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Wargrave Local History Society

Founded in 1981

Church Street, circa 1905, seen from Greyhound.jpg
The Old Pavilion, Wargrave Berkshire
Next event

Tuesday September 8th 2026

The People and Places of Bletchley Park
Peter Marcham
Peter is a guide at Bletchley Park, a place where history happened. He will reveal the story of the critically important work of the allied code breakers of WW2

News

June events

Wargrave Festival
Peter Delaney

27th and 28th June 2026

The activities of the Society in alternate years are linked to the Wargrave Village Festival. For 2026, we had a stand at the Fete and organised an Historic Village Walk

New 'From the archives' item added

There are only two bridges at Wargrave across the river Thames, this item from the archive looks at the creation of the newest of them

May meeting report

Life as an international tennis umpire and the outfits worn

Julia Freeman

12 May 2026

At the May meeting of the Society, Julia Freeman recalled her time as a tennis umpire, not only at Wimbledon, but internationally

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