On Sunday we had a visit from Tony Hack and his colleagues who are working on identifying medieval church graffiti across the county. In the course of their visit more items were located, including this one:

As with other graffiti images I have traced over it to make it easier to read.

Let the …

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Aldbourne Scarecrow Trail

Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May

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We’re back to our usual venue of Lottage Road Methodist Chapel for our May meeting which will be held on Monday 22nd May at 7:30pm

SNAP

The Rise and Fall of a Downland Village

John Dymond will bring to life the story of our abandoned hamlet and …

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Archaeological Dig 2017

Ogbourne St Andrew History Group

 

 

Cranfield University Forensic Institute (Shrivenham) are returning this year to try to extend our knowledge of the extent, nature and above all date of the buried complex in the field to the west of the church.  This year the area of interest will be the …

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I’ve just put the images and text from the graffiti talk onto the website – they can be found here

As mentioned the talk we’re also interested in hearing from anyone who has found names/dates/symbols carved into build materials in their home (Warwick and Valerie are now aware of a name and a date …

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