History

Staff at Oxfordshire County Council’s History Centre have once again been recognised nationally for their work by being awarded accredited status by the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee on behalf of the wider archive sector.The national …

Over 80 residents and historians came together at an event at Shiplake College on 18 March to mark the launch of the latest encyclopaedic volume of the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire. The Victoria County History (VCH) of Oxfordshire forms …

People can have their say on the future shape of library and heritage services as Oxfordshire County Council consults on a new strategy for the future. The consultation, which goes live on Monday 24 January, is seeking to gauge public opinion of the …

Residents can get into the Christmas spirit, and maybe pick up a gift or two at The Oxfordshire Museum as the special festive exhibition returns.The Oxfordshire Craft Guild’s Christmas Exhibition showcases some of the best art and craftwork by …

One of the Viking victims of a massacre in Oxford more than 1,000 years ago has been reunited with his family in a Danish museum.The skeleton of the young man, believed to have been one of at least 35 brutally executed in the city in AD 1002 on the …

Oxfordshire’s library service is to mark a major anniversary for the nation’s education being 150 years since the passing of legislation which entitled every child of elementary age to access a school education by right. In September, …

Culture lovers in Oxfordshire have received a boost with news that two important venues in the county are about to reopen. The gradual reopening of libraries across the county will now be joined by the reopening of the Oxfordshire Museum in …

Residents in Oxfordshire will see a very gradual and safe reopening of cultural facilities such as libraries, the Oxfordshire Museum, History Centre and Registration services over the coming weeks and months following the Prime Minister’s further …

People in Oxfordshire have been using lockdown to research their family history and local history more generally in far larger numbers than normal. Many of the Oxfordshire History Centre’s online resources had until recently only been available …