Our May 2026 Evening Event: AGM and ‘From Our Archive’
Our final 2025/6 evening meeting on Wednesday 13th May started with the AGM and then featured sessions entitled ‘Topics from our Archive’. Members and visitors also had a chance to […]
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Dancing Days in the Wychwoods: Our Latest Library Exhibition
/in Library Exhibitions/by David BettertonOur latest exhibition , installed from May 9th in the Wychwoods Library in Milton, features historic photographs on the theme of folk dancing over the years in the Wychwoods Among […]
James Longshaw of Shipton, Musician
/in Journal Extracts/by David BettertonAn article from Wychwoods Local History Society Journal No.16 pp 28-32 by Keith Chandler , reproduced here as a focus for the May-September 2026 “Dancing Days” Library Exhibition in Milton […]
Family History Research: An Interesting Find
/in Research/by David BettertonAt our recent meeting [ Details here ], Sue Honoré of the Oxfordshire Family History Society opened her talk with a reminder that ‘local’ and ‘family’ history are never truly […]
Our April 2026 Evening Talk: Who Do You Think They Were?
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonOur talk on April 8th welcomed Sue Honoré (a very experienced researcher & long standing Oxford Family History Society member). Based on over 40 years of family history research, Sue’s […]
Library Displays: Updated List
/in Library Exhibitions/by David BettertonThe Society regularly presents exhibitions of historic photographs in the Wychwoods Library in Milton-under-Wychwood. Displays change approximately every two months, giving visitors an opportunity to explore different themes from our […]
Cubs in Action 1981 – Can you Name Them?
/0 Comments/in Research/by David BettertonThe society is actively collating a large section of its photograph archive into a searchable database. In this process, we regularly come across many images where individuals are not named, […]
From Australia to Ascott: A Photographic Homecoming
/in Research/by David BettertonThese days the Society is receiving an increasing number of overseas visitors to our website. Among these we recently heard from an Australian artist, who described herself as ‘a painter […]
Our March 2026 Evening Talk: A Profile of Thomas Fairfax
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonOur talk on Wednesday 11th March welcomed Geoff Bayley, a graduate of Manchester University with a deep interest in 17th Century history . Geoff presented the story of the English […]
Wychwoods Women: Our Latest Library Exhibition
/in Library Exhibitions/by David BettertonOur latest exhibition , installed from this weekend in the Wychwoods Library in Milton, features historic photographs of women over the years in the Wychwoods. International Women’s Day As we […]
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