Adderbury History Association |

Welcome to Adderbury History Association.

We are a friendly group of people who share an interest in the history of Adderbury and the surrounding area. We have about 65 members, mostly drawn from the village, and are always keen to welcome new recruits.

For our members we provide an annual programme of monthly evening talks. Talks concern the history of Adderbury or the locality, or occasionally general topics in national history. We also provide a well-supported Christmas social function and an annual trip to a place of historical interest during the summer months.

We also like to present the history of Adderbury to a wider audience through our publications, a programme of guided walks around the village, and occasional exhibitions on Adderbury themes.

Association members carry out research on the history of Adderbury, its buildings, its people and changing activities, and we are keen to encourage new members to undertake this sort of work for themselves.

The Association’s affairs are run by a committee, elected annually for one year at our Annual General Meeting in April. Our 2026 committee is as follows:

Chair	Ros Flatt
Secretary	Vacancy
Treasurer	Ros Flatt
Programme Secretary	Jill Adams
Committee	Fiona Gow
	John Harrup
	Gillian Taylor-Allen

Membership of the association is by annual subscription, due in January each year. The subscription for 2026 is £18 per person or £34 for a couple. We welcome visitors to individual talks at a charge of £5.00 each.

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Adderbury Garage or Three Ways Adderbury

Richard Plackett, a local carrier, decided to move from horse and carrier's cart into motorised transport based at Three Ways Adderbury. He was the father of Lucy who gave money in 1938 for a community/playing fieldThe field behind the house known as...

Janet Blunt and Adderbury Morris (Blue Plaque speech by Brian Sheppard)

The following text was the introductory talk given by Bryan Sheppard on September 27th 2009 at the unveiling of the Blue Plaque in memory of Janet Blunt. Bryan gave the manuscript to AHA after the talk. It therefore seems fitting after the untimely death of Bryan to...

Rhoda Woodward Tribute 10: My own school memories from 1930 to 1939

Rhoda Woodward’s most ambitious contribution to the history of the village of Adderbury was her account of the Schools of Adderbury. In the first two parts of this account she wrote about the Boys’ School, the Girls’ School and the Infants’ School, using material in...

Jackson’s Oxford Journal and Adderbury

Jackson’s Oxford Journal was a weekly newspaper founded in 1753 by William Jackson, which continued in one form or another until after the First World War. For the first fifty-five years of its existence Jackson’s Oxford Journal was the only local newspaper serving...

The Southern Oxford Canal: A Story of Survival

Introduction Over the 230 years since it first opened to Oxford in 1790, the relationship between the Southern Oxford Canal and the village of Adderbury has never been either close or straightforward (see the paper. “Adderbury and the Oxford Canal over 200 years”...

Lady Charles Paulet and her daughters

Joan Frederica Mathewana Granