1st October 2011 Issue 32 Oxfordshire History Centre Are you looking for information from a local newspaper? More popular newspapers are now available on film in the Searchroom Abingdon Herald and Herald series 1896 – December 2002 Banbury Guardian 1843 – December 2009 Bicester Advertiser 1855 – 2002 Henley Standard 1892 – 2009 Oxford Mail 1928 – June 2002 Oxford Times 1862 – December 2003 Jacksons Oxford Journal 1753 – 1928 Thame Gazette 1856 – September 2009 Witney Gazette December 1882 – December 2002 Newspapers available on film by request from the Strongroom - more on page 2 Abingdon Express 1902 – 1916 Faringdon Advertiser 1862 – 1964 Abingdon News and North Berks Times 1878 -1879 Farmers Gazette 1843 – 1856 Aylesbury Wendover Review 1991 Halls Oxonian Advertiser 1853 -1856 Aylesbury and Thame Times 1990 – 1998 Henley Advertiser 1876 – 1908 Banbury Advertiser 1855 – 1972 Henley Chronicle 1904 – 1913 Banbury Beacon 1863 – 1905 Henley Free Press 1885 – 1892 Banbury Cake 1986 – 2002 Henley Gazette 1885 Banbury Citizen 1989 – 2005 Isis 1895 – 1984 Banbury and District Review 2005 – 2009 North Berks Herald 1910 – 1974 Banbury Evening News 1877 North Oxford Monthly Times 1850 – 1854 Banbury Herald 1861 – 1869 Oxford and District Morning Echo 1898 – 1900 Banbury Leader 1909 – 1912 Oxford and Cambridge Undergraduate Journal Banbury Telegraph 1893 – 1895 1866 – 1883 Berkshire and Oxfordshire Advertiser 1889 – 1900 Oxford Chronicle 1837 – 1929 Bicester Herald 1855 – 1917 Oxford Conservative 1834 – 1835 Bicester Review 1986 – 2009 Oxford Courier 1987 – 2005 Cherwell 1920 – 1984 Oxford Free Press 1906 - 1916 Chipping Norton News 1930 – 1937 Oxford Journal 1987 – 2009 Chipping Norton Advertiser 1938 – 1996 Oxford Review 1908 – 1814, 1971 – 1974 Cotswold Standard 1987 – 2001 Oxford Star 1985 – 2002 Didcot Advertiser 1951 – 1965 Oxford University Herald 1806 – 1892 Didcot Post 1933 – 1935 Oxfordshire Telegraph 1860 – 1903 Page 1 1st October 2011 Issue 32 Newspapers available on film by request from the Strongroom continued Oxfordshire Weekly News 1880 – 1928 Reading Mercury 1742 – 1952 South Oxfordshire Chronicle 1987 – 2000 South Oxfordshire Courier 1987 – 2007 South Oxfordshire Guardian 1987 – 1991 South Oxfordshire News and Thame and Watlington Herald 1887 – 1894 Sports Mail 1959 – 1978 Wallingford Herald 1961 – 1965 Wallingford Chronicle 1868 – 1870 Wallingford Times 1882 – 1888 Wantage Free Press 1902 – 1904 Wantage Herald 1962 – 1965 West Oxfordshire Standard 1988 – 1997 Witney Express 1869 – 1888 Witney Telegraph 1866 – 1869 Woodstock Herald 1875 - 1876 Some other documents available on film/fiche in the searchroom Oxfordshire Motor Tax Registration Oxfordshire and Berkshire Tithe Awards Berkshire Electoral Registers 1839 - 1905 Oxford City Electoral Registers 1839 - 1905 Oxfordshire Electoral Registers 1832 - 1938 Oxfordshire Diocesan Wills and Peculiars 1516 -1837 Early Berkshire Parish Registers - pre 1812 Early Oxfordshire Parish Registers - pre 1812 Oxford City Engineers Plans: late 19th to early 20th century Heritage Search: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/heritagesearch Find what we have in store for you - look at our search engine online to find many original documents, local pamphlets, books and photographs of Oxfordshire, which are available at the Oxfordshire History Centre Publication of the quarter Parish Registers – A History and Guide; by Stuart A Raymond Are you puzzled about what is shown in Parish Registers? If so this is the book for you. It contains details about the origin of the registers, and why they began. In 1538 Thomas Cromwell issued injunctions which ordered parochial incumbents to keep one register where christenings, marriage and burials should be shown with the name and date they occurred. Both Catholics and Protestants started registers. There is full information on how the content of the church records developed over the years, and legislation which affected the entries. Hardwick’s Marriage Act in 1753 was to stop irregular and clandestine marriages which deprived clergy of income and ended the practice of common law marriage. There are chapters on indexes, associated documents, and the uses of Parish Registers for research. Price £5.95 Page 2 1st October 2011 Issue 32 Document of the Quarter QS1846/3/L1/55 Certificate of George Gardner of Shotover, for an Assault on James Mason Page 3 1st October 2011 Issue 32 Did you know? About Shotover Park. Remains of Roman villas and brickfields were found on the slopes of Shotover. Once a Royal Forest which was approximately 15 square miles in area, established in Saxon times. The forest provided land used as a hunting ground for the Monarch. The forest had deteriorated by 1660, and was no longer subject to Forest Laws. Shotover’s oaks were used during the Civil War as fortifications and fuel. For the next 250 years it was open heath and the flora was studied by local naturalists. In 1908 Rev.A H Johnson raised funds to buy part of Shotover for the University, this land was then leased to the City. In 1940 – 1949 Tank training and grenade training for the war were done on Shotover. By 1952 the Oxford Preservation Trust had bought 180 acres, which were given to the City of Oxford as a permanent open space. Part of the land named Mary Sadler’s field was bought as a donation from Sir Michael Sadler a founder of the trust. In the 1970s the City began the restoration of important wildlife habitats. Shotover is now used by many local residents for walking, cycling and picnicking. The views from the top extend across as far as Didcot and the Berkshire downs. 1940 - 1949 Tanks at Shotover Take a break and have a Fair Trade coffee or tea and snack in our Coffee Shop 1940 -1949 Examining 77 grenade casings at the grenade assault course at Shotover Oxfordshire History Centre St Luke’s Church, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2HT. Telephone: 01865 398200 Email: [email protected]: website: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory Oxfordshire Health Archives Telephone: 01865 398243, email: [email protected] Website: www.oxfordshirehealtharchives.nhs.uk Page 4 .