/talks-online/
15th – Adderbury – Barry Davis “The Cawley Family of Adderbury House”. Adderbury Institute, 7:30pm.
15th – Bicester – Liz Woolley “’No Other Way’: Oxfordshire’s involvement in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-9”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.
15th – Goring Gap – Nicola Tallis “Lady Jane Grey”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
16th – Iffley – Wendy Morrison “Beacons of the past: revealing a prehistoric landscape”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm. Non-members please contact Paul Butler on mpetipa@ntlworld.com in advance, as places may be limited.
17th – Bloxham – AGM and Tim Healey “The Green Man Trail in Oxfordshire”. 7:30pm, format tbc, contact ian_myson@hotmail.com for further information.
17th – Littlemore – Malcolm Airs “Nuneham Courtenay: ‘…one of the most beautiful landscapes in the world’”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, further information from https://littlemorelocalhistorysociety.wordpress.com/2021-programme/
18th – Longworth -Alastair Lack “Oxford of Inspector Morse”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
18th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Susannah Charlton 20th-Century Gardens and Landscapes”. On-line talk, 6:00pm, register at https://ogtevents.eventcube.io
18th – Wychwoods – Juliet Heslewood “William Morris and the Cotswolds”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, register by e-mailing mail@wychwoodshistory.uk
19th – Finstock – Ruth Nissim and friends “After Female Suffrage – what happened between the wars (1919 – 1939)”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
22nd – Hanney – Marie-Louise Kerr “Oxfordshire in Canvas: The portrayal of the county by famous and lesser-known artists and the history these images reveal”. War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 8:00pm.
22nd – Marcham – Richard Venables “My role as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire”. Marcham Centre, 7:30pm.
22nd – Middleton Cheney – Sue Smith “The Friends (Quaker) Ambulance Unit, in two world wars”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.22nd – Tackley – Liz Woolley “How the coming of the railway changed Oxford”. Memorial Hall, 8:00pm.
23rd – Oxford Civic Society – Laurence Waters “Railways of Oxfordshire, part 2: branch lines in the Vale, including the Abingdon Branch, Didcot Junction to Uffington, Faringdon and the Wantage Tramway”. Rewley House, Wellington Square, 8:00pm.
23rd – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Virginia Bainbridge “The Nuns of Syon Abbey from the Thames Valley before and after the Reformation”. On-line talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php (OAHS members only).
24th – Enstone – Caroline Barron on “Women in Medieval London”. 7:30pm; e-mail johnch.pritchard@tiscali.co.uk for venue.
24th – South Stoke – Marie Louise Kerr “Oxfordshire art with reference to South Stoke”. Village Hall, 2:15pm.
25th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Haydn Middleton in conversation with novelist Tim Pears “You Couldn’t Make It Up! The challenges and charms of writing historical fiction”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.
29th – Cumnor – Martin Way “Glimmer in the dark”. Old School, 7:30pm.
December 2021
1st – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum – Howard Robinson “A History of Worcester Cathedral and some of its unusual Patrons”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, register by e-mailing contact@FriendsOfTOM.org.uk
2nd – Charlbury – Janice Kinory “The production, distribution and use of salt in Prehistoric Britain”. On-line talk, 8:00pm, email talks.charlsoc@gmail.com to enquire.
2nd – Eynsham – Martin Harris “Christmases Past”. Church Hall, Thames Street, 7:30pm.
2nd – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Jaqueline Mitchell “Birds in our Gardens and Landscapes – A Seasonal Selection of Poetry and Prose”. On-line talk, 6:00pm, register at https://ogtevents.eventcube.io
7th – Hook Norton – Tom Crook “The Great Stink”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
7th – Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) – Malcolm Graham “Creating Prospects, Removing Nuisances: The Work of the Oxford Paving Commissioners 1771–1800”. (A lecture in memory of Chris Day). On-line talk, 5:30pm, further information at https://oahs.org.uk/lectures.php (OAHS members only).
8th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Paul Caddick-Adams “The Battle of the Bulge”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, register by e-mailing zoom@bmmhs.org
9th – Banbury – Paul Clark “Historic buildings of Chipping Norton and Hook Norton: results from recent survey work”. Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, 7:30 pm, and streamed live via Microsoft Teams; for further information e-mail simon.townsend@banburymuseum.org
9th – Longworth -Antonia Keaney “Christmas at Blenheim Palace, past and present”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
10th – Finstock – Frank Collingwood “The life and times of William Morris, later Lord Nuffield”. Village Hall, 8:00pm.
