For a written account of this event see @vch-oxon.bsky.social website. Chipping Norton Rural District built 10 council houses on the appropriately named New Road in Kingham in 1920-1. They were built by Hinkins & Frewin of Oxford, each pair forming an E-plan, alternately hipped roofed and gabled.
We could not be prouder to publish this fantastic book on behalf of our friends at Hampshire VCH! A huge congratulations to them for this great piece of local history.
#VCHPartnershipPublications @vchlondon.bsky.social
www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/basi...
Always a pleasure to be able to share new draft text from @vchlondon.bsky.social. This, from what will be the 22nd volume for the VCH Oxfordshire series, like all VCH text, details the parish from the earliest times, to the present.
Look out for the book late next year (I think).
NEW *draft* material from Oxfordshire. This text, by @markpagevch.bsky.social relates the history of #Kingham, south of Adlestrop, and SW of #ChippingNorton.
These drafts are available for researchers, comment, corrections and to flush out extra information. Take a look #Skystorians! 🗃️
'Rebellion, Protest and Subversion in Hampshire'. Spring symposium, Hampshire Field Club Local History Section, 26 April, Winchester. Speakers on protest in MA, Lollards, Quakers, protest in 1790s, local protest in 1831, COs in WW1. Pls book by 28 March. www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/sections/loc...
Page from a ledger: off white lined paper with columns drawn in fine red lines. Left hand column headed 'Corby Hundred' with names of parishes below. Fourth column from left includes various notes: we'll come to those shortly...
While leafing through some of @vchlondon.bsky.social's uncatalogued archival material with the help of @amalexathorn.bsky.social, yesterday, I came across these notes in a ledger.
The ledger in question served as a sort of progress log for books in gestation (many not yet published yet!). 🧵
New *draft text* from our colleagues in Oxfordshire towards the 22nd volume in their county series.
These drafts concern #Chadlington (whose former Baptist chapel is the teaser image for the link).
All comments, corrections and interest gratefully received. #Skystorians
More *NEW* draft text from VCH Oxfordshire towards their 22nd volume covering a corner of west Oxfordshire protruding into Gloucestershire.
The new text is on #Spelsbury by Stephen Mileson, but any feedback/comments/corrections/interest gratefully received. 🗃️
The latest volume of Southern History is now available. Eight articles and 15 book reviews. southernhistorysociety.org.uk
VCH Oxfordshire Christmas Lecture gave an update on work for Volume 22 including on the West Oxfordshire parishes of Chadlington (yes, Clarkson's Farm was mentioned), Kiddington, Kingham, and Spelsbury. A chance to catch up with lots of VCH supporters and make some useful contacts.
A front cover of a book showing a medieval manuscript and the title 'English Archives An Historical Survey' by Richard Olney
Our banner shows the cover of 'English Archives An historical survey' by Richard Olney, former Assistant Keeper at the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
You can buy the book from @livunipress.bsky.social here www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Or ask at your local library!
New edition of John Field's The Battle of Southsea, first published by Portsmouth Papers in 1981. It tells the story of a riot in 1874 when a huge crowd fought for four days to remove fences enclosing a small area of Southsea Common. A review will appear for www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk in 2025.
A section of the 1259 pipe roll - very abbreviated Latin text, recording debts owed to the government.
If you find pipe rolls, like this, a bit off-putting, then you might be interested in my book Approaching Pipe Rolls. It tries to explain what pipe rolls are, and how to read and understand them. The paperback edition is published today (link below). #medievalsky
New paper in Area:
'The Victoria County History and participatory historical geography' by @ruthslatter.bsky.social
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Participatory Historical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geo #geosky
Just the two volumes for Rutland, but if your interest was, for example, Oxfordshire (21 volumes and counting), your tree might be a little overloaded...
The rood screen at Shilton (Oxfordshire), carved by Harry Hems, dates from 1884 and includes what is claimed to be 'the first rood erected in the Diocese of Oxford since the Reformation' (The Builder). Is that true, and are there comparable examples from other dioceses around that date?
The latest publications from the indefatigable Jane Hurst on aspects of the history of Alton (Hampshire). Reviews will appear in the Spring 2025 issue of the Hampshire Field Club Newsletter (www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk), and they can be bought from Goldfinch Books in Alton (www.goldfinch-books.com).
Until the 19th century Shilton near Burford was a detached part of Berkshire, except for the church which was included in Oxfordshire. The Oxfordshire county map of 1797 unhelpfully leaves the Berkshire part of the parish blank.
Starting a new parish history for VCH Oxfordshire, Shilton near Burford. Church and vicarage house occupy adjoining plots on high ground in the far south of the village.
