History

 

• Archive News and Links
• Geology
• Archived Council  Documents
• Minutes: 1 & 4 December 1894
• Allotment Committee October 1895
• A.G.M. 1st April 1901
• Minutes: 21st August 1914
• Minutes: 22+26 July 1918
• Election and Results December 1896
• Burial Grants Book
• Receipt and Payment  Book
• Village History
• Maps
• Street Names
• Changes in Land Use
• St Nicholas Parish Church
• 1279 Hundred Rolls
• Brasenose Holdings 1525
• Manor House
• Civil War
• White Hart
• Gentlemen’s Magazine 1799, 1800
• Jack Russell
• Parish Council History
• Reverend Mortimer’s Induction
• Marston Quarterly Notes X-mas 1906
• St Nicholas School
• Reading Room
• By-Pass
• Residents Parking Archives 1
• Residents Parking Archives 2
• OxClean 2008
• Bibliography and References

 

Other Marston Links

• The History of Marston School
• Marston Middle School
• The History of St. Nicholas Church
• Families in Old Marston 1891 - Some of the local roads are named after these families
• Old Marston Census and Directories going back to 1841
• Marston Youth  Club Archives
• Elsfield Village - includes some local history

 

Other Historical Links

• The Origin of Parish Councils (a link to Wargrave Parish Council)
• The Victoria History of Oxfordshire Trust
• If you want to find out about local collection of artefacts - contact the heritage department of the County Council
• There is funding available to pay for work needed on historical buildings
• History of Abingdon
• Bronze Age Burial
• Centre for Oxfordshire Studies: 01865-815749
• Geology and Pre-History
• Oxfordshire Geology Trust
• Fossils
• Chalk Fossils

 

Museums and Galleries

• Natural History Museum: 01865 272 950
• Oxford Botanic Gardens: 01865-289660
• Oxford Castle Visitor Centre: 01865 260668
• Oxford Castle Site: 01865 201657
• Ashmolean Museum: 01865 278000
• Museum of Oxford: 01865-252761
• Town Hall: 01865-252195
• Museums Website
• Oxfordshire Record Office: 01865-398200

 

Other Contacts

Thanks to the following people for contributing pictures and articles:

Alun T. Jones

Gill Cox

Wally Cox

Hugh Deam

LeRoy Garner

Stephanie Jenkins