Tackley Local History Group
Talk:
Monday, in
Tackley
Village Memorial Hall. Join us for tea and coffee at 7:15 pm before the talk starts at
7:30 pm. Membership is £12, and non-members are welcome for £5.
For more than 40 years, members of Tackley Local History Group have been exploring the history
of this Oxfordshire village and the people who lived and worked in and around it from 12000 BC
to the 20th century.
We have published several books, and our exhibition
Tackley Through Time can be seen in
St Nicholas’ Church. We have carried out excavations at the church and at
Gibraltar Point, undertaken archaeological
investigations, and built up a collection of archives which is kept in
the village hall. We run several additional archaeological and historical
projects, and organise an annual series of talks from September to
April.
New members are always welcome, whether from Tackley or further afield. The subscription is £12
per year. Please contact the secretary Sue Ashton at 10 St Nicholas Road, on
01869 331325, or at
suejashton1@btinternet.com. There are more than
500 members in our
Facebook group.
Programme
- 23 September 2024 – Mark Davies: James Sadler, a Pastry Chef from Oxford Who Was the First Englishman to Fly in a Hot Air Balloon
- 28 October 2024 – Sue Ashton: A Tackley House Through Time: 5 Nethercote Road, part 2
- 25 November 2024 – Neil Wilson: Transport and Tackley – Travellers Tales – Journeying to Tackley Through the Ages, from Medieval Times to the Early Days of the Motor Car
- 27 January 2025 – Charmian Knight: Frideswide of White Hill: A Search for Tackley’s Medieval Neighbours
- 24 February 2025 – Liz Woolley: Felicia Skene: Prison Reformer and Friend of the Poor in Victorian Oxford
- 24 March 2025 – John Harwood DL: The History of the Role of Lord Lieutenancy. John was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire in 2001 and was Vice Lord Lieutenant until 2019.
- 28 April 2025 – Anni Byard: Tackley: The Dig at Gibraltar Point
We meet in Tackley
Village Memorial Hall. Join us for tea and coffee at 7:15 pm before the talk starts at
7:30 pm. Membership is £12, and non-members are welcome for £5.