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Articles of Interest about Wheatley and environs
Closed owing to Coronavirus
Owing to Coronavirus the Archive Room is closed until further notice, and History Group events are postponed. The archive team will be happy to respond to any queries posted via the website Contact page
Continue readingWVA History Group – 2020 Programme Update
The complete programme for 2020 is now on the Events Calendar, or in printable form
Continue readingWVA History Group – PROGRAMME 2019-2020
Talks are on Tuesdays at 8.00 p.m. at the Merry Bells – £3 for members, £5 for non-members, unless otherwise stated. Members may bring friends on outings at the members’ rate. The first event is on Monday 8 July – Meet there at 2.30 p.m. Self-drive outing for guided tour
Continue readingWebsite Revamp
The Wheatley Archive website has been restructured to present contents of the archive at the top level, with comprehensive search capability for general items, and a specific capability to search material about men who served in the First World War from the book ‘They were a Wall’ funded by the
Continue readingWheatley Archive – Origins
The Wheatley Village Archive started in 2003 as an initiative of the History Group within the Wheatley Society under the chairmanship of David Harverson, with the offer of a small room above the entrance to the Merry Bells village hall thanks to a generous subsidy by Wheatley Parish Council. The
Continue readingWHEATLEY ARCHIVES EXHIBITION
To be unveiled on Saturday 17th November open from 9.30am to 4.30pmA new presentation of the history of Wheatley, a village in OxfordshireWheatley’s extensive archives are well known to some, but less to others. This is about to change with a very ambitious digitisation of much of these superb records
Continue readingWHEATLEY VILLAGE ARCHIVE “OPENS ITS DOORS”
COME AND FIND OUT ABOUT THE NEW WAY OF PRESENTINGThe History of Wheatley Saturday 17th November at the Merry Bells 9.30am to 4.30pm The presentation and associated exhibition will highlight the latest developments at Wheatley Village Archive together with other aspects of the history of Wheatley. The developments include the
Continue readingWW1 Project nearing completion
The WW1 Project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, started in 2014 and is now approaching completion. Here are a few images to illustrate some of the achievements.
Continue readingWheatley History – website revamp
The website team has developed a separate Archive sub-site WW1 Men to present material from the book ‘They Were a Wall’ produced as part of the WW1 Commemoration project. The existing site has been moved to a new advert-free platform with a more modern style and, in due course, will be
Continue readingFrom Temple Close to Templars Close
On Friday, 13 October 1307, France arrested its Knights Templar. A dawn swoop in January 1308 saw the English, Scots and Irish Templars taken in. The commander [Preceptor] at Temple Sandford was held in Oxford Castle, while his sergeants [servants] and lay-brothers continued running Templar lands under open arrest. Wheatley
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