WTHSoc May 2024 Meeting Details

 


"Rose Hill; Oxford”

Liz Woolley

Meeting on Friday 31st 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 writer. She completed an MSc in English Local History (with Distinction) at the University of Oxford’s Department for Continuing Education in 2009. Liz last spoke to us in May 2023 when the title was “Local History: How to do it”.

The meeting starts at 8pm in the village hall and is open to all. Entrance £2 for members and £3 visitors. Doors open at 19:30 for welcoming refreshments.  For further information about the Society visit the Society’s web page www.WTHSoc.org.uk or email Secretary@WTHSoc.org.uk

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