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Oxfordshire
GEOLOGY OF OXFORDSHIRE
Philip Powell. Dovecote Press. Wimb
THE SEVEN SHIRES WAY
Elaine Steane 2002. This book is good value at the RRP of £12.95. At the Thematic Trails specially negotiated price of £8 it is undoubtedly our bargain of the year and is available at this price only by direct purchase from Thematic Trails, or Longworth and District History Society.
The book covers 21
independent walks, each existing in its own right and each of which can be
achieved easily in one day. Instructions include suggested public transport
for good access to each of the walks which are exclusively on public rights
of way. Directions include many relevant excerpts from Ordnance Survey maps
covering all the walks.
The walks are arranged in linear sequence so that, if you have a mind to do so, in 21 days or less you can circumnavigate the county of Oxfordshire, straying into seven shires on a walk which, in total, covers 234 miles. A useful list of overnight accommodation is included for those undertaking all or part of this longer option. The walks include a wide variety of scenery from the marlstone scarp slope of Edgehill, the ironstone villages of North Oxfordshire, the clay vale of Aylesbury, the beech woods of the Chiltern Hills, the riverbanks of the Thames, the open downland of Berkshire and the Cotswold villages in Gloucestershire. With clear illustrations this ‘walking companion’ included commentary on archaeology, history, botany and some of the many literary connections.
HARWELL,
the Enigma revealed
Nick Hance. Enhance
Publishing, Oxford 2006.
THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE COTSWOLDS Andrew Goudie & Adrian Parker. £10.00.
ISBN
978-0-9529662-0-3 Cotteswold Nat. Field Club. 1996. A5.139 pages. 54
figures.
RURAL LIFE IN THE VALE OF
WHITE HORSE 1780-1914
Nigel Hammond GINGE TO LOCKINGE, HISTORICAL WALK John BrooksISBN 978-0-948444-10-4 Thematic Trails 1988. £2.95 36 pages. 24 illustrations. Whilst walking through a village landscape in West Oxfordshire, historical sources and the landscape itself are combined to demonstrate how evidence from a variety of sources can be used to throw light on the nature and rate of historical change which has taken place in this small area of English countryside.
THE ABINGDON WATERTURNPIKE
MURDER, a True-life Tale of Crime & Punishment. Essentially the story is woven from 25 documents held at the Oxfordshire Record Office in Oxford. A fascinating insight into 18th century life of the labouring poor with a murder thrown in.
DIARY OF WILLIAM TAYLER,
footman 1837 by William Tayler
(edited by Dorothy
Wise) Oxfordshire Community Literature ProjectThematic Trails, in close association with Longworth and District History Society, have initiated the ‘Oxfordshire Community Literature Project’, a programme which supports locally published literature within the county. Selected literature, deemed to encourage the interpretation and appreciation of valued local environments, is provided with a national shop window and marketing structure by inclusion within the Thematic Trails national catalogue and web site displays. This service is available both to individuals and local organisations and is provided by Thematic Trails free of charge. The following organisations already make use of this facility and their publications are listed below: Longworth and District History Society The Marcham Society Standlake History Society Iffley History Society Roads Across the Upper Thames Valley Gardening with Nature (Jenny Steel)
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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’.
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, 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
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£14.00
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.
OXFORDSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE - FIVE CIRCULAR COUNTRY WALKS
a large (510mm X
420m) two-sided colourful map showing five colour-coded recommended
circular walks in the Kingston Bagpuize, Longworth and Hinton area. The
map is folded to pocket-size.
Five 12-page A4
guidebooks (landscape companions) one for each of the suggested circular
countryside walks shown on the main map. These guides give
comprehensive written and map instructions for following each colour-coded
walk shown on the map. However, the main purpose of these ‘landscape
companions’ is to provide an engaging illustrated commentary on the human
and natural landscape through which these walks progress. The walks are
set within the countryside known as the ‘Golden Ridge’, some 12 miles to
the west of Oxford.
GREEN WALK Start: Longworth Square (4
mile walk).
Thematic Trails 2003.
A4 size. 60 pages, 43 photos, 18 maps, 19 illust. £3.
A stout A4 water-resistant plastic folder contains:
PURPLE WALK
Start: Longworth Square (5.5 miles). ORANGE WALK Start: Southmoor (5.5 miles).
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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 five books in this series, so far, in 2007.
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
ISBN 978-0-948444-48-7 Published by Thematic Trails for Longworth and District History Society. 76 pages (A4 size). 75 illustrations including 9 maps of local historic interest. The story of the chapel at the crossroads in Southmoor, Oxfordshire, becomes a social history of a village, which has grown in population five-fold since the chapel was built in 1842. The chapel has played a significant role in the development of the village but social changes, as have happened elsewhere, has seen this role in gradual decline. Jan Kelly has chosen an appropriate time to gather together from dispersed documentary evidence and the memories of older members of the congregation, an intriguing record of the way the chapel has contributed to the evolution of this village community.
