Meetings take place on the second Wednesday of each month (except August and December) at St Mary's Church, Wallingford.
Meetings are at 7.45pm for 8.00pm
Visitors very welcome (£5)
Parking is available nearby in the Waitrose car park - free at that time of the evening.
Additionally we are continuing to broadcast our Talks by Zoom - a link will be available for TWHAS members in the monthly newsletter 'TWHAS Now'. Applications for membership are available twhas_membership_form_2025.pdf.
Meetings are at 7.45pm for 8.00pm
Visitors very welcome (£5)
Parking is available nearby in the Waitrose car park - free at that time of the evening.
Additionally we are continuing to broadcast our Talks by Zoom - a link will be available for TWHAS members in the monthly newsletter 'TWHAS Now'. Applications for membership are available twhas_membership_form_2025.pdf.
NEXT TALK
12 Nov (Weds)
Richard Oram: 'County archaeology roundup'
~~ further details of Talk below ~~
12 Nov (Weds)
Richard Oram: 'County archaeology roundup'
~~ further details of Talk below ~~
also, a special event .........
15 Nov (Sat)
'Find our Past' - researching Wallingford's history - Study Day
Further information here
2025 Programme
Jan 8 (Weds)
Sharon Bennett Connolly: ‘Women of the Anarchy’
Feb 12 (Weds)
Anthony Bale: ‘The Shape of the Medieval World, according to John Mandeville’
(postponed from Feb 2024)
March 12 (Weds)
Steve Capel-Davies: ‘Barley to Beer, the Story of Malting, Brewing and Pubs in Wallingford’
March 19 (Weds) - zoom only
Malin Holst : ‘If Ancestors Could Talk - Life and Death at a Roman Villa’
April 9 (Weds)
Simon Randall: "Civil War in the Cotswolds"
14 May (Weds)
Ashley Jackson: Oxford’s War, 1939-45
11June (Weds)
Sue Wright: Commonwealth War Grave Commission (CWGC) Architecture and its Conservation
9 July (Weds)
Joe Trevorrow: Into the jungle - Archaeology, Amerindians and Adventures in Guyana's Forested Frontier
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in August ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10 Sept (Weds)
Our planned talk on ' The Historic Ridgeway Project' has been postponed to a later date. However, we have a fascinating talk by Judy Dewey, our well known Wallingford Museum curator.
Judy Dewey: ‘From Tudor Trauma to new Prosperity: How Wallingford survived!’
8 Oct (Weds)
'The Abingdon Abbey Buildings: their history, their condition, and the enhancement plans.'
12 Nov (Weds)
Richard Oram: 'County archaeology roundup'
Richard is Lead Archaeologist at Oxfordshire County Counci. He will be a contributor to the TWHAS forthcoming Wallingford test pits publication.
This talk will provide an update on recent archaeological discoveries from fieldwork undertaken as part of the planning process across the county, and aim to provide some background to add context to this new information.
15 Nov (Sat)
'Find our Past' - researching Wallingford's history - Study Day
Further information here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in December ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sharon Bennett Connolly: ‘Women of the Anarchy’
Feb 12 (Weds)
Anthony Bale: ‘The Shape of the Medieval World, according to John Mandeville’
(postponed from Feb 2024)
March 12 (Weds)
Steve Capel-Davies: ‘Barley to Beer, the Story of Malting, Brewing and Pubs in Wallingford’
March 19 (Weds) - zoom only
Malin Holst : ‘If Ancestors Could Talk - Life and Death at a Roman Villa’
April 9 (Weds)
Simon Randall: "Civil War in the Cotswolds"
14 May (Weds)
Ashley Jackson: Oxford’s War, 1939-45
11June (Weds)
Sue Wright: Commonwealth War Grave Commission (CWGC) Architecture and its Conservation
9 July (Weds)
Joe Trevorrow: Into the jungle - Archaeology, Amerindians and Adventures in Guyana's Forested Frontier
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in August ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10 Sept (Weds)
Our planned talk on ' The Historic Ridgeway Project' has been postponed to a later date. However, we have a fascinating talk by Judy Dewey, our well known Wallingford Museum curator.
Judy Dewey: ‘From Tudor Trauma to new Prosperity: How Wallingford survived!’
8 Oct (Weds)
'The Abingdon Abbey Buildings: their history, their condition, and the enhancement plans.'
12 Nov (Weds)
Richard Oram: 'County archaeology roundup'
Richard is Lead Archaeologist at Oxfordshire County Counci. He will be a contributor to the TWHAS forthcoming Wallingford test pits publication.
