Kineton & District Local History Group

Welcome to Kineton and District Local History Group

The Group was founded to encourage an interest in Kineton and District through the study of local history, to work for the safeguarding of local history material, to encourage research, sponsor publications and mount exhibitions to promote public awareness of local history, including among the younger members of the community. We celebrated our 21st birthday in 2008.

(RIGHT) Founder member David Beaumont and Time Team's Phil Harding, who gave the 21st birthday celebration talk at Kineton High School, 2008

The geographical scope of the Group includes a generous area around Kineton village, taking in the communities that historically looked to Kineton as their market and the focus of local activities, so the adjacent parishes of Butlers Marston, Chadshunt, Combroke, Compton Verney, Edgehill and Upton, Gaydon, the Pillertons, Oxhill, Radway, Ratley, Tysoe, are all included in the area of interest. Some members live further afield still.

We have talks on local history topics in the Village Hall, usually on the 3rd Friday of the month from September to May at 7.30pm. Visitors are welcome (£1.50 per visit). We also arrange outings to historic places in June, July and August (pre-booking essential). Members are involved in finding out about the past of the village and its surroundings through documentary research, oral history, archaeology, metal detecting, collecting, talks and visits.

In May, June and August we arrange trips to places of historical interest led by informative guides. Click on the Events button to see where we are headed in 2009.

Would like to know more?

To see more details of Group membership, activities, news and to contact us please use the menu buttons or click on the page title below.

The Brief History of Kineton sets out a simple description of the village past
The Events Schedule lists Group activities for 2009-10 (note American-style date convention: mm/dd/yyyy )
Short Articles are occasional pieces by Group members
The Photo Gallery has historic pictures of Kineton and district, as well as records of Group activities
Kineton Snapshot 2008 contains images, sounds, and other material from the 2008 project
The Blog is our newsletter
Links will take you to other associated or relevant websites (the Group takes no responsibility for the accuracy or other aspects of these links)

Membership is £7.50 per annum, due in January. For further membership details contact the Secretary using the Contact Us page.