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 2nd 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 2nd
edition has a 4-page ‘postscript’ to record events which have taken
the village into the 21st century.
More details of the activities and publications of the Longworth and District History Society HERE
A TALE OF TWO BENCHES
Claire Bolton
ISBN
978-0-9530220-1-4.
2000. A5. 21pages.
£2.95
Reflections
on Robert Gibbings and his link with Marcham.
CORAL RAG: The Marcham Society Journal
Volume One Spring 2001 44 pages (A5). £3.00 Focus: Wild Celery - Marcham’s water birds - Marcham’s misfortunes - David Jones, Vicar 1699 to 1724.Volume Two Spring 2002
56 pages (A5) £3.50 Focus: Excavations: Marcham’s Roman Amphitheatre - Duffield Memorial - The Church that Marcham might have had - Plants - Moths and Butterflies - Hedgerows - Lost and Found (Stone loom weight) in Marcham.Volume Three Spring 2003 52 pages (A5) £3.50 Focus: Excavations: Manor Farm, Marcham - Snails - Victorian clay pipes - Conker collecting 1917 - The Snowdrop - 17C women in Marcham.
Volume Four Spring 2004 56 pages (A5) £3.50 includes an update on the excavations on Trendles Field, Manor Farm; articles on slugs, the Church Institute a century ago, Marcham in 1901 and Commercial Bakers in Marcham in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Volume Five 2005 48 pages (A5) £3.50 includes articles to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II; Marcham at war, Prisoners of War, Bombs in the Marcham area and War Memorials. Also churchyard plants, Gravestone Inscriptions and Skeletons at the Amphitheatre.
Volume Six 2006 44 pages (A5) £4 includes updates on the Marcham-Frilford Archaeological sites; grapes at Frilford Heath; the school in the 1930s and 1940s; Life on the Wall; the Gore-Brownes of Oakley Park.
Volume Seven 2007 48 pages, 50 illustrations in b/w and colour (A5) £4 Includes: Field Walking in Big Leas Field, Manor Farm; Ammonites in Marcham; Marcham Floods.
Vol 1 (1) Spring 2002 (A5) 36 pp (Street names 1 - Growing up between the wars).
Vol 1 (2) Autumn 2002
(A5) 32 pp (Street names 2 - St Denys Church 1 -
Richard III).
Vol 2 (2) Autumn 2003 (A5) 32 pp (Childhood memories - What was the Local
Militia?).
Vol 3 (1) Spring 2004 (A5) 32 pp (Street names 3 - Childhood Memories 2 - Gleanings)
Vol 3 (2) Autumn 2004 (A5) 40 pp (Possible ‘First Fleet’ connections - Memories 3)
No 7 Autumn 2005 (A5) 40 pp (Oral History Project, So, what then is history?)
No 8 Spring 2006 (A5) 36 pp (Oral History Project; Violet and Jasmine Howse Photographic Archive Project; Wayside, the history of a Victorian Stanford house)
No 9 Autumn 2006 (A5) 32 pp (The Furthest Promised Land - Cottages on the Green)
No 10 Spring 2007 (A5) 44pp (‘Poor Law’ examinations of 1747 – Diary of the Trans-Atlantic crossings of John West – 15th century Vine Cottage)
No 11 Autumn 2007 (A5) 24pp (Tithe records – Diary of John West, part 2 – Family trees; Whiting and King).
