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3^rd – Henley – Richard Fortey “On Lambridge Wood”. Old Kings Arms Barn (entry from Kings Road car park), 7:45pm.

3^rd – Hook Norton – Gill White “Embroidered with woodbine and eglantine: Elizabethan textile furnishings”. Baptist Church Hall, 7:30pm.

11^th – Woodstock – Julie Ann Godson “The Water Gypsy: how a Thames fishergirl became a viscountess”. The Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street,  7:30pm.

12^th – Banbury – Jane Humphries “History from Underneath: Girls’ Lives in Early Industrial Britain”. Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, 7:30pm.

12^th – Didcot – Martin Buckland “The Wilts & Berks Canal – the Past, the Present and Coming Soon”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.

12^th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Liz Woolley “Leisure and Entertainment in Victorian and Edwardian Oxford”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.

16^th – Goring Gap – Alan Turton “The sieges of Basing House in the Civil War”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

16^th – Kennington – Graham Clifton “Church bell restoration”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.

18^th – Bloxham – Stephen Barker “Oxfordshire in fifty objects: the exhibition”. Jubilee Park Hall, Brickle Lane, 7:30pm.

18^th – Littlemore – AGM and Anni Byard “Archaeological Treasures of Oxfordshire” (to be confirmed). Giles Road Community Centre, 7:30pm.

19^th – Abingdon – Nick Barton “Gatehampton Farm and the Thames Valley at the End of the Last Ice Age”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45 pm.

20^th – Finstock – John Leafield “Putting Finstock on the map: From Gough to Google, a brief introduction to mapping from prehistoric time up to the earliest maps of Britain”. Village hall, 8:00pm.

23^rd – Oxfordshire Family History Society – Liz Woolley “Child labour in nineteenth-century Oxfordshire”. Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, 8:00pm.

24^th – Enstone – Nina Morgan “William ‘Strata’ Smith, the father of English geology”. The Manor House, Church Enstone, 7:30pm.

24^th – Hanney – David Day “The Creation and History of the Architecture of the Pendon Museum Landscape”. War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 8:00pm.

24^th – Sutton Courtenay – Robin Draper “Redcoats to riflemen: the county regiment’s story from 1741”. Village hall, 7:30pm.

25^th – Dorchester – Liz Woolley “Children’s Experiences of the Second World War in Oxfordshire”. Followed by AGM. Dorchester Village Hall, 7:30pm.

26^th – Museum of Oxford – Tom Crook “The Corruption of Parliament? Has paying MPs led to corruption?”. Museum of Oxford, Town Hall, 6:00pm.

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1^st – Henley-on-Thames – John Leighfield “From Gough to Google: The Development of Printed Maps of Henley”. King’s Arms Barn, King’s Road, 7:45pm.

2^nd – Otmoor – Stephanie Dalley “The Hanging Garden of Babylon: The solution to an old problem”. Islip Village Hall, 8:00pm.

9^th – Deddington – Trevor Rowley  “Odo of Bayeux (and of Deddington)”. Windmill Centre, Hempton Road, 7:30pm.

9^th – Wallingford – Gary Lock “Becoming Roman in Oxfordshire: excavations at Marcham/Frilford”. St Mary’s Church, 8:00pm.

10^th – Banbury – Zoe Boden “Opus Anglicanum and the Steeple Aston Cope”. Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, 7:30pm.

10^th – Didcot – Bill King “Dad’s Underground Army”. Northbourne Centre, Church Street, 7:30pm.

10^th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Trevor Rowley “Oxfordshire Castles”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.

14^th – Goring Gap – Judy Dewey “Wallingford Castle”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

16^th – Bloxham – Bill King “Industrial archeology in your garage, shed and attic”. Jubilee Park Hall, Brickle Lane, 7:30pm.

17^th – Longworth – Tony Hadland “Papists at the Manor: The Yates and Throckmortons of Buckland and Lyford in the Vale of the White Horse”. Southmoor & Kingston Bagpuize Village Hall, 7:30pm.

17^th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – David Bradley “Lakes and pools in Oxfordshire and beyond”. Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road, Oxford, 7:00pm.

17^th – Sibfords – Julie Ann Godson “The Water Gypsy: how a Thames fishergirl became a viscountess”. Sibford Gower village hall, 8:00pm.

18^th – Thame – Brian Lowe “Stained glass”. Church Barns, Church Road, 7:30pm.

21^st – Adderbury – Richard O Smith “The Man with his Head in the Clouds”. Methodist Chapel School Room, Chapel Lane, 7:30pm.

