Faringdon History Society
Faringdon and District Archaeological and Historical Society
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Faringdon & District Archaeological & Historical Society (FDAHS) was formed in 1978 with about 12 members. The intention of the Society is not only to have speakers but also to be a working Society. Over the years members have exhibited their work on three occasions. The Society meets on the 3rd Wednesday in the month at the Old Town Hall in February, March, April, May & June and in September, October & November Contact via Society’s website at https://www.fdahs.org.uk/get-in-touch/ All the research carried out by the society, together with reference books are available in the History Room, accessible when Faringdon Library is open and after registering your interest with the society at https://www.fdahs.org.uk/get-in-touch/
A comprehensive index is available in the library and here for download and or printing (Word document, 36 pages created 2011) |
The range of activities have included
archaeology field walking compiling field names hedge dating barn survey pill box survey recording of monumental inscriptions of the local graveyards transcribing parish registers of the area transcribing deeds collecting photographs indexing of census and trade directories oral memories collection of a library (now at Faringdon Library) World War 2 memories and items All Saints Church Memorial Inscriptions, available online Free Church Cemetery Records, available online All the information on and around gravestones in All Saints Churchyard has been recorded. You can search the Excel file by using the drop down filter and selecting surname, Christian name or date of death |
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The Changing Faces of Faringdon and surrounding villagesThe Changing Faces of Faringdon and surrounding villages
Between 1999 & 2003, four members of Faringdon Historical Society have published 3 volumes of a book called The Changing Faces of Faringdon and surrounding villages. Volumes 2 & 3 are available via the Society’s website: https://www.fdahs.org.uk/society-resources/ These books are full of photographs from the 1890s to the 1990s and include many of named people. Volume 1 covers Great & Little Coxwell, Buscot, Coleshill, Fernham, Shellingford, Uffington, Eaton Hastings - the number of photos for each varies between three or four to more than a dozen. Volume 2 includes different villages from the first book - Longcot, Shrivenham, Bourton, Watchfield, Pusey, Stanford in the Vale, Littleworth, Buckland, Charney Bassett, Goosey, Hatford. Volume 3 includes odd corners of Faringdon, street names, goings on, reflections of, worshipping, getting around and working in Faringdon. The villages Barcote and Thrupp. Pucketty Farm and more on Buckland and Charney Bassett. |