Past and present. A collection of articles and photos about Harwell.
Harwell is a village in south Oxfordshire, England, although until 1974 it was a Berkshire village. Harwell was first mentioned in 985, before the Doomsday Book.
This site contains articles with information about Harwell village, past and present and a gallery with many current and old photos of Harwell.
The full text of the book “Harwell ~ Village for a thousand years” published in 1985 to celebrate the village millennium can now be found on a separate website village4a1000years.com
This site is curated by David Marsh. The layout will change to give it a separate identity from the village for a thousand years website.
Articles (also called posts) are divided into Past and Present — roughly before or after the year 2000 — and are listed via the menu. Additionally each post is key-worded with categories and tags. All keywords are listed in the page footers; clicking on any one will help find relevant posts. You can also search the site.
This site will not be limited to notes about Harwell history, but will be extended with information about Harwell today. If you want to post something here, please contact the site owner/ editor/ curator David Marsh
Posted on Filed Under: Past, Present Tagged With: Alms House Charity, Baggs Tree, Bags Tree, Battle of Ashdown, Enclosure Map, OS Maps, Winnaway
From an Alms House Charity Trustee (June 2020): In 1974 the "Baggs Tree", which was an Elm somewhere in the region of 250 years old, was felled. The reason for this was that a tree preservation officer was concerned about it being a possible … [Read more]
Posted on Filed Under: 21st Century, Bagg's Tree Buskers, Present Tagged With: Bags Tree
History of the buskers, by Tony Hughes … [Read more]
Posted on Filed Under: 21st Century, Gallery, GoboYOOF, Present Tagged With: Gobo, video
“The Show Must Go Online” … [Read more]
Posted on Filed Under: 20th Century, Gallery, Harwell Campus, Present, WWII Tagged With: Campus, RBL, War Memorial
A virtual ceremony. … [Read more]
Posted on Filed Under: Past, Present, Roads and paths Tagged With: High Street, House names, Street Names
Credit to John Hunt for compiling this directory of house names within the village. … [Read more]
Posted on Filed Under: Harwell Helpers, Present Tagged With: covid-19, Parish Council, St Matthews
Contact harwellcovid19@gmail.com or 07375829602 … [Read more]
Posted on Filed Under: 21st Century, Gallery, Present Tagged With: Badger, Fox, Muntjac, Wildlife
Badgers and more on the edge of the village. … [Read more]
Posted on Filed Under: 20th Century, 21st Century, Past, Traffic
Results of searching the London Gazette for "Harwell". 1824 Repairing the Turnpike from Harwell to Streatley 1871 Licencing the Wesleyan Chapel for marriages 1896 Parish Churchyard burial conditions 1916 Discontinuing burial in the … [Read more]
Posted on Filed Under: _menu, 21st Century, Harwell Organisation, Harwell Parish Council, Keep Harwell Rural, Present
An index of websites with HARWELL in their domain name and which are relevant to people living in Harwell Village, within the Vale of White Horse in south Oxfordshire. … [Read more]
Posted on Filed Under: 21st Century, Harwell Campus, Past, Present, Roads and paths Tagged With: High Street, Street Names
List of street names in Harwell Parish. … [Read more]
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