Weston Turville Historical Society

  We became interested in the Gadsden family when a pewter pen and ink desk set presented to "J Gadsden and wife" by "The Weston Turville Cottage Garden Society" in March 1900 appeared for sale on eBay. This would appear to be Jeffrey and Edith Gadsden who lived in Home Farm with their children. Bucks Herald   10 March 1900 PRESENTATION . - Before the announcement of the allotment lecture, on Monday evening, a very pleasing event took place. The Committee of the Garden Allotment Society, who had long felt that they would like to show their thanks in some tangible way to Mr. J. Gadsden for his incessant kindness and help towards the annual Flower Show, made an appeal to the members of the Society for subscriptions towards purchasing some little present for him. Needless to say, this was readily responded to, and Messrs. E. Edwards and G. Sharp were appointed to purchase something useful as well as ornamental. The choice fell upon a handsome silver-plated inkstand, wi

  "Rose Hill; Oxford ” Liz Woolley Meeting on Friday 31 st May 2024 Rose Hill is generally known as a 20th-century outer suburb of Oxford, yet this area was first settled in the Early Iron Age. The site attracted well-to-do residents in the late 1700s, its elevated position giving it “one of the most beautiful [views] in the world” over the towers and spires of the city. A maze of narrow lanes through this old settlement – which includes Oxford’s earliest surviving Methodist chapel – leads to large 1930s housing estates, some built by private developers and some by the City Council. The latter feature carefully-designed homes for tenants displaced from the inner city, laid out on generous plots and with wide streets and ample communal space. Now the suburb also houses an award-winning community centre and some perhaps surprising green spaces. Liz Woolley is a local historian, speaker, guide, tutor, researcher and