Kennington History Society

Kennington History Society meets on the third Monday of the month, except July and August at 7.45pm in Kennington Methodist Church, Upper Road, Kennington, OX1 5LR

Meetings are free to members. Visitors are welcome at an entry fee of £2.50.

PROGRAMME FOR 2025

20th January	Morris Minors in the Media: 1990 – 2015	Ann Ford
17th February	Member’s Evening & AGM
17th March	Wartime children: the 1940s Home Front from a child’s point of view	Karen & Brett Wiles
14th April	Garden Archaeology: “not that kind of digging”, an overview of recent discoveries in historic gardens	Stephen Wass
19th May	Christopher Wren’s Oxford	Lizzy Rowe
16th June	Famous Local Folk: the people behind the blue plaques of South Oxfordshire	Marie-Louise Kerr
July	Possible trip
15th September	Harvest Rituals	Deborah Hayter
20th October	Warrior women of the Civil War	Stephen Barker
17th November	Women of World War Two	Bill King
15th December	Victorian Christmas	Tim Healey

PROGRAMMES FOR PAST YEARS

PROGRAMME FOR 2024 – CLICK TO EXPAND

15th January	Abingdon Abbey’s deer park and Radley Large Wood	Richard Dudding
19th February	Members evening
18th March	River & Rowing in and around Oxford	Rod Andrews
15th April	Beating the bounds of Oxford City: Memorable moments from the last 500 years	Mark Davies
20th May	Maytime	Ian Giles
17th June	Taking the waters: the waxing and waning of the English Spa	Melanie King
15th July	Possible group outing – TBC
16th September	From Axtell to Zacharias: the men who built Oxford.	Liz Woolley
21st October	The Roman invasion, occupation, and colonisation of Britain	Bill King
18th November	RAF Brize Norton – over 80 years of flying operations	Trevor Jackson
16th December	Christmas in the Cotswolds	Sean Callery

PROGRAMME FOR 2023 – CLICK TO EXPAND

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20th November	World War II rationing and cooking for victory: a fair share for all (with demonstrations and tasting).	Karen & Bret Wiles
18th December	Beer, sausages and marmalade: Oxford food and drink in the 19th century.	Liz Woolley

PROGRAMME FOR 2022 – CLICK TO EXPAND

17th January	British history of the Computer	Brian Andrews
21st February	A.G.M. and Members’ evening
21st March	Nineteenth century women travellers & explorers	Katherine Bradley
25th April	Oxford’s 400-year-old Botanic Gardens: notable keepers, visitors & events	Mark Davies
16th May	Canal restoration: benefits to wildlife & environment	Martin Buckland
20th June	A crystal vision of Victorian Britain: The Great Exhibition of 1851	Simon Wenham
19th September	Tracks to the Trenches	Mike Hurst
17th October	The man who collected Oxfordshire: the antiquary Percy Manning	Mike Heaney
21st November	Yesterday’s runways: airfields of Oxfordshire	Bill King
19th December	Christmas music and song through the Ages	Ian Giles