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WINTER TALKS SERIES
Wednesday 22 February
“How old is that house?” A talk organised by the Heritage Centre to
be given by Paul Clark from the Oxfordshire Buildings Record
about how to date buildings, with a focus
on houses, cottages and other buildings in Churchill
village.
At Village Hall, 7.00pm for 7.30pm.
More information and tickets
(£5 TO INCLUDE GLASS OF WINE) from
01608 658579 or 658401
Possibly the smallest museum in Oxfordshire, the Heritage Centre is
placed in a stunning setting overlooking the site of the ‘lost’
village of Churchill, destroyed by fire in 1684.
The building may be
only 15' by 30' but its ancient walls contain state of the art
technology, with touch screens telling the remarkable stories of two
eminent sons of the village,
Warren Hastings,
first Governor-General of India (1732-1818)
and geologist
William Smith
(1769-1839).
The part played in the
community by the village squire, James Langston (1796-1863), is also
displayed on a new touch screen unit.
We will be open again
on Sunday 1st April 2012 but if you have any queries in the
meantime, please contact us on 01608 658603 or churchillheritage@gmail.com
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