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    Excursions
  • The 2026 excursions are now open for booking
  • Examination Schools
  • Harcourt Hill
  • Chipping Norton
  • St Peter's Chapels
  • Historic Woodstock
  • Gardens and trees walk in Oxford
  • Jericho
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  • Oxfordshire Past 2026
    Saturday 20th June
    This year we will be in Henley-on-Thames - come along to our annual day conference to hear all the latest updates from around the county, with talks on the archaeological work in Oxford city, research for the Victoria County History in west Oxfordshire, the latest finds recorded by the Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, and the recent work of the Oxfordshire Buildings Recordings Record.
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  • Annual Newsletter
    Our annual newsletter has been posted to all members but you can also read or download it. It contains details of the upcoming AGM at Oxfordshire Past 2026 on 20th June and reports from committee members.
OAHS Newsletter-2026
St Mary's Church
  • St Mary's Church
    Saturday 16th May
    Spend a day looking at and drawing Iffley Church with local artist and teacher, MICAH HAYNS.
    All materials will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own sketching stool, sketch book, or anything you are working on if you wish
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Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum 50 Objects 2026
  • Military History in 50 Objects
    21 March to 30 April 2026
    Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum tells the story of the county's military heritage through 50 objects in new exhibition featuring objects to illustrate Oxfordshire stories from the Napoleonic Wars to the Second World War
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    Oxoniensia
  • The OAHS journal Oxoniensia is available online. It is one of the foremost archaeological, architectural, and local history journals in the country. It includes excavation reports, surveys of buildings and standing structures, and articles on the history and topography of Oxford and Oxfordshire.
    Volume 90 (2025) is now available ONLINE to all OAHS members.
    All volumes up to 2020 are freely available to everyone and there is a full text search facility.
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Save the UPP
  • Save the UPP
    The future of Oxford's much loved independent cinema, the Ultimate Picture Palace, is at great risk. Opened in 1911, the Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP) is one of the oldest independent cinemas in England. It's defying national trends in ticket sales and is a cultural hub for people across the city and beyond.
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  • A History of the County of Oxford XXI: Chipping Norton and Area, including Hook Norton and the Rollrights
  • This VCH Oxfordshire volume focuses on the Cotswold market town of Chipping Norton and on half a dozen neighbouring villages, drawing on intensive new research. The town's origins and development are fully explored, along with its buildings, economy, and social and religious life, and those of the surrounding rural area.
  • Published 2024 ISBN: 9781904356578 pp 403 with 16 maps/plans, 93 b/w, 8 colour.
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