About the Society

The Society was founded in 1971 with the object of promoting an interest in local history, architecture and archaeology and to research, compile and publish local historical records.

With a membership of approximately 90, the Society meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 8pm. in the St.John Ambulance House High Street, Kidlington. The programme of speakers covers a wide range of interests and the quarterly members' newsletter includes a precis of each of the talks.

Visits are included in the programme, a whole day visit in early summer and a local evening visit in July. Members also enjoy an annual Dinner with a guest speaker.

The Society's first hard-back publication, `KIDLINGTON IN CAMERA' was a huge success and a reprint was necessary after the first printing of 950 was sold in five months. More recently, KIDLINGTON IN CAMERA VOLUME TWO has repeated the success of the first volume.

The Society has an extensive archive collection, including over 1,500 photographs, newspaper cuttings and many documents. Members have also made about 60 recordings of village people speaking of their memories of earlier days in Kidlington,


Members of the Society have researched and published the following:-

Publications:
A History of Kidlington by Valerie Offord
Kidlington Parish Registers
Kidlington Churchyard Inscriptions
Census Returns 1841 -1881 (indexed)
Kidlington Enclosure Award (map & key) *
Watereaton Probate Records edited by Valerie Offord 1986 *
A History of High Street, Kidlington by Reg Martin 1982
A History of Church Street, Kidlington by Reg Martin 1982
A History of Church Street - revised edition by John Amor 1993 *
A History of Mill Street, Kidlington by Reg Martin 1984
A History of Mill Street, Kidlington by John Amor 2000*
A History of School Road, Kidlington by Reg Martin 1984
The Schools of Kidlington by Reg Martin *
A History of Banbury Road by John Amor 1991 *
A History of Oxford Road, Kidlington by John Amor 1996 *
Kidlington in Camera by John Amor & Gerald Gracey Cox 1992
Kidlington in Camera Volume 2 by John Amor 1999 *
39 Years in an Oxfordshire Parish by Mrs.M.Freeborn edited by John Amor *
50 Years Young – History of the Kidlington Scout Group by John Amor 1992*
Kidlington and the Civil War by John Amor 1998*
A History of Mill Street, Kidlington by John Amor 2000*
Memories of Kidlington by John Amor 2001*
Sorry, No Bananas by John Amor*
Lyne Road & the Rookery by Norma Aubertin-Potter*


Publication marked * are still available: a price list and details of how to order will be found on the 'Our Publications' page.
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