A Short History of Milton-under-Wychwood High Street
Compiled by John A Bennett for the Wychwoods Local History Society This article was prepared to coincide with Local and Community History Month, sponsored by the Historical Association, and to […]
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Exhibition at Churchill Heritage Centre
“A case of tax avoidance in Churchill” – a new exhibition is now on until September, at the Churchill Heritage Centre. Curated by local historian Christine Gowing, the exhibition tells […]
Glove Making in West Oxfordshire: Our May 2021 Evening Talk
The society’s final talk of the season was by Carol Anderson, who is a County Museums Officer in Oxfordshire’s County Council Cultural Service. Her talk on glove making in the […]
Exhibition of Photography: Milton Library
Update June 16th 2021: Exhibition now closed. Many thanks to all visitors and for all your comments and interest. Congratulations also to Joshua Hope and Belle King for your beautiful […]
A Portrait of an Old Lyneham Gentleman
Memories of being a Home Help in the 1980s In the early 1980s Jill Fox joined the band of Home Helps in and around the Wychwoods. She was issued with […]
The Society’s 25th Anniversary Remembered
In this year of the society’s 40th anniversary, here is a short trip down memory lane to the society’s 25th Anniversary in 2006. Amongst activities that year, the society produced […]
A Hero of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry: April 2021 Evening Talk
On April 15th 2021 the society hosted a talk by Brigadier David Innes, who spoke movingly and with vivid detail on the life and times of Captain Ralph Kite M.C. […]
Annunciation Relief Sculptures, Shipton Church
The article contained in the attached PDF appeared in the society’s 2010 Journal Number 25. Written by Gwen McConnachie, it is itself reproduced from a short essay on depictions of […]
Local Casualties of a Forgotten War in Iraq
In advance of our next evening talk on April 15th 2021, we reproduce here the article by Wendy Pearse from the society’s Journal No 18 published in 2003. Wendy Pearse […]
Recent Evening Talk: “The Journey From Afghanistan”
Here is a synopsis of the latest of our regular evening talks. In the winter of 1842, 16,500 soldiers and civilians fled Afghanistan with a single survivor staggering into a […]