The Duke of Wellington's Country House at Stratfield Saye

The Duke of Wellington is famous, of course, as victor at the Battle of Waterloo. His 'reward' from the country for doing so enabled him to acquire Stratfield Saye, as his country home and Michael and Neville recalled both the history of the man and the house

The Annual General Meeting - 2013

The AGM - following the formal part of the meeting, a presentation by Philip Smith on the history of his house in the village and people who had lived there was shown. Then Peter Delaney and Richard Lloyd showed how the Wargrave tithe map and its associated terrier (together making the earliest fully detailed survey of the village) and the 1841 census could be used to discover much about the village's inhabitants and the use of the land at that time

Local Airfields

Aldon is an aviation historian and enlightened us about local airfields in Berkshire - the not so well known as well as the well known ones

Experiences of a Rowing Coach

Brian is a coach for the England Rowing team and spoke about his involvement with them - including the preparations for the 2012 Olympics

Christmas Party - 2012

Christmas get-together

The Nabobs of Berkshire

Clive, author of the recent book on the subject, told us about the Nabobs of Berkshire - merchants of the East India Company who subsequently returned to Britain mostly settling in the Thames Valley, where they built large mansions - many of which still survive in Berkshire

Horses on and off the Farm

Professor Collins, who is the President of the Berkshire Local History Association, explored the ways in which working horses were used both in the agricultural setting and within towns

Berkshire Lady Fliers

Geoff and Val presented stories photographs and paintings of lady aviators in Berkshire

Fawley Hill Railway and Museum

This year Society members visited the museum and railway of Sir William McAlpine, at Fawley Hill for a private tour, followed by afternoon tea in the station

Cookham Paddock 2005 Excavation

An archaeological excavation took place in 2005 of the paddock adjacent to Holy Trinity Church at Cookham and Ann with Joy Blake told us about the discoveries made there

Historic Walk around Cookham

Historic Walk around Cookham

Life in the Land Army

Ann told us about her experiences as a member of the Land Army during World War II