History Group February 2020 Meeting
The February meeting took place 2.30 in the W.I. Hall and 11 members were present. Six members gave talks on historical subjects they were interested in. The first talk was on one of the...
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History Group Visit to Langford, 20th January 2020
19 members of the History group met for our first outing of 2020. We visited the Grade 1 listed church of St Matthew in Langford, said to be the most important late Saxon-early Norman...
History Group Visit to St Mary’s Church Temple Guiting
17 members went to Temple Guiting on what turned out to be a beautiful summer’s day. The church was founded in AD 1170 by the Knights Templar and has many features of interest. Under...
History June Visit to Richard Jefferies Museum – Swindon
11 members visited the Museum in Swindon dedicated to Richard Jefferies, a Victorian author. He was born in 1848 in his family’s farmhouse near Coate Water. He wrote about nature, and published several children’s...
History Group March outing – Visit to the Almonry Museum in Evesham
9 members of the History group went to Evesham today for a visit to the Almonry Museum and what a superb visit it was.We had a guided tour full of interesting information. In the...
History Group February News
14 members of the History group met for our usual February Tea and Talks.The topics were very varied, and included a visit to China, Minster Lovell Hall, San Francisco City Hall, the Mary Rose,...
History Group Outing to Faringdon
History Group visit to Faringdon – January 21st 201914 members of the History group visited the Pump Room in Faringdon to see a very moving exhibition, given to commemorate the ending of WW1.From his...