13th – Chipping Norton – David Artingstall “Blockley: A Cotswold Village from Bishop Wuffstan to Father Brown”. Methodist Church Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
14th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Robin Brodhurst “The Battle of the Atlantic – The Turning Point”. On-line talk, 2:00pm, register by e-mailing zoom@bmmhs.org
16th – Thame Museum – Andy Thomas “Christmas: A Festive History”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, tickets from www.thamemuseum.org/whats-on/talks-online/
20th – Goring Gap – David Allan “The Amazing Mr. Dickens: the inspiration behind his most famous characters”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
21st – Iffley – Mark Davies “Lucid lines and liquid history – the landscapes of the River Thames and Oxford Canal”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm. Non-members please contact Paul Butler on mpetipa@ntlworld.com in advance, as places may be limited.
January 2022
4th – Hook Norton – Alasdair Brown “Black GIs and the Hook Norton “Riot” of 1944”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
6th – Charlbury – Trevor Jackson “RAF Brize Norton: Over 80 years of operational history”. On-line talk, 8:00pm, email talks.charlsoc@gmail.com to enquire.
6th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum – David Juler “|The Museum of Oxford: Recent changes, Acquisitions and Attractions”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, register by e-mailing contact@FriendsOfTOM.org.uk
10th – Radley – Marie Louise Kerr “Romans of Oxfordshire: Roman settlement and impact in the local area”. St James the Great Church, 7:30pm.
12th – Wychwoods – Julie Ann Godson “Oxfordshire in the past”. Milton-under-Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.
13th – Banbury – Simon Townley “Oxfordshire Towns in the Victoria County History”. Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, 7:30 pm, and streamed live via Microsoft Teams; for further information e-mail simon.townsend@banburymuseum.org
13th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Richard Dudding “Radley – gentry, yeomen and land”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.
17th – Goring Gap – MA Seaborne “The curious occurrence of mumming”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
20th – Longworth -Stephen Barker “The Flying Sikh in the First World War”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
24th – Cumnor – Simon Wenham “Power and personalities: politics in Victorian and Edwardian Oxford”. Old School, 7:30pm.
24th – Hanney – Ivan Cadge “The history of Abingdon Station and its branch line: the story of this railway service from 1856 to 1984”. War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 8:00pm.
24th – Middleton Cheney – Terry Andrews “Andy’s Transport of Banbury”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.
26th – South Stoke – Steve Parrinder “The Dissolution of the Monasteries, with reference to Eynsham”. Village Hall, 2:15pm.
27th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Tom Crook “The Great Stink – Engineers, Sewerage Systems and the Victorian Battle against Dirt”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.
February 2022
1st – Hook Norton – Ian Keable “The History of Cartoons from William Hogarth to Private Eye”. On-line talk, 7:30pm, register by e-mailing scotlandend@btinternet.com
3rd – Charlbury – Clare Shakya “Climate ambition in the time of Covid 19”. On-line talk, 8:00pm, email talks.charlsoc@gmail.com to enquire.
9th – Wychwoods – Stephen Barker “Oxfordshire during the Second World War”. Milton-under-Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.
10th – Banbury – Mark McKerracher “Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: archaeological science and early medieval farming”. Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, 7:30 pm, and streamed live via Microsoft Teams; for further information e-mail simon.townsend@banburymuseum.org
10th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Tim Healey “Apples ! The Myth and Mystery of England’s Favourite Fruit”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.
14th – Chipping Norton – John Marshall “What’s so special about St Mary’s?”. Methodist Church Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
14th – Radley – Stephen Dawson “Oxford Preservation Trust – opening doors all year round”. St James the Great Church, 7:30pm.
15th – Clanfield & Bampton – Rosemary Honour Smith “My Clanfield”. Carter Institute, Main Street, Clanfield, 7:30pm.
15th – Iffley – Julian Munby “Mapping the towns in Oxfordshire and beyond”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm. Non-members please contact Paul Butler on mpetipa@ntlworld.com in advance, as places may be limited.
17th – Longworth -Marie-Louise Kerr “Lives of Local Medieval Saints”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
21st – Goring Gap – Marie-Louise Kerr “Romans of Oxfordshire”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
24th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Christopher Metcalfe “Tales of Kings and Cup-Bearers in History and Myth”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.
28th – Cumnor – Katie Hambrook “Field and place names in East Oxford, and some in Cumnor”. Old School, 7:30pm.
28th – Hanney – Wendy Morrison “The Hill Forts of the Chilterns and the use of LIDAR: how ground mapping radar has transformed understanding and revealed new sites”. War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 8:00pm.
28th – Middleton Cheney – AGM followed by Chris Wells “Banbury in Living Memory”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.
March 2022
1st – Hook Norton – Alex Davies “Changes in Later Prehistory”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
3rd – Charlbury – Kathy Haslam “The Kelmscott Manor Past, Present and Future Project: ‘a vision rather than a dream’. Venue tbc, 8:00pm, email talks.charlsoc@gmail.com to enquire.
