Previous years

Season 1993-94
March	The 19th century Oxfordshire village	Kate Tiller
April	The people and places of Oxfordshire: writing the Victoria County History	Simon Townley
May	The Iffley Tapestry	Mrs HuntleyJohn CritchleyMrs V. Graham-Greene
Season 1994-95
October	Voices of Oxford	Conrad Keating
February	Fields into suburbs: Iffley Road developments in the 19th and 20th centuries	Malcolm Graham
March	Oxfordshire seasonal customs	Christine Bloxham
April	Families in Tudor and Stuart Iffley	Adrienne Rosen
Season 1995-96
October	Migratory maids	Pamela Horn
November	The history of Thames navigation	D G Wilson
February	Oxfordshire sinners and villains	Carl Boardman
March	The history of parish churches in Oxfordshire	Nicholas Doggett
April	A study of Iffley in 1961	Margaret Cullen
May	Going to school in Victorian Oxfordshire	David Eddershaw
Season 1996-97
October	Henry Taunt, Oxford photographer	Malcolm Graham
November	World War II defences of Oxford and the river	Bill King
February	Iffley, Brunel and the Great Western Railway	John Leigh
March	Agriculture and the enclosures of the 18th and 19th centuries	David Eddershaw
April	The history of Iffley mill	John Perrott
May	Iffley church and medieval life	Ruth Nineham
Season 1998-99
October	Iffley and the Black Assizes	Elizabeth Wells
November	Iffley church wardens and overseers	Sheila Fairfield
February	Children’s health and wellbeing	Kate Field
March	Paper roofs of Oxfordshire	Malcom Airs
April	The threat to Iffley lock	John Perrott
May	Reading the landscape
Season 1999-2000
October	Oxfordshire in World War II	Malcolm Graham
November	Births and marriage in Elizabethan Iffley	Elizabeth Wells
December	“The Changing Faces of Iffley” (publication launch)	Ann Spokes Symonds
February	Migration from Oxfordshire in the 18th & 19th centuries	Martyn Brown
March	John Towle: a watermiller	John Perrott
May	Baptists in Oxfordshire	S Carver
Season 2000-01
October	Oxford’s waterways heritage: the canal and river from the 18th century	Mark Davies
November	Oxford castle	Paul Booth
February	Japanese codes at Bletchley Park: some personal recollections	Maurice Wiles
March	Agriculture in Iffley since Domesday	Susan Bird
April	Who built Iffley church?	Ruth Nineham
May	Vernacular architecture	David Clark
Season 2001-02
October	A history of malting and brewing	Stephen Capel-Davies
November	Survival of the fittest: a brief history of child rearing	Jan Warner
February	Victorian shops and advertising in Oxford	David Vaisey
March	Visit to Oxfordshire County Records Office
April	Christchurch Cathedral: “A peculiar place”	James Godfrey
May	Victoria’s Jubilee celebrations in Oxford	David Eddershaw
Season 2002-03
October	A city at war: Oxford 1642-1646	Rosemary Kelly
November	Oxfordshire houses	John Pilling
December	Fifty years of Iffley
February	Looking for God’s sisters: Godstow Nunnery	Graham Keevil
March	The golden age of coaching	Martin Way
April	A celebration of the willow	Sheila Fairfield
May	The magic lantern	Peter Coveney
Season 2003-04
October	Oxford waits and their musical world	Tim Healy
November	Hayllar and Leslie: painters of Wallingford	Anthony Wilder
December	Dr Johnson in Iffley	Displays
February	The Cotswold wool trade and shepherding	Martin Way
April	The first parish council elections	Christopher Hall
May	Early Stuart Iffley from parish records	Elizabeth Wells
June	Visit to Chalgrove
Season 2004-05
October	Visit to the University Press Museum
November	JJ Faulkner: Oxford grocer, pacifist and temperance advocate	Robert Sephton
December	Grove House and Sir George Forrest	Elizabeth Wells
February	Oxford’s postal history	Godfrey Townsend
March	New images of Oxford, 2001-04	John Ashdown
April	Religion, politics and magic in the Thames Valley (Dr Pordage and his circle, 1646-54)	Manfred Brod
May	The medieval guilds	Joan Dils
June	Visit to Ewelme
Season 2005-06
October	The history of the apple	Barrie Juniper
November	Major GWG Allen: aerial archaeologist	Arthur MacGregor
February	Anglo-Saxon art and craft	Martin Way
March	Town and gown relations	Chris Day
April	Visit to Long Hanborough Bus Museum
May	The Victoria County History: recent work	Simon Townley
June	Outing to Flora Thompson country	Martin Greenwood
Season 2006-07
October	Place names	Dr Cole
November	History of the thatched roof	John Letts
December	Sugar & spice: cooking before chocolate	Elizabeth Wells
February	White’s of Appleton	visit
March	Country carriers	Martin Greenwood