This talk will provide an update on recent archaeological discoveries from fieldwork undertaken as part of the planning process across the county, and aim to provide some background to add context to this new information.
15 Nov (Sat)
'Find our Past' - researching Wallingford's history - Study Day
Further information here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in December ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2026 Programme
14 Jan (Weds)
Ed Caswell: "Bronze Age Oxfordshire - Was it the Wild West of its Day?"
11 Feb (Weds)
Jonathan Stamp: "The Summer of '43"
March 11 (Weds)
Andy Hood: “On-going excavations at Winterbrook and New Barn Farm by Foundations Archaeology, with an update on the Cholsey Roman villa report”
Ed Caswell: "Bronze Age Oxfordshire - Was it the Wild West of its Day?"
11 Feb (Weds)
Jonathan Stamp: "The Summer of '43"
March 11 (Weds)
Andy Hood: “On-going excavations at Winterbrook and New Barn Farm by Foundations Archaeology, with an update on the Cholsey Roman villa report”
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past 2024 Programme for interest
10 Jan
Judy Dewey: ‘Life in Medieval Wallingford’
14 Feb (Weds) TALK POSTPONED to Feb 2025
Anthony Bale: ‘The Shape of the Medieval World, According to John Mandeville’
13 March (Weds)
Graham Twemlow: 'Recording Britain - Celebrating the Country’s Natural Beauty and Architectural Heritage'
10 April (Weds)
Jonathan Stamp: 'The Lost Library'
8 May (Weds)
Peter Adamson: 'A Town Called Wallingford'
12 June (Weds)
Anthony Wilder: 'William Wilder - POW on the Thai Burma Railway'
10 July (Weds)
Alastair Owens: 'Treasures from the privy - new perspectives on everyday life in Victorian East London'
This Talk was recorded and can be viewed here .........
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in August ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
11 Sept (Weds)
John Painter: 'Reading Abbey and the Abbey Quarter'
9 Oct (Weds)
Steve Capel-Davies: 'Ways over Water - a history of Thames crossings'.
13 Nov (Weds)
Malcolm Airs: 'Conservation as a force for change: Wallingford from 1974'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in December ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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past 2023 Programme for interest
11 January
Robert Seatter: ‘Broadcasting Britain: a 100 years of the BBC’
8 February
Ben Ford: 'Frewin Hall excavation'
8 March
Peter Adamson: 'The World of the Wittenham Clumps'
12 April
Judy Dewey: ‘History for all: TWHAS – from its origins to its future’
10 May
Heidi Tunney: 'Pauper Children in Wallingford Union Cottage Homes, Berks, 1900–15; Tainted or Recovered?'
14 June
Paul Booth: 'Evolving ideas on Roman and early post-Roman Dorchester-on-Thames'
12 July
Gary Elliott: 'Justice in Wallingford: Police and Magistrates in the late Victorian period'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in August ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
13 September
John Naylor (Ashmolean Museum): 'The Viking-Age World of the Watlington Hoard'
11 October
Anthony Wilder: 'Victorian Artists'
8 November
A Very Special 50th Birthday Party
Tom Hassall, OBE MA FSA Hon MCIfA: ‘50 years of Oxford Archaeology and TWHAS’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in December ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
past 2023 Programme for interest
11 January
Robert Seatter: ‘Broadcasting Britain: a 100 years of the BBC’
8 February
Ben Ford: 'Frewin Hall excavation'
8 March
Peter Adamson: 'The World of the Wittenham Clumps'
12 April
Judy Dewey: ‘History for all: TWHAS – from its origins to its future’
10 May
Heidi Tunney: 'Pauper Children in Wallingford Union Cottage Homes, Berks, 1900–15; Tainted or Recovered?'
