Harwell Village

Past and present. A collection of articles and photos about Harwell.

Harwell Village

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. [more Harwell facts]

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 be found on a separate website village4a1000years.com

 

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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.

 

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Harwell Today

This site will not be limited to notes about Harwell history, but will be extended with information about Harwell today.  However, the parish council website publishes more formal news about the parish, and the Harwell News.

If you want to post something here, please contact the site owner/ editor/ curator David Marsh

Harwell Facts

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 A brief summary of information about Harwell. First published on the parish council website.  Transferred here October 2020 with agreement of the PC. Use comments field to suggest additions or corrections. … [Read more]

Local Links

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A list of useful local links.  First published on the parish council website.  Transferred here October 2020 with agreement of the PC. Use comments field to suggest additions or corrections. … [Read more]

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