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Our Library Box

Our library box is open at all “hall” meetings (see Our Programme).

The library box holds a selection of books and documents on local history and contains information on the history of our local villages. These books, listed below are on FREE LOAN to members of the society providing they sign the loan book.

  1. THE MANOR OF KINGSTON BAGPUIZE by A. Henderson Livesey.
  2. VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE (Photocopies of local village extracts).
  3. THE VILLAGE MILLENNIUM (Kingston Bagpuize) by W.R. Carmichael.
  4. THE CULTIVATORS (Kingston Bagpuize) by Murray Maclean.
  5. MILESTONES & TOLL-HOUSES (Thames Valley) ON OLD TURNPIKE ROADS.
  6. FYFIELD TO ST JOHN'S BRIDGE & K.B. TO NEWBRIDGE TURNPIKES.
  7. WALLINGFORD, WANTAGE & FARINGDON TURNPIKE.
  8. LETTER TO PIPPA (Kingston Bagpuize between the Wars) by Sybil Beard.
  9. THE HUSH HUSH FACTORY (Tubney Woods) by Nigel Dawe.
  10. OXFORDSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY (Volume 5 Number 1).
  11. INVASION 1940, (Britain's defence line through Tubney, Fyfield and Kingston Bagpuize.
  12. THE OLD RECTORY, HINTON WALDRIST by Sara van Loock & Peter Bushell
  13. OXFORDSHIRE HISTORY; DIRECTORY OF RESEARCH 1989
  14. HISTORY OF THE PIG IMPROVEMENT COMPANY - Small in number - Big in spirit  (Kingston Bagpuize)
  15. OXFORDSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY vol 4 No 1 (Shadow Factory Tubney Woods).
  16. MARTEN'S HALL FARM, LONGWORTH, A HISTORY by Peter Bushell
  17. LISTED BUILDINGS REPORT (Kingston Bagpuize, Southmoor, Longworth, Hinton).
  18. LATE VICTORIAN HANNEY, agricultural community (Hanney History Group) 1994.
  19. STANDLAKE, a Millennium by Maureen Nicholas.
  20. UFFINGTON PARISH TRAIL by Sharon Smith (1994)
  21. THE FORGE, KINGSTON BAGPUIZE, a history by Andrew Hiles (CD ROM)
  22. THE FORGE, KINGSTON BAGPUIZE, a history by Andrew Hiles (Booklet version)
  23. BUCKLAND REMEMBERED, a Millennium Celebration (2000).
  24. LONGWORTH THROUGH THE CENTURIES. Jasmine Howse (1982) LHS 1997.
  25. LONGWORTH CENSUS FIGURES FOR 1881 and 1891.
  26. KINGSTON BAGPUIZE / SOUTHMOOR / TUBNEY - The  CENSUS for 1881 & 1891.
  27. SALE OF KINGSTON BAGPUIZE ESTATE, 1936 (Central Portion).
  28. AGNES LOUISA ILLINGWORTH edited by Elizabeth Raikes (1938).
  29. KELMSCOTT MANOR; Pamphlets and web site material.
  30. YARNTON 1918, a look at the recent past by Robin Hearn (2001)
  31. KINGSTON BAGPUIZE. Church yard monumental Inscriptions 1624 to 1995. (1997)
  32. EXCAVATIONS AT MARCHAM / FRILFORD 2001-2002 (Ridgeway & Vale Project)
  33. CIRCULAR WALKS AROUND CUMNOR
  34. THE SEVEN SHIRES WALK by Elaine Steane 2002 (Reardon Publishing)
  35. RURAL LIFE IN THE VALE OF WHITE HORSE 1780-1914. Nigel Hammond (1974)
  36. A FARMER'S YEAR 1913-14. Selected bills and receipts from the Guy Weaving farm.
  37. THE OLD BERKSHIRE HUNT by William Fawcett (1940)
  38. BERKSHIRE VALE by Wilfred Howe-Nurse, illustrated by Cecil Aldin. (1927)
  39. A HISTORY OF FYFIELD SCHOOL 1875 - 1981 by Diana Triplow (2004)
  40. A TOWPATH WALK IN OXFORD by Mark Davies and Catherine Robinson (2001)
  41. THE ABINGDON WATERTURNPIKE MURDER by Mark Davies (2003)
  42. MAY DAY to MUMMERS by Christine Bloxham (2002)
  43. AS WE WERE. Memories of 20C Fyfield & Tubney. Fyfield History Club 2005
  44. A BERKSHIRE VILLAGE [Stanford in the Vale] its history & antiquities (1866)
  45. THE LONGWORTH ROSE VOLUME ONE 1998-2005.
  46. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A VICTORIAN FARM WORKER (F.E .Huggett 1972).
  47. THE WILTS AND BERKS CANAL (Doug Small 1999).
  48. A TRUNK CALL FROM THE PAST (1913-15) Guy and Kitty Weaving
  49. OXFORD IN FOCUS (introduction to photo-essay by Alan Bullock 1963)
  50. A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A WILDLIFE GARDEN - Kingston Bagpuize (Jenny Steel)
  51. THE GEOLOGY OF OXFORDSHIRE. Philip Powell 2005
  52. THE DIARY OF WILLIAM TAYLER, FOOTMAN 1837 edited by Dorothy Wise
  53. AN ILLUSTRATED POTTED HISTORY OF FYFIELD by Diana Triplow
  54. IRON AGE AND ROMAN WYCHWOOD by Tim Copeland
  55. RURAL OXFORDSHIRE IN THE 1990s. Oxfordshire Rural Community Council
  56. HARWELL The Enigma revealed. 2006. Nick Hance
  57. FAMILY HISTORY, a Guardian Supplement. April 2007.
  58. CHARNEY BASSETT WATERMILL.
  59. CHARNEY MANOR 1300 - 1970
  60. THE UPPER THAMES MAJOR RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Reservoir Sites Vol 1 and 2 plus CD)
  61. MEMORIES OF A WAR GUEST by Anthea Cooke-Yarborough (2007)
  62. ENID FERNANDES by Anthea Cooke-Yarborough (2007)

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