Hughenden Manor

A visit to Hughenden, home to the 19th century Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. We also found out about the top-secret war-time activities there- and being a WLHS visit we will then have afternoon tea in the Manor Tea-room

Historic Village Walk

As part of the Wargrave Village Festival, the Society oranised a walk in the historic village centre

History Exhibition

A chance to see items from our archive, showing how the village has changed over the last hundred years or more - on display in the Woodclyffe Hall

St George's Chapel, Windsor

Leslie, a local historian and 'Blue Badge' guide to Windsor Castle, shared his detailed knowledge of St George's Chapel with us (it was his 'specialist subject' when he won Mastermind!)

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