June	Visit to Hook Norton
Season 2007-08
October	Life on narrowboats	Martin Way
November	Medieval pilgrimage	Tim Porter
February	The history of house design	Edmund Gray
March	Visit to Cuddesdon	Mark Chapman
April	Pre-Raphaelites in Oxford	Alice Foster
May	Oxford coffee houses 1650-1800	Dr Aubertin Potter
9th July	Visit to Brill
Season 2008-09
October	Tour of the Oxford Museum of the History of Science	Stephen Johnston
November	Behind the octagon badge	Brian Moylan
December	Farming and village life in the late 19th century	John Wilson
February	The evolution of house design in Iffley and beyond (part 2)	Edmund Gray
March	The historic office of Lord Lieutenant	Hugo Brunner
April	The church in Saxon times	Tom Pickles
Season 2009-10
October	Earning their own crusts: child labour in Oxfordshire	Liz Woolley
November	The history of Oxford medicine	Eric Sidebottom
December	Green Men of Oxfordshire	Tim Healey
February	No kidding, Mr Hitler: the Upper Thames patrol in World War II	Bill King
March	Petticoats and partlets: women’s clothing in the first half of the 17th century	Barbara Allison
April	Preserving the past: the work of a local historian	Malcolm Graham
May	JMW Turner and Oxford	Hubert Pragnell
Season 2010-11
October	Oxford’s historic waterways: legend to leisure	Mark Davies
November	Symm and Company, stonemasons	visit
February	The common lodging house in Victorian England	Liz Woolley
March	Oxfordshire: anatomy of a county (based on the new historical atlas of Oxfordshire)	Kate Tiller
April	Sulgrave Manor and the Washington family	Martin Scott-Smith
May	The building of Nuneham Park	Gavin Hannah
Season 2011-12
October	Tin helmets and gas masks: the home front in WW2	Martin Way
November	The new-look Oxfordshire Record Office: how we can use it	Chris Gilliam
February	Turbulent times in the car industry: the Cowley Works, 1912-88	David Buckle
March	Medieval stained glass: the craftsmen and their techniques	Anna Eavis
April	The Oxford church since the Oxford Movement	Geoffrey Tyack
May	Findings of the East Oxford Archaeology Project	Jane Harrison
Summer visit	Visit to Combe Mill
Season 2012-13
October	The “1000 Years of Oxfordshire” woodcarving	Brian Eastoe
November	Old maps: Gough to Google	John Leighfield
December	The story of the bicycle: 125 years of Raleigh bikes	Tony Hadland
February	Visit to the Bate Collection of musical instruments, Oxford
March	Beyond Magdalen Bridge: the growth of East Oxford	Graeme Salmon
April	Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough and the building of Blenheim Palace	Jeri Bapasola
May	Britain’s most eccentric sports	Richard O. Smith
Season 2013-14
October	“The Lord is My Light”: coats of arms and colourful folk in the Bodleian Library in the 17th century	John Ashdown
November	The history of Oxford’s covered market	Malcolm Graham
December	The coming of the railway to Oxford	Liz Woolley
February	The history of Salter’s Steamers	Simon Wenham
March	Chapel and community: Methodism in Oxfordshire	Kate Tiller
April	Bird symbolism in the early medieval world and Iffley Church	Janina Ramirez
May	The first 393 years of Oxford Botanic Garden	Timothy Walker
July	Visit to Rousham House and gardens
Season 2014-15	Great Conflicts
October	The Ox and Bucks on the Somme 1916	Stephen Barker
November	The Cotswolds in the Wars of the Roses	Tim Porter
December	Oxford: the home front in WW2	Malcolm Graham
February	Oxford in the Civil War	Alastair Lack
March	Blenheim: battle for Europe	Christine Gadsby
April	World War One at home	Kate Tiller
May	Jam busters! The Women’s Institute in WW2	Julie Summers
Summer Outing	Visit to Sulgrave Manor
Season 2015-16	Women in History
October	“The Empress Matilda”	Tim Porter
November	“Iffley’s Alice and Her Legacy”	Elizabeth Wells
December	“The Medieval Craftswoman”	Elizabeth Gemmill
February	“Votes for Women in Oxfordshire”	Katherine Bradley
March	“Jane Austen and Adlestrop – her Other Family”	Victoria Huxley
April	“Saint Hilda of Whitby”	Janina Ramirez
May	“Mary Somerville and the World of Science”	Allan Chapmn
Season 2016-17	Travel & exploration
October	“James Sadler: Oxford Pastry Cook & First English Aeronaut”	Mark Davies
November	“John Leland’s Travels in Tudor England”	Tim Porter
December	“Everest needs you Mr Irvine: the story of the ill-fated 1924 expedition”	Julie Summers
February	“Travel’s with Auntie: My Life at the BBC Overseas World Service”	Alastair Lack
