Introduction to Chalgrove Local History Group
Chalgrove Local History Group (CLHG) was formed in 1973 to record and preserve the history of the village of Chalgrove in Oxfordshire England. Over the intervening years members of the groups have enjoyed a variety of activities including: interviewing longstanding residents for their memories; research in the archives of Oxford colleges and other repositories; an archaeological excavation; photographing and recording aspects of village life; research into the history of various buildings including the Church of St Mary’s; a full survey of the gravestones and other monumental inscriptions at St Mary’s Church; presenting exhibitions and displays and researching families that are connected to the village. The group has become the guardian of a collection of artifacts including a large and ever growing collection of photographs. Many of these photographs have appeared in our publications.
We have regular meetings where a guest speaker will talk on a subject of interest to the group. These meetings are held on the first Monday of the month in the John Hampden Hall at 7:45pm, Chalgrove between September and June. In addition to the speaker meetings we hold Research & Study evenings on the 3rd Monday of the month where groups discuss on-going projects.
In the summer we usually arrange 2 trips to places of local historic interest, quite often one of these will be somewhere not normally open to the public.
A sub-group arranges an annual trip that normally lasts 5 days. Previous trips have included visits to France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and in the U.K. North & South Wales, Liverpool, Norfolk and Yorkshire.
Chalgrove Local History Group is a member of Oxford Local History Association – www.olha.org.uk
The committee
| Post | Holder | |
| President | Rachel Jacques | |
| Chairman | John Steel-Clark | |
| Vice Chairman | Gill Lester | |
| Treasurer | Claire Ing | |
| Hon Secretary | Gill Lester | |
| Merchandising | Paul Latham & Doreen Dollman | |
| Press Coverage | Geoffrey Searle | |
| Programme | Pat Hougham & Rachel Jacques | |
| Gloria Darvill | ||
| Non Committee | ||
| Webmaster | Peter Dollman | |