21^st – Bicester – Tim Healey “Drovers’ Roads in Oxfordshire and Beyond”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.

21^st – Kennington – George Ross “The History of Kennington Parish Council 1936 – 2016”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.

22^nd – Enstone – Emily Roy “Waddesdon Manor”. Venue tbc, 7:30pm.

22^nd – Hanney – Manfred Brod “The Abingdon ‘Monks’ Map”. War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 8:00pm.

22^nd – Sutton Courtenay – Tim Healey “Drove roads of Oxfordshire and beyond”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

23^rd – Dorchester – Malcolm Airs “Barns, Bridges and Bay Windows”. Dorchester Abbey Guest House, 7:30pm.

28^th – Oxfordshire Family History Society – Tony Hadland “Pilgrimage to Plug Street” (Oxfordshire Family History Society 40th anniversary meeting). Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, 8:00pm.

December 2016

7^th – Otmoor – Ben Ford (Oxford Archaeology) “The Westgate Project”. Islip Village Hall, 8:00pm.

8^th – Banbury – Steve Kershaw “The Elgin Marbles”. Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, 7:30pm.

8^th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Helena Chance “Tech Nirvana: why gardens at the office are good for you”. Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road, Oxford, 7:00pm.

12^th – Goring Gap – Penny Billyeald “Local war poets: Laurence Binyon & May Wedderburn Cannan”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

14^th – Wallingford – Julie Ann Godson “The Water Gypsy: how a Thames fishergirl became a viscountess”. St Mary’s Church, 8:00pm.

19^th – Kennington – Mark Davies “Daniel Harris – Oxford Castle Gaoler Extraordinaire”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.

Information provided by the OLHA (www.olha.org.uk)

7^th – Otmoor – Christopher Lowe “Islip inns”. Islip Village Hall, 8:00pm.

8^th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Mark Davies “Daniel Harris – Oxford Castle’s Gaoler Extraordinaire”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.

10^th – Stanford in the Vale – Julie Ann Godson “The Water Gypsy: how a Thames fishergirl became a viscountess”. Small Village Hall, 7:45pm.

12^th – Goring Gap – Garry Alder “St Thomas’ Church, Goring”. Goring Village Hall, 8:00pm.

13^th – Thame – Sally Botwright “The History of the City of London”. Church Barns, Church Road, 7:30pm.

14^th – Deddington – Barrie Trinder “Industry in Banbury 1700-1960, an Overview”. Windmill Centre, Hempton Road, 7:30pm.

14^th – Wallingford – Hilary Green “Surviving the Death Railway – the Missing Story”. St Mary’s Church, 8:00pm.

15^th – Abingdon – AGM and Robert Evans “Tales from God’s Acre: Some Sunningwell Lives”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45 pm.

15^th – Sibfords – Gillian White “Robert Dudley, Queen Elizabeth and the Kenilworth Entertainment”. Sibford Gower village hall, 8:00pm.

15^th – Wychwoods – Tony Hadland “From Trevithick to Barnes Wallis: Engineering in the Family ”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

17^th – Longworth – A walk around Witney led by Witney Historical Society members. 10:00am.

19^th – Adderbury – Martin Bloxsom “The Importance of Local Railways in WW1”. Methodist Chapel School Room, Chapel Lane, 7:30pm.

19^th – Bicester – AGM followed by Rowena Archer “Mediaeval Women”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.

19^th – Kennington – Martin Buckland “The Wilts and Berks Canal: Past, Present and Future”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.

21^st – Thame – Outing to Stoke Bruerne Canal and Museum with a short cruise, and Canons Ashby (NT).

21^st – Vale of White Horse Industrial Archaeology Group – Simon Wenham “Salter’s Steamers”. Denchworth Village Hall, 7:30pm.

26^th – Oxfordshire Family History Society – Emma Walsh “The Joys and Trials of Having Non-conformist Relatives”. Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, 8:00pm.

27^th – Enstone – John Boardman “Alexander the Great and his lasting influence”. Venue tbc, 7:30pm.

27^th – Sutton Courtenay – Timothy Walker “The Oxford Botanic Garden: the last 393 years”. Village hall, 7:30pm.

28^th – Dorchester – Jane Thick “Art through the eyes of the Historian: pictures as historical evidence”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

29^th – Aston – Allan Ledger “A Spencer Love Affair”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.

30^th – Benson – Lynda Warren “Sugar & Spice (The Spice Trail)”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.