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SOURCES FOR WALLINGFORD'S HISTORY

For some years, the TWHAS Documents Group has been working hard to transcribe and summarise key sources of information about Wallingford's long and rich history, now known as Sources for Wallingford's History (SWH). So far some 8,000 A4 pages have been assembled and there is a people index with 60,000 entries.

At the moment the information is available only in hard copy format (stored in Wallingford Museum) but we have plans to computerise it as time and funds allow. In the meantime, bona fide researchers are welcome to consult it by prior appointment only. Please contact David Pedgley at dbcrow@waitrose.com.

WALLINGFORD HISTORY RESEARCH GROUP

Next Meeting: THURSDAY 17 JANUARY 2008

Already, the Research Group has identified a long list of topics for which there is a rich body of transcribed material in SWH just waiting for someone to get their teeth into! The choice is enormous:

  • Town and castle: the connection between them

  • Structure of society: affluent and poor, geographical distribution, mobility, widows, servants, workhouse

  • Life: working, cultural, political, religious (including Religious Change 1460-1680) 

  • Civic leaders: 16thC: Adeane, Pollington, Dennington, Quelch, Rusden; 17thC: Payne, Loader, Leaver, Bigg; 18thC: Fludger, Morrell, Bishop, Wells, Toovey, Greenwood, Mayne; 19thC: Hedges, Allnatt, Dalzell, Hilliard, Field, Wilder

  • MPs: people, franchise, elections

  • Corporation: structure and function, finances, elections, town properties

  • Services: street repair and cleaning, lighting, drains, water, gas, electricity, fire, mail, sewerage

  • Trades and professions: shops, crafts, markets, lawyers, artists

  • Industries: weaving, brewing, tanning, milling, construction

  • Buildings: notable ones, Bridge, Priory, College

  • Travel: road, turnpikes, river, coaches, wagons, rail, inns

  • Education: schools, teachers

  • Health: physicians, midwives, hospital

  • Charities: origins, recipients, almshouse

  • Law and order: courts, police, punishments, prisons

  • Leisure: games, pubs, fairs

  • Disasters: fire, flood, disease, Civil War

A small sub-group is looking at ways to make the SWH material available in an electronic form, ultimately on-line - with so much material this is no small task!

The next meeting of the main group will be on THURSDAY 17 JANUARY 2008 in Wallingford.

The aim is to encourage and support new people in getting started on research, so don’t be afraid to join us if you’ve never done this sort of thing before!

If you are interested, please contact Judy Dewey (Tel 651127 or e-mail to judy@piepowder.co.uk).