10th – Banbury – Robin Darwall-Smith “Beyond Port and Prejudice: a new look at Georgian Oxford”. Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, 7:30 pm, and streamed live via Microsoft Teams; for further information e-mail simon.townsend@banburymuseum.org
10th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Peter Forsaith “From London to Oxford: building Westminster College (a queer sort of story) ”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.
14th – Chipping Norton – AGM followed by Mark Davies “A Literary Waterways Tour”. Methodist Church Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
14th – Radley – Deborah Hayter “Poor law in the 18th century – the crisis in the parishes”. St James the Great Church, 7:30pm.
15th – Iffley – Tim Porter “The Medieval Forest”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm. Non-members please contact Paul Butler on mpetipa@ntlworld.com in advance, as places may be limited.
17th – Longworth -Mark Davies “Daniel Harris: Oxford Castle Gaoler Extraordinaire”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
21st – Goring Gap – Richard Fortey “History of a Chiltern Beechwood”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
24th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – David Griffiths “The Vikings”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.
28th – Cumnor – Trevor Jackson “RAF Brize Norton:over 80 years of flying operations”. Old School, 7:30pm.
28th – Hanney – Terry Randall “The lost manor house of the Fitzwarryns”. War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 8:00pm.
28th – Middleton Cheney – Wendy Morrison “Iron Age discoveries at Steane, near Brackley”. All Saints Church, 7:30pm.
April 2022
5th – Hook Norton – Mark Davies “Oxford Castle in the 17th/18th Centuries”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
7th – Charlbury – An evening with the Charlbury Museum. Venue tbc, 8:00pm, email talks.charlsoc@gmail.com to enquire.
11th – Chipping Norton – Carol Anderson “‘Over The Hills To Glory’: The Story of the Ascott Martyrs”. Methodist Church Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
11th – Radley – Mark Davies “Professors of rowing – the Oxford-Cambridge boat race”. St James the Great Church, 7:30pm.
13th – Wychwoods – Mark Davis “Alice’s Adventures in Oxford: Lewis Carrol and the River Thames”. Milton-under-Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.
19th – Iffley – Stephan Wass “A Way with Water: Farnborough Hall and the development of a Georgian estate”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm. Non-members please contact Paul Butler on mpetipa@ntlworld.com in advance, as places may be limited.
21st – Longworth -Hana Whitton “Ashdown House and the Winter Queen”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
25th – Cumnor – AGM and Tim Healey “Pagans and Puritans:the Story of May Morning in Oxford”. Old School, 7:30pm.
25th – Hanney – Richard Dudding “The Half-Timbered Houses of Radley”. War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 8:00pm.
25th – Goring Gap – Catherine Sampson “Royal weddings”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
May 2022
3rd – Hook Norton – AGM followed by Carol Anderson “The Ascott Martyrs”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.
5th – Charlbury – Judith Curthoys “Cows and curates: Christ Church’s land and livings in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds”. Venue tbc, 8:00pm, email talks.charlsoc@gmail.com to enquire.
9th – Chipping Norton – Tom Crook “‘The Great Stink’: Engineers, sewerage systems and the Victorian Battle against dirt”. Methodist Church Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.
11th – Wychwoods – AGM and John Bennett “Buildings of Milton under Wychwood”. Milton-under-Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.
12th – Radley – Members’ interests evening. St James the Great Church, 7:30pm.
16th – Goring Gap – Tim Healey “Sex, drink & death in the 17th century”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.
17th – Iffley – Simon Townley “Landscapes and settlements of the Oxfordshire Chilterns”. Church Hall, Church Way, 7:30pm. Non-members please contact Paul Butler on mpetipa@ntlworld.com in advance, as places may be limited.
19th – Longworth -Simon Wenham “Living the Lexicon: James Murray and the Creation of the Oxford English Dictionary”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
June 2022
13th – Radley – Liz Woolley “From Axtell to Zacharias: the men who built Oxford”. St James the Great Church, 7:30pm.
July 2022
11th – Radley – Tom Crook “The Great Stink! Engineers, sewerage systems and the Victorian battle against dirt.”. St James the Great Church, 7:30pm.
September 2022
12th – Radley – Tim Healey “Apples! The Myth and Mystery of England’s Favourite Fruit”. St James the Great Church, 7:30pm.
15th – Longworth -Martin Syrot-Smith “Daily Life in Tudor Times”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
October 2022
20th – Longworth -Michael Heaney “600 Years of Morris Dancing”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
November 2022
17th – Longworth -Richard Dudding “Radley Wood”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.
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