14 June
Paul Booth: 'Evolving ideas on Roman and early post-Roman Dorchester-on-Thames'
12 July
Gary Elliott: 'Justice in Wallingford: Police and Magistrates in the late Victorian period'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in August ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
13 September
John Naylor (Ashmolean Museum): 'The Viking-Age World of the Watlington Hoard'
11 October
Anthony Wilder: 'Victorian Artists'
8 November
A Very Special 50th Birthday Party
Tom Hassall, OBE MA FSA Hon MCIfA: ‘50 years of Oxford Archaeology and TWHAS’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in December ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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past 2022 Programme for interest
past 2022 Programme for interest
12 January (Weds)
Stephen Mileson: 'Peasant perceptions of Landscape, Ewelme Hundred'
9 February (Weds)
Jonathan Clark: 'Lincoln Castle Revealed'
9 March (Weds)
Ben Taggart: ‘Historic Reconstruction in Miniature’
You can enjoy the recording of this talk here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPo0IAKGg6o
13 April (Weds)
Marie-Louise Kerr: 'Oxfordshire on Canvas'
11 May (Weds)
Melanie King: 'Can onions cure earache? Medical Advice in the 18th century'
8 June (Weds)
Gabor Thomas: 'The Marlow warlord and the rediscovered church at Cookham: A review of early medieval archaeology of the Middle Thames'
13 July (Weds)
Janice Kinory: 'Oxford Past and Present - Images from the Historic Environment Image Resource (HEIR) Project'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in August ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
14 September (Weds)
Giles Pritchard: 'Conservation work on the Remains of the College of St Nicholas, Wallingford Castle'
You can enjoy the recording of this talk here:
https://youtu.be/nSImzlxMqXU
12 October (Weds)
Michael Fulford: 'Silchester Revealed: the Iron Age and Roman Town in light of recent research'
You can enjoy the recording of this talk here:
https://youtu.be/xaZK740-yp8
9 November (Weds)
Dr Simon Wenham: 'Poverty, Pestilence and Public Health'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in December ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stephen Mileson: 'Peasant perceptions of Landscape, Ewelme Hundred'
9 February (Weds)
Jonathan Clark: 'Lincoln Castle Revealed'
9 March (Weds)
Ben Taggart: ‘Historic Reconstruction in Miniature’
You can enjoy the recording of this talk here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPo0IAKGg6o
13 April (Weds)
Marie-Louise Kerr: 'Oxfordshire on Canvas'
11 May (Weds)
Melanie King: 'Can onions cure earache? Medical Advice in the 18th century'
8 June (Weds)
Gabor Thomas: 'The Marlow warlord and the rediscovered church at Cookham: A review of early medieval archaeology of the Middle Thames'
13 July (Weds)
Janice Kinory: 'Oxford Past and Present - Images from the Historic Environment Image Resource (HEIR) Project'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in August ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
14 September (Weds)
Giles Pritchard: 'Conservation work on the Remains of the College of St Nicholas, Wallingford Castle'
You can enjoy the recording of this talk here:
https://youtu.be/nSImzlxMqXU
12 October (Weds)
Michael Fulford: 'Silchester Revealed: the Iron Age and Roman Town in light of recent research'
You can enjoy the recording of this talk here:
https://youtu.be/xaZK740-yp8
9 November (Weds)
Dr Simon Wenham: 'Poverty, Pestilence and Public Health'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no TWHAS Talk in December ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Recorded Talks
Some recent Talks have also been broadcast by Zoom and the opportunity has been taken to record them and post online links to them below:-
October 2022
Michael Fulford: 'Silchester Revealed: the Iron Age and Roman Town in light of recent research'
Professor Fulford described the excavations at Silchester since the 1970s.
You can enjoy the recording of this talk here:
https://youtu.be/xaZK740-yp8
September 2022
Giles Pritchard: 'Conservation work on the Remains of the College of St Nicholas, Wallingford Castle'
Giles Pritchard described the latest two stages of work on the restoration of St Nicholas in Wallingford Castle.
You can enjoy the recording of this talk here:
https://youtu.be/nSImzlxMqXU
March 2022
Ben Taggart: ‘Historic Reconstruction in Miniature’
Ben discussed how he took on the challenge of unlocking the secrets of Wallingford Castle and what it took to build the model for Wallingford Museum.
You can enjoy the recording of this talk here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPo0IAKGg6o
Oct 2020
'Beacons of the Past: Citizen Science and LiDAR shedding light on the history of the Chilterns landscape'
- presented by Dr Edward Peveler (Landscape Heritage Officer, Chilterns Conservation Board)
In this talk Dr Ed Peveler introduced this Lottery-funded project, explaining more about the survey, letting us know how we can access the data to do our own archaeological exploring, and showing us some of the exciting results that are emerging.
You can enjoy the recording of this talk here:
https://youtu.be/IDoCh2ru8j8
After viewing the Talk, if you would like further information please look at this link:- https://chilternsbeacons.org
Up-to-date news (more being added regularly) is available on:- https://chilternsbeacons.org/wp/news-blog
Additionally, you may wish to learn about two local archaeological projects which have recently posted updates online.
Click HERE
Katharine Keats-Rohan is the TWHAS Speaker's secretary. If you have suggestions for future talks, please contact Katharine
If other local history societies would like to notify us of their events for possible inclusion (subject to space) in the monthly publication, TWHAS Now, then please send details to the TWHAS Now editor
If other local history societies would like to notify us of their events for possible inclusion (subject to space) in the monthly publication, TWHAS Now, then please send details to the TWHAS Now editor