No 12 Spring 2008 (A5) 28pp (Slavery - villains or slaves - Diary of John West, part 3 - Architecture St Denys Church)
Turnpikes - Tolls - Ancient routes (Alan Rosevear)
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ROADS ACROSS THE UPPER THAMES VALLEY |
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These booklets reflect Alan Rosevear’s long-term research interests in the Turnpikes, milestones, toll houses, coach, railway and waggon routes across the Upper Thames Valley. The text is supported by maps, tables, drawings and figures drawn from a wide variety of historical sources. A very worth-while historical resource in its own right. |
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RUTV 1 |
Ancient Roads Across the Vale of White Horse. (A4) 18 pages 1993 2000 |
£2.00 |
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RUTV 2 |
Ogilby's Road to Hungerford. (A4) 8 pages. 1993, 1994. |
90p |
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RUTV 3 |
Turnpike Network in the Upper Thames Valley. (A4) 36 pages. 1994-9. |
£3.80 |
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RUTV 4 |
Besselsleigh Turnpike, + Harwell to Streatley Turnpike. (A4) 29 pages. 1993-9. |
£2.80 |
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RUTV 5 |
The Wallingford, Wantage and Faringdon Turnpike. (A4) 22 pages |
£3.80 |
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RUTV 6 |
Fyfield to St John’s Bridge & Kingston Bagpuize to Newbridge Turnpike.(A4) 24 pp. |
£3.80 |
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RUTV 7 |
Turnpike Roads through Abingdon +Henley to Dorchester Turnpike. (A4) 39pp, 2000 |
£4.60 |
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RUTV 8 |
Turnpike Roads around Oxford. (A4) 56 pages. 1994-95-2000. |
£5.80 |
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RUTV 9 |
The King’s Highway - Recorded journeys through the Thames Valley. (A4) 33 pp. 2000. |
£3.50 |
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RUTV 10 |
Milestones and Toll-houses on old Turnpike Roads. (A4) 24 pages. 1993-1996. |
£3.00 |
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RUTV 11 |
Coach and Waggon Services Across the Upper Thames Valley. (A4) 31 pp. 1993-9. |
£5.00 |
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RUTV 12 |
Response of the Turnpikes to the coming of the Railway. (A4) 15 pages. 1993-4-6 |
£1.60 |
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RUTV 13 |
Early Road Maps of the Upper Thames Valley. (A4) 35 pages. 1993. 1994, 1996. |
£3.60 |
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RUTV 14 |
Turnpike Roads to Banbury (via Bicester, Brackley & Buckingham). (A4) 95 pp.2002. |
£8.50 |
Gardening with Nature (Jenny Steel)
BUTTERFLY
GARDENING Jenny Steel
ISBN
978-0-9541116-2-5 Webbs Barn Designs 2007. A5.
32 pages, 20 colour
illustrations, 7 plant lists. £4.95
How to encourage butterflies to visit and breed in your
garden; Garden butterflies & their life cycle; Nectar plants; larval food
plants; the winter garden.
GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE
Jenny Steel.WILDFLOWERS
FOR GARDENS Jenny Steel
Webbs
Barn Designs 2001. A5. 28 pages. £3.00
A descriptive list of over 140 wildflowers to attract wildlife to your
garden.
COTTAGE
GARDENS Jenny Steel
Webbs Barns Designs 2001. A5. 28 pages. £3.00
A descriptive list of useful plants to attract wildlife, including
butterflies, to your garden.
MEADOWS
AND CORNFIELDS Jenny Steel
ISBN
978-0-9541116-0-1 Webbs Barn Designs
2001. £3.50
A5.
25 pages. 20 colour illustrations.
How to create and maintain a meadow or cornfield to attract wildlife to your
garden.
WILDLIFE
PONDS Jenny Steel
ISBN
978-0-9541116-1-8 Webb Barns Designs
2002. £3.50
A5.
32 pages. 17 colour photos.
How
to create a natural looking pond to attract wildlife to your garden.
A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A
WILDLIFE GARDEN Jenny Steel.
NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS AND
CLIMBERS Jenny Steel
Webbs Barn Designs 2003
A5. 28 pages, 5 illustrations. £3.00
Jenny lists native trees, shrubs and climbers that are
suitable for garden cultivation, giving information on their height, the
soil conditions which they prefer, whether they have flowers or berries and
most importantly, what wildlife they attract.
IFFLEY CHURCH AND MEDIEVAL LIFE (Ruth Nineham 1997) 17 pages. 6 drawings. 3 photos. Medieval life from clues that can be seen in Iffley Church. £2
LIFE AROUND THE TIME OF THE FIRST MILLENNIUM (Dennis Nineham 2000). 18 pages. 3 illustrations. Secular grind, Viking threats and hoped-for supernatural intervention - a hard life but not without happiness. £2
WHO BUILT IFFLEY CHURCH, WHAT CAN WE KNOW ABOUT HIM / HER? (Ruth Nineham 2001) 24 pages. 14 photographs. 1 drawing. A bibliographic search of charters, pipe rolls and records in stone. £2
ELIZABETHAN IFFLEY: A FIRST GLIMPSE (Elizabeth Wells 2001) 45 pages. 12 tables. 8 graphs. 3 drawings. Evidence from the Elizabethan Iffley’s Parish Register. The road to marriage, baptism and burial. £4
THE 19th CENTURY THREAT TO IFFLEY LOCK (John Perrott 2001) 31 pages. 3 photos. 3 drawings. 3 maps. Oxford flooding in the 1850s and some proposed solutions to alleviate the problem. £3
AGRICULTURAL LIFE IN IFFLEY, FROM NORMAN TIMES TO THE VICTORIAN AGE (Susan C. Bird 2003) 33 pages. 8 illust. What can be deduced from the range of historical documents available to local historians? £3
All the above books/booklets are available from Thematic Trails.