A reminder that this vacancy is closing on Monday. Please forward to anyone who might be interested!
Our 2026 stocktake is already a week in. Wonder what we're up to?
So far we’ve had a box delivery, taken over the search room with various projects, completed Incident Plan and Collections Handling refresher training, tidied the strongrooms, re-boxed Estate collections and had many meetings! Phew!
VCH Oxon XIX on the Wychwood Forest area (published 2019) is now available in digital form at www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol19 (thanks to @bho.bsky.social) - covering the forest itself and surrounding settlements. (Print version still available from boydellandbrewer.com + public libraries!)
Oxfordshire History Centre
Oxfordshire History Centre
We all know that a lot goes on in archives behind the scenes - but this is particularly wonderful! 😅
We are hiring! 🎉
We are seeking to appoint to our History Service Manager role on a permanent basis following an upcoming retirement. For further details, please see the following link:
careers.oxfordshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/His...
Closing date: Monday 23rd March
Interview date: Friday 1st May
An intriguing quarter sessions case from our colleagues @oxhistcentre.bsky.social! For wig-making possibly?? Any suggestions out there?
VCH Oxfordshire
Join us as we host church stonemason Andrew Ziminski, for our VCH Lecture on 14 May at 6pm.
'Church Going - Hidden Missives from within God's Acre' will show how church fabric, particularly from before the Reformation, offers a key to the past that unlocks understandings of our shared history.🗃️
For more on this see VCH Oxon. XX (2021) (not yet online but available in libraries and @oxhistcentre.bsky.social) - at 368 ft deep it took 7-15 mins to wind up a full bucket. Water supply on the Chiltern chalk uplands was a chronic problem, with many early settlements focused on clay-lined ponds.
Much enjoyed speaking about VCH Oxon's coverage of small towns and urban buildings at this weekend's Vernacular Architecture Group winter conference - part of a stimulating and wide-ranging programme, amidst some august company!
Hear hear! Without @oxhistcentre.bsky.social we couldn't do what we do, and it's been a pleasure to work with Mark Priddey in our various changing roles over those 38 years (having both started in 1987!) Have a long and fantastic retirement Mark, and look in from time to time!
Only 5 more days to have your say on the proposals for local govt reorganization in Oxfordshire. Not for us to push a particular view, tho we do deal with the historic county and use county-wide archive, archaeology, and heritage services... (Just saying! 😜)
www.gov.uk/government/c...
VCH Oxfordshire
Jobs and careers with Oxfordshire County Council - About Us Oxfordshire History Service is responsible for archive and local studies provision for the county of Oxfordshire. The service collects, pres...
The clocks go forward this Sunday. One of the more unusual tasks for one of our archivists is adjusting the two on our tower. It involves climbing several flights of stairs and a ladder - fortunately, the others in our building require much less effort!
One of the more unusual crimes found in our Quarter Sessions collections... ‘Stealing Hair'...
Human hair? Horse Hair? So many questions.
Victoria County History
On this day in 1864, the Maharajah’s Well at Stoke Row was officially opened
The well was a gift paid for by an Indian prince, the Maharajah of Benares, after he was moved by a story about a drought in Ipsden
The well, with its gilded elephant, took a year to build and was in use for over 70 years
Oxfordshire History Centre
Yesterday we said goodbye to our Service Manager, Mark Priddey who has retired after 38 years at OHC. He joined as an Archivist in 1987 and his contribution to the service has been invaluable. His kindness, knowledge and expertise will be greatly missed
Mark, we wish you a long and happy retirement
