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 here.
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 here.
NEXT TALK
10 JAN 2024 (Weds)
~ look out for further details ~
10 JAN 2024 (Weds)
~ look out for further details ~
2023 Programme
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 ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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