Library in a Box
Our library box is open at all “hall” meetings
see Our Programme .
The library box holds a selection of books and documents on local history and contains information on the history of our local villages. These books, listed below are on FREE LOAN to members of the society providing they sign the loan book.
The Manor of Kingston Bagpuize ~ A. Henderson Livesey.
Victoria County History of Berkshire ~ Photocopies of local village extracts .
The Village Millennium Kingston Bagpuize ~ W.R. Carmichael.
The Cultivators Kingston Bagpuize ~ Murray Maclean.
Milestones & Toll-Houses Thames Valley On Old Turnpike Roads
Fyfield to St John'S Bridge & Kingston Bagpuize. to Newbridge Turnpikes.
Wallingford, Wantage & Faringdon Turnpike.
Letter To Pippa Kingston Bagpuize between the Wars ~ Sybil Beard.
The Hush Hush Factory Tubney Woods ~ Nigel Dawe.
Oxfordshire Local History Volume 5 Number 1.
Invasion 1940,Britain's defence line through Tubney, Fyfield and Kingston Bagpuize.
The Old Rectory, Hinton Waldrist ~ Sara van Loock & Peter Bushell
Oxfordshire History; Directory of Research 1989
History of The Pig Improvement Company - Small in number - Big in spirit Kingston Bagpuize
Oxfordshire Local History vol 4 No 1 Shadow Factory Tubney Woods .
Marten's Hall Farm, Longworth, a History ~ Peter Bushell
Listed Buildings Report Kingston Bagpuize, Southmoor, Longworth, Hinton .
Late Victorian Hanney, agricultural community ~ Hanney History Group 1994.
Standlake, a Millennium ~ Maureen Nicholas.
Uffington Parish Trail ~ Sharon Smith 1994
The Forge, Kingston Bagpuize, a history ~ Andrew Hiles CD ROM
The Forge, Kingston Bagpuize, a history ~ Andrew Hiles Booklet version
Buckland Remembered, a Millennium Celebration 2000 .
Longworth Through The Centuries. ~ Jasmine Howse 1982 LHS 1997.
Longworth Census Figures for 1881 and 1891.
Kingston Bagpuize / Southmoor / Tubney - The Census for 1881 & 1891. ~ Transcripts by the Longworth History Society
Sale of Kingston Bagpuize Estate, 1936 Central Portion .
Agnes Louisa Illingworth edited ~ Elizabeth Raikes 1938 .
Kelmscott Manor; Pamphlets and web site material notes
Yarnton 1918, a look at the recent past ~ Robin Hearn
2001
Kingston Bagpuize Church monumental Inscriptions 1624 to 1995.
~ Jill & Barry Muir 1997 for OFHS
Excavations At Marcham / Frilford 2001-2002 ~ Ridgeway & Vale Project
Circular Walks Around Cumnor
The Seven Shires Walk ~ Elaine Steane 2002 Reardon Publishing
Rural life in the vale of white horse 1780-1914. ~ Nigel hammond
1974
A Farmer's year 1913-14. Selected bills and receipts from the ~ Guy Weaving Farm.
The Old Berkshire Hunt ~ William Fawcett 1940
Berkshire Vale ~ Wilfred Howe-Nurse, Illustrated ~ Cecil Aldin. 1927
A History of Fyfield School 1875 - 1981 ~ Diana Triplow 2004
A Towpath Walk In Oxford ~ Mark Davies & Catherine Robinson2001
The Abingdon Waterturnpike Murder ~ Mark Davies 2003
May Day To Mummers ~ Christine Bloxham 2002
As we were. Memories of 20c Fyfield & Tubney. ~ Fyfield history club 2005
A Berkshire Village [Stanford In The Vale] Its History & Antiquities
1866
The Longworth Rose Volume One 1998-2005.
A day in the life of a Victorian farm worker ~ F.E .Huggett 1972 .
The Wilts and Berks Canal ~ Doug Small 1999 .
A Trunk Call From The Past 1913-15 ~ Guy and Kitty Weaving
Oxford In Focus Introduction To Photo-Essay ~ Alan Bullock 1963
A Year In The Life of A Wildlife Garden - Kingston Bagpuize ~ Jenny Steel
The Geology of Oxfordshire. ~ Philip Powell 2005
The Diary of William Tayler, Footman 1837 ~ edited Dorothy Wise
An Illustrated Potted History of Fyfield ~ Diana Triplow
Iron Age and Roman Wychwood ~ Tim Copeland
Rural Oxfordshire in the 1990s. Oxfordshire Rural Community Council
Harwell the Enigma Revealed. 2006. ~ Nick Hance
Family History, a Guardian Supplement. April 2007.
Charney Bassett Watermill.
Charney Manor 1300 - 1970
The Upper Thames Major Resource Development Reservoir Sites Vol 1 and 2 plus CD
Memories of a War Guest ~ Anthea Cooke-Yarborough 2007
Enid Fernandes ~ Anthea Cooke-Yarborough 2007
Those wer' the days - MG’s Abingdon Factory
The Little Book of MG ~ Jon Stroud
An MG is Born [DVD] ~ Mark Evans
Wantage, Farringdon & The Vale Villages in old photographs
Sources For Local History Research set of booklets
Researching Your Family History Four booklets two CDs ;
Berkshire in Camera Vale of White Horse 1845-1920
A Village Lost and Found ~ Brian May 2009 Includes 3D viewer
Marcham Remembered a village in picture 2009 ~ Marcham History Society
Hatford. A Parish Record ~ Violet Howse
Treasures of Oxfordshire ~ Famos
The Painfil Plough. ~ Roy Palmer
From Soigne to Standlake ~ Derek Bumfrey
Discovering Carts and Wagons ~ John Vince
Vintage Farm Machines ~ John Vince
The Story of Farm Tools ~ Young Farmers Club
Growing Up in Longworth ~ Ray Dunsdon 2010
Ducklington History five booklets
Fyfield Down SSSI Bibliography and Trail ~ Peter Keene
The Honour of St Valery; English Manor [Hinton] ~ Nicholas Davenport
A sale catalogue of Oxfordshire books is shown here