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Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

27/11/23

STEPHEN Barker, a trustee of the Buckinghamshire Military Museum, gave a fascinating and wide ranging illustrated talk on Oxfordshire in the Second World War to the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group on November 7. He drew heavily on ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

19/12/22

ON December 6, archaeologist Dr Gabor Thomas, of Reading University, gave the Henley Archaeological & Historical Group an insight into recent archaeological research on the early medieval River Thames, specifically the excavation of the ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

08/11/21

THE first talk to the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group held live since the pandemic was given at King’s Arms Barn on October 12 by Dr Michael Redley. His subject was “At the centre of the world: Henley and the Olympic Games ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

28/11/22

ON November 1, members of the Henley Archaeological & Historical Group were treated to a talk by the military historian Bill King on “The great invasion: the Roman invasions, occupation and colonisation of Britain”. There were ...

10,000 attend Henley boat rally

24/07/15

A record crowd attended this year's Thames Traditional Boat Festival in Henley.

Last-minute revamp for Greys Court

27/02/13

More than 50 National Trust volunteers put the finishing touches to Greys Court for its reopening on Friday (March 1).

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

04/03/24

ON February 6, the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group was given an entertaining and informative presentation entitled “Gentlemen Danes — the story of Danish POWs in Reading 1807-1814” by John Nixon, who has a life ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

08/07/24

ON June 4, at their last meeting before the summer break, members of the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group enjoyed a presentation by Professor Helen Parish of the University of Reading on “The Windsor Witches”, ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

28/09/20

INVESTIGATIONS to find a construction date for the Chantry House in Henley through tree ring work have proved unsuccessful — until now. Three things have come together recently to overcome the problem. Firstly, ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

30/10/23

THE Henley Archaeological and Historical Group’s regular series of talks resumed on October 3 with Judy Dewey, curator of Wallingford Museum, giving a well-researched account of “Wallingford and the Norman ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

06/06/22

DR JANICE KINORY, of the Historic Environment Image Resource project, spoke to the group in King’s Arms Barn on May 3. HEIR is a project in Oxford University’s School of Archaeology. Its collection ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

04/07/22

MARIE-LOUISE KERR, who is known as “curator without museum”, gave a lively talk to members of the Henley Archaeological & Historical Group in King’s Arms Barn on June 7. Her topic was “Famous ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

22/01/24

MILES Clifford, a PhD student at the University of Reading, spoke to the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group on January 2 about his research. His topic was river maintenance and the ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

03/10/22

IN a special talk, outside the monthly programme of the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group, members and others welcomed Lady Carnarvon, of Highclere Castle (“Downton Abbey”), to ...

Henley Archaeological and Historical Group

27/05/24

THE speaker at the meeting of the Henley Archaeological and Historical Group on May 7 was Dr Stephen Wass on “A peculiar history of Oxfordshire fishponds”. While ponds were indeed used ...

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