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Whitchurch & Goring Heath History Society
12/12/22
THE first meeting of Whitchurch & Goring Heath History Society in 2023 will be on Thursday, January 19 at Whitchurch village hall, starting at 7.30pm (coffee served from 7pm). Contributions from members will explore, among others, Augustine Knapp, ...
Whitchurch and Goring Heath History Society
07/02/22
WE will hold our annual meeting at Goring Heath Parish Hall on Thursday, February 17 at 8pm. Our speaker will be Stephen Barker, a specialist on the Civil War of 1642-1646. He will talk about Oxfordshire characters of that time — soldiers, saints ...
14/11/22
OXFORD is known for many things — its architecture, history, alumni and, of course, for the detective books and TV series of Inspector Morse. The first book, Last Bus to Woodstock, was published in 1975 but it is probably the TV series of 1987 ...
17/10/22
A RATHER overlooked feature of the landscape is the subject of our October talk — milestones. In an age of Google maps and satnavs, it is easy to forget how important it was to have some guidance on the road when travelling. Find out from our ...
13/08/24
IN the summer members of Whitchurch and Goring Heath History Society go on outings. Our visit to Uffington took place on a beautiful sunny day which really enhanced the downland scenery and the White Horse could be clearly seen on the hill ...
12/03/18
OUR meeting on March 15 will be of special interest to those who have read the diaries of Caroline Lybbe Powys, who lived at Hardwick House in Whitchurch at the end of the 18th century and kept a fascinating diary for more than 50 years. ...
17/02/20
WE will gather at Whitchurch village hall on Thursday, February 20 for our annual meeting. We will hear from Mark Davies about the extraordinary story of a humble pastry cook from Oxford who was a pioneer of aeronautics. In October 1784,...
18/11/19
THE last meeting of the Whitchurch & Goring Heath History Society this year will be on Thursday, November 21 when we welcome back Mike Hurst to remind us about old time Christmases — an evening of nostalgia for many. We will reconvene ...
16/09/19
AFTER a summer of visits, we’re looking forward to our autumn season of lectures. We begin on Thursday, September 19 when Dr Edward Peveler will speak about the Beacons of the Past project, a unique mapping of all the archaeological ...
02/12/19
WHITCHURCH and Goring Heath History Society has a rest in December but comes back refreshed in the New Year. The venue of our meetings in January and February has changed to the village hall in Manor Road, Whitchurch. A change of ...
08/10/18
ON Thursday, October 18 we will welcome back Tim Healey to talk about “Drove roads in Oxfordshire and beyond”. These traditional routes for moving livestock to market can be identified by various indications. They stretched ...
01/04/19
OUR lecture season continues on Thursday evenings at Goring Heath parish hall. On April 18 we will have Tom Fort to speak about the survival of the English village in the past and into the future. After retiring early from ...
04/02/19
A LECTURE on the aftermath of the Armistice in 1918 will be delivered at the annual meeting on February 21. Stephen Barker will discuss the long-term effects of the First World War and the upheaval that continued after ...
Whitchurch and Goring Heath History Association
11/02/19
OUR annual meeting will be held at the Old Rectory Stables in Whitchurch on Tuesday, February 12 at 7.30pm. All are welcome at the meeting and at the events we will be planning for the visit of our friends from La ...
11/03/19
WE will be delighted to welcome back Clive Williams on Thursday, March 21. This time he will be speaking about his new book, You’ll be a Teacher Over My Dead Body, a frank and funny account of his legal career at ...
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