This area of our website lists editorial, articles, comments, posts and news from members and visitors by category.
Book Reviews
- On This Day in Oxfordshire: Our October 2022 Evening Talk
- Charlbury Then and Now – New Publication
- Lewis Carroll and the River Thames: Our April 2022 Evening Talk
- Book Review: Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney – A Parish History
- 19th Century Emigration from Oxfordshire: A Book Review
Guest Articles
- Pantomime Shows in the Wychwoods: Memories
- The Hartley Family: Sporting Siblings and Brothers in Arms
- Milton’s Unusual Wooden Carving
- The Small Tin Church – Little Ben Rings Back
- The Rector Returns – A Well-Travelled Painting
- Exhibition at Churchill Heritage Centre
- A Portrait of an Old Lyneham Gentleman
- Discovery in the Snow
- Jessie Jones (1885-1945): Teacher with a Legacy
- Ascott Village Charity Booklet: Village History and Things to Know
- Churchill Remembrances
- Ascott-under-Wychwood – a Short History
Houses
- The Houses at Upper End, Shipton: A History
- Forest Gate – The Story of a Milton House
- A Short History of Milton-under-Wychwood High Street
- Life in Old Milton
- Cotham Cottage, Milton
Journal Extracts
- Emigration to New Zealand: From Journal No 28
- From Journal No 22: A History of Bruern Abbey
- From Journal No 6: Bruern Abbey Fishpond
- From Journal No 17: Some Wychwood Neighbourhoods about 1900
- William Green, Clockmaker of Milton under Wychwood – From the Society Journal No 22
- The 1870s: A Decade of Decisions – From the Society Journal No 3
- The Cospatrick Tragedy – From the Society Journal No. 14
- More Memories of Shipton -The Village Shops and Roundsmen | From the Society Journal No. 10
- Early Days at Shipton | From the Society Journal No.7
- Observations on Ridge and Furrow in Honeydale Field | From the Society Journal No. 7
- What’s in a Name? | From the Society Journal No.15
- The 19th Century Letters of Thomas and Hannah Groves | From the Society Journal No. 2
- The Burford – Shipton Omnibus: A Note from the Past
- Bones under the Pew
- A Wychwoods Farming Year 1854–55 | From the Archive
- Annunciation Relief Sculptures, Shipton Church
- Local Casualties of a Forgotten War in Iraq
- A Wartime Wedding at Prebendal House
- A Curious Find in Shipton: 1985
- The Shipton Prebend: An Early History
- Prebendal House, Shipton: Archaeological Review
- Australia Bound: From Ascott to the “Promised Land”
- Apprentice Boys: Charity Records Revisited
- Life in Old Milton
- Cotham Cottage, Milton
Library Exhibitions
- A Dog’s Life in the Wychwoods: Our Latest Library Exhibition
- Sculptural Curiosities in Milton-under-Wychwood: Library Exhibition
- Men at Work: Our latest Library Exhibition
- The Best Days of Our Lives: Our latest Library Exhibition
- Football in the Wychwoods – Our Latest Library Exhibition
- Wychwoods Harvest-home and Farming Life: Our Latest Library Exhibition
- Fetes and Festivities: Our Summer Library Photo Display
- Howzat! A History of Cricket in the Wychwoods
- Schooldays and Childhood in the Wychwoods: A Review
- WLHS Photo Displays in Milton under Wychwood Library
- Corrugated Iron in the Wychwoods: A Review
- A Winter’s Tale in the Wychwoods: Our Latest Milton Library Exhibition
- Pantomime Shows in the Wychwoods: Memories
- Exhibition of Photography: Milton Library
Personal Memories
- Jim Pearse – Farmer and Entertainer
- Letter from New Zealand to the People of the Wychwoods
- Dr Kate Tiller OBE
- From Coldstone to Honeydale: Jim Pearse Remembers
- Janet Wallace (née Scott) 1934-2024
- Dorothy Thomson and the Tale of Mr Samuda’s Model T Ford
