David Betterton, Author at The Wychwoods Local History Society

Book Review: Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney – A Parish HistoryBook Review: Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney – A Parish History

Published in March this year, a new book by the Aston History Group has come to our attention, as an[...]

This amusing article, taken from the Wychwood Magazine where it appeared some years ago, highlights the unusual wooden carving removed[...]

The Cospatrick Tragedy - From the Wychwoods Local History Society Journal No. 14[...]

Here is an extended piece by Wendy and Jim Pearse, taken from the WLHS Journal No 15 (2000). We republish[...]

The society’s final talk of the season was by Carol Anderson, who is a County Museums Officer in Oxfordshire’s County[...]

Update June 16th 2021: Exhibition now closed. Many thanks to all visitors and for all your comments and interest. Congratulations[...]

The article contained in the attached PDF appeared in the society’s 2010 Journal Number 25. Written by Gwen McConnachie, it[...]

by Ian Sanders The society recently heard from Shipton resident Ian Sanders with some intriguing insights into landscape changes near[...]

The society’s third Zoom talk – and its first of the new year programme – was well-attended and was another[...]

The following article by Wendy Pearse appeared in Vol 31 [ PDF here ] of the Wychwoods Local History Society[...]