Uncover Oxfordshire’s past with Heritage SearchUncover Oxfordshire’s past with Heritage Search
Here is news of a set of free online catalogues from Oxfordshire County Council’s heritage services. Residents and people interested[...]
Category: Research
The Parish Room Mystery: Can You Help?The Parish Room Mystery: Can You Help?
As our website visitors know, the Wychwoods Local History Society have recently acquired a long-term home for the Society’s archive[...]
The Society’s Archive and Study CentreThe Society’s Archive and Study Centre
Over the past 40+ years the Society has become home to a variety of material relating to all aspects of[...]
A Magic Lantern Splutters Back into LifeA Magic Lantern Splutters Back into Life
The society has had access to a set of scans from recently-discovered glass plate slides owned by the late Ellis[...]
A Short History of Milton-under-Wychwood High StreetA Short History of Milton-under-Wychwood High Street
Compiled by John A Bennett for the Wychwoods Local History Society This article was prepared to coincide with Local and[...]
Maria Matthews: A Gifted Life in ContextMaria Matthews: A Gifted Life in Context
We were recently preparing to put the History Society’s Second Wychwoods Album (first published in 1990) on the Society’s website,[...]
Some Sculptural Curiosities in Milton-under-WychwoodSome Sculptural Curiosities in Milton-under-Wychwood
You are being watched! Milton under Wychwood has some charming and unusual features—small sculptural carvings scattered across various properties throughout[...]
The Shipton TillyardsThe Shipton Tillyards
by ALAN VICKERS This article is also available as a PDF, downloadable here. Wooden cash tills, usually with an opening[...]