Oxfordshire the Golden Ridge

 

Longworth and District History Society

 

Village sense of place booklets

These three booklets, edited by Peter Keene with Janet Keene and Jan Kelly were published by Thematic Trails for the Longworth and District History Society. The booklets may best be described as combined village companions, guided walks and reference books. The emphasis is upon the way that life in the village has been transformed during the last century, both as remembered by long-standing inhabitants and, as the speed of change increases, by those who have joined the village community more recently. These changes have been dramatic and today, call into question the term ‘village community’.

 

THE PARISH OF HINTON WALDRIST: A SENSE OF PLACE

ISBN 978-0-948444-39-5 Thematic Trails, 2000    £2.95

A5. 56 pages. 46 illustrations.

 

LONGWORTH: A SENSE OF PLACE

ISBN 978-0-948444-40-1 Thematic Trails, 2000    £2.95
A5. 64 pages. 34 illustrations.

KINGSTON BAGPUIZE WITH SOUTHMOOR: A SENSE OF PLACE

ISBN 978-0-948444-41-8 Thematic Trails 2001.    £2.95 
A5. 72 pages. 44 illustrations.

LETTER TO PIPPA Sybil Beard
1998. 110 pages. 18 photos.    £6.00
An evocation of life between the wars in Kingston Bagpuize which, at that time was still an estate-owned village. Sybil grew up in the village forge. The social and economic realities of estate life, as recalled by Sybil, is a delightful read, both for its social commentary and its intricate detail of village life at the vernacular level over half a lifetime ago.

The Longworth Rose

The Longworth Rose, a 12-page three times a year magazine, is published by the Longworth and District History Society. The society serves the villages of Longworth, Hinton Waldrist and Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor. The illustrated magazine includes historical records, memories of those who have lived in the area for some time and includes accounts of everyday life both in the past and today. The first 24 issues of the magazine (Volume One, 1998-2005) have been bound to make the 292-page book listed below.

THE LONGWORTH ROSE VOLUME ONE 1998-2005 Peter Keene (editor)
With a thick flexible paper cover with a plastic comb binding the volume - £12.00
ISBN 978-0-948444-45-6 292 pages (A4)  including a comprehensive index.

A bound library book version in a stiff buckram cover and embossed spine - £25.00
ISBN 978-0-948444-45-6 292 pages (A4)  including a comprehensive index.

YELLOW WALK Start: Kingston Bagpuize - Swannybrook – Sheephouse Fm – Little London – Longworth – Southmoor. (7 miles).
RED WALK Start: Hinton Waldrist Church - Duxford – Tadpole Bridge – Buckland – Pusey – Charney Bassett – Cherbury Camp – Hinton. (21 miles)

PURPLE WALK Start: Longworth Square – Hinton Waldrist – Duxford - Hall Ham – Harrowdown Hill – Longworth. (5.5 miles).

(5.5 miles).

History Occasional Paper Series (HOPS)

These are either new publications specifically commissioned by the Longworth and District History Society or are facsimile editions of previously published valued local historical literature which had gone out-of-print. We  have published six books in this series, so far.

PRINCE’S ROSES:  A HUNDRED YEARS OF LONGWORTH ROSES  Jan Kelly (2009)  £6
ISBN 978-0-948444-53-1. Published by Thematic Trails for Longworth and District History Society.
96 pages (A5), 90 illustrations, many in colour. 
Jan Kelly has been meticulously researching the remarkable growth, and eventual decline, of the rose industry in Longworth. Within a hundred years, principally the result of the entrepreneurial  drive of two families - the Princes and the Drews, the Longworth rose industry grew rapidly in the late 19th and early 20th century, gaining an international reputation and winning numerous awards at shows throughout the United Kingdom. Jan Kelly’s research has been enhanced by her close contact with present members of the Prince and Drew families. Ostensibly a history of the Prince family and its associations with Longworth, this book is also an emotive commentary on village life of the period. Jan Kelly spices her writing with well-selected quotes and an impressive range of pertinent illustrations. This book should appeal to both the present inhabitants of the village of Longworth and those with an interest in the history of the English Rose.

HINTON WALDRIST THROUGH THE CENTURIES  Jasmine S. Howse (1968 and 1969)  £11
The book has been out-of-print for some years. The new 2007 facsimile edition is published by Thematic Trails in association with Longworth and District History Society. ISBN 978-0-948444-52-4 211 pages (A5) 23 illustrations including the 1762 enclosure map. The facsimile edition combines the original two parts of the book which were written in 1968 and 1969 respectively. Part One contains four chapters detailing the history of the village from pre-Domesday to the seventeenth century. Part Two covers the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The book is the result of meticulous research using, wherever possible, surviving historical documents and maps. Statistics and quotes are frequently used to support the account.

LONGWORTH THROUGH THE CENTURIES by Jasmine S Howse (1980-82).
ISBN 978-0948444-51-7  163 pages, plus appendix. 33 illustrations. £9.00
This 2007 facsimile edition is published by Thematic Trails for Longworth and District History Society.
It is a comprehensively researched book and chapter headings iinclude, Early period, Medieval period, Sixteenth century, Seventeenth century, Eighteenth century, Nineteenth century.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTHMOOR METHODIST CHAPEL by Jan Kelly (2007)  £6.00

VILLAGE MILLENNIUM, a short history of Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor
By W R Carmichael (1971). The 2007 facsimile edition is published by Thematic Trails for Longworth and District History Society.
ISBN 978-0-948444-50-0  36 pages (A5). 9 illustrations.    £3.00
This little booklet makes easy reading. In one evening session you can acquire a sound introduction to the long and interesting history of this settlement and make an important step to feeling part of the village community.

THE CULTIVATORS  by Murray Maclean (1970). The 2007 revised and extended 2^nd edition is published by Thematic Trails for Longworth and District History Society.
ISBN 978-0948444-49-4  20 pages (A5) 13 illustrations   £1.50
A brief but succinct history of the development of agriculture in Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor in the county of Berkshire, now Oxfordshire. The history spans 1000 years and the booklet was originally written as a supplement to the book Village Millennium by W R Carmichael (see above). This 2^nd edition has a 4-page ‘postscript’ to record events which have taken the village into the 21^st century.