Sutton Courtenay Local History Society

Part of the mosaic floor at North Leigh Roman Villa

The latest e-bulletin from the Oxfordshire Local History Association for February 2022 can be read via this URL.

The OLHA’s AGM and spring study day will be on Saturday 7th May 2022 in Bampton Village Hall in Bampton near Witney, on the theme “ Oxfordshire : World War Two at Home."  For further information and booking details click here.

The OLHA’s e-bulletin contains articles and information of relevance to those interested in local and family history in Oxfordshire.  All members of local history societies and groups which are members of OLHA are themselves members of OLHA automatically, and this e-bulletin is for everyone.

As a follow-up to her message to members in August 2021, Mary Thompson has recently written again to members with an update:

"You will note from the latest OLHA e-bulletin that some History Societies are resuming meetings or holding them on-line.   I regret that we have been unable to do likewise as I am aware that people appreciated the variety of speakers and talks we held.

"As Chair of the Society, and a founder member, it has been a privilege to have been involved and learn so much from the talks, but also from the research we have undertaken ourselves on Sutton Courtenay’s varied and interesting history.

"I sincerely hope the Local History Society will continue in the future, but I am unable to continue as Chair and so far the Committee and I have been unsuccessful in finding a successor. I am now well into my eighties, and several falls have left me with injuries which are a problem and prevent me from being as active as previously. 

"In the meantime, I am compiling an archive of all the Society’s history material which will eventually be kept in the River Room at All Saints’ Church [and, where appropriate, in the Archive section of the Society’s website]. Nigel French is continuing to develop the website and add items to it and we are very grateful to him for all the work he does on this.

"Perhaps there is still a new Chair out there somewhere!"

The latest e-bulletin from the Oxfordshire Local History Association for January 2022 can be read via this URL.

The OLHA’s e-bulletin contains articles and information of relevance to those interested in local and family history in Oxfordshire.  All members of local history societies and groups which are members of OLHA are themselves members of OLHA automatically, and this e-bulletin is for everyone.

The latest e-bulletin from the Oxfordshire Local History Association for November 2021 can be read via this URL.

The OLHA’s e-bulletin contains articles and information of relevance to those interested in local and family history in Oxfordshire.  All members of local history societies and groups which are members of OLHA are themselves members of OLHA automatically, and this e-bulletin is for everyone.