March	“Journeys to Paradise: Exploration and Exploitation in the South Pacific”	John Harris
April	“T.E Lawrence: an Unusual Genius”	Philip Neale
May	“Travelling Through Time: Place-Names and Field Names of East Oxford”	Katie Hambrook
Summer Visit	Winchcombe and Stanway House
2017-18	Arts & Sciences
October	“Mysterious Lewis Carroll”	Alastair Lack
November	“English Gothic: Eight Centuries of Architecture, Arts and Ideas”	Tim Porter
December	“A Crystal Vision of Victorian Britain: the Great Exhibition of 1851”	Simon Wenham
February	“The Oxfordshire of J.M.W Turner”	James Hamilton
March	“Scientific and Medical Oxford”	Victoria Bentata
April	“Pre-Raphaelites in Oxford”	Mark Davies
May	“Dr. Charles Daubeny – Botanist, Chemist & Reformer of Natural Sciences at 19th Century Oxford”	Allan Chapman
Summer Visit	Tubney House & Milton Manor
2018-2019	Buildings and Builders
October	The Buildings of Oxford University	Alastair Lack
November	Purbeck Marble: The Royal Stone of 13th Century England	Tim Porter
December	Uninvited Guests: The Secret Life of Britain’s Country Houses 1939-1945	Julie Summers
February	Morris’s Motorpolis: The Motor Works and the Transformation of Oxford	Simon Wenham
March	Chedworth Roman Villa	Nick Humphris
April	A Domestic Idyll? Life in Victorian North Oxford	Malcolm Graham
May	The Victorian and Edwardian Development of East Oxford	Liz Woolley
Summer Visit	Corinium Museum & Chedworth Roman Villa
2019-2020	Collectors and Collections
October	The History of the Ashmolean and its Collections	Jued Barrett
November	The Great Collectors	Mark Allum
December	Percy Manning – The Antiquarian who Collected Oxfordshire	Michael Heaney
February	The History and Restoration of Milestones and other Way Markers in Oxfordshire	Derek Turner
March – May	Subsquent Hall Meetings Cancelled	In response to Covid Regulations
Summer Visit	Conditions still did not allow this
2020-2021	Collections and Characters	via Zoom
November	Rare and Wonderful Treasures from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History	Zoe Simmons and Kate Ditson
December	Julie Summers, Iffley author and biographer, in conversation	with John Harris
January	The Walls of Iffley – A Virtual Geology Walk	Bruce Levell
February	Daniel ‘Damnable Harris’ – Oxford Castle Prison Gaoler Extraordinaire	Mark Davies
March	Common right – private property: how enclosure shaped the Oxfordshire landscape	Deborah Hayter
April	Corpus Christi – Of Bees and Books – 500 Years of an Oxford College Librar	Joanna Snelling
May	The John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera	Julie Anne Lambert
October Outing	Geology Walk around Iffley	Bruce Levell & Owen Green
2021-2022	Tracing human activity in the landscape	Zoom unless otherwise indicated
October	AGM followed by Ridge and Furrow – What’s it all about?	Deborah Hayter
November	Beacons of the past: revealing a prehistoric landscape in the Chilterns	Dr Wendy Morrison
December	Lucid lines and liquid history – the landscapes of the River Thames and Oxford Canal	Mark Davies
January	The Man who made the Map:Life, Work and Influence of Geologist and Engineer, William Smith in person	Dr Owen Green
February	Mapping the Towns in Oxfordshire and beyond	Julian Munby FSA
March	Henry Minn, the Bucklers, and their views of old Oxford in person	Dr Malcolm Graham
April	A Way with Water: Farnborough Hall and the development of a Georgian estate The 2022 Vivien Greene Memorial Lecture in person	Dr Steven Wass
May	Landscapes and settlements of the Oxfordshire Chilterns in person	Dr Simon Townley FSA
Summer Outing	Coach outing to Chastleton House (private guided tour) in morning and guided walk of Churchill village & its Heritage Centre in afternoon	National Trust staff & Dr Owen Green
2022-2023		In person unless otherwise indicated
October	A History of Littlemore, Iffley’s rural neighbour (A zoom talk, not recorded)	Buffy McClelland
November	Two Oxfordshire Nunneries Compared: Studley Priory and Littlemore (Preceded by AGM)	Katie Hambrook
December	The History of Rose Hill	Liz Woolley
January	Evolution of the Theory of Biological Evolution and its implications for human history	Prof Caroline Pond
February	The Formation of the Earth	Prof Bruce Levell
March	The Medieval Forest	Tim Porter
April	The Origins and Development of the Solar System The Vivien Greene Memorial Lecture.	Prof John Zarnecki
May	The Lost Villages of Oxfordshire	Deborah Hayter
Summer Outing	Guided walking tour of Rose Hill	Liz Woolley