- The Rector Returns: A Follow-Up
- Margaret Ann Ware 28th June 1933 – 4th July 2023
- Cissie Carpenter and the Good Doctor
- Bim Champness and Some Memories of Village Characters
- Dorothy Thomson, Hathaways and Mrs Wiggins
- Dulcie Arundell and the Tale of the American Soldier at Shipton Station
- George Bradley and his London Wartime Deliveries
- Megan Bradley and the Canadian Soldiers in World War II
- A Wychwoods Wedding: Reply to a recent inquiry from the WLHS website
- More Memories of Shipton -The Village Shops and Roundsmen | From the Society Journal No. 10
- Early Days at Shipton | From the Society Journal No.7
- A Portrait of an Old Lyneham Gentleman
- “Keeping a Watch” – Memories of Shipton One Hundred Years Ago
- Early 1960s Milton School Memories
- Ivan Wright & Family – Shipton Under Wychwood
- Shipton Memories: Jim Hudson
- A Shipton Lad – Not just a Naughty Boy
- Life in Old Milton
- Combe Mill Recollections
Research
- The Houses at Upper End, Shipton: A History
- Forest Gate – The Story of a Milton House
- Leafield Radio Station: A Century of Innovation and Communication
- Images of Fifield – New Photo Archive Addition
- Howzat! A History of Cricket in the Wychwoods
- A Selection of Audio File Extracts
- Schooldays and Childhood in the Wychwoods: A Review
- Corrugated Iron in the Wychwoods: A Review
- Datchet Gate Lodge, Windsor – Some Snapshot Research
- Neighbourhood Bells: An Appreciation
- Uncover Oxfordshire’s past with Heritage Search
- The Parish Room Mystery: Can You Help?
- The Society’s Archive and Study Centre
- A Magic Lantern Splutters Back into Life
- A Short History of Milton-under-Wychwood High Street
- Maria Matthews: A Gifted Life in Context
- Some Sculptural Curiosities in Milton-under-Wychwood
- The Shipton Tillyards
Society Events
- Our October 2025 Evening Talk: A History of What the English Have Eaten
- Our September 2025 Evening Talk: Trench Humour in the First World War
- WLHS at Milton Fete: July 2025
- The Oxford Waits: at Milton Village Hall on June 11th 2025
- Our May 2025 Evening Event: AGM and ‘From Our Archive’
- Our April 2025 Evening Talk: The Chipping Norton Branch Line
- Our March 2025 Evening Talk: Archaeological Developments in the Chipping Norton Area
- Our February 2025 Evening Talk: Child Labour in 19th Century Oxfordshire
- An Audio Clip: Duncan Waugh’s Vicar’s Tale
- Our January 2025 Evening Talk: Costwold Quarries – Part Two
- An Audio Clip: Duncan Waugh’s Jail Cell Anecdote
- Our December 2024 Evening Talk: A Victorian Christmas
- Jim Pearse – Farmer and Entertainer
- Our November 2024 Evening Talk: The Cospatrick 150th Anniversary Reflections
- Cospatrick 150th Anniversary Commemorations
- Our October 2024 Evening Talk: Our Boys 1914 – 1918
- Our September 2024 Evening Talk: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
- The Society at Shipton Fete 2024
- The Society and the Fete at Milton
- Family History Day at Ascott under Wychwood
- Our May 2024 Evening Event: AGM and “From Our Archive”
- Our April 2024 Evening Talk: “Down in the Dumps” – How Oxford Helped Win World War Two
- Our March 2024 Evening Talk: Known Unto God – A Great War Detective Story
- Our February 2024 Evening Talk: The Effect of Enclosures on Common Right
- Our January 2024 Evening Talk: Cemeteries of Oxford : more than a Century of History
- Our November 2023 Evening Talk: Romans of Oxfordshire
- Our October 2023 Evening Talk: Drovers’ Roads in Oxfordshire and Beyond
- Our September 2023 Evening Talk: ‘Morris’ Motopolis
- WLHS at Tall Trees Care Home
- Ascott Martyrs Trust Family History Day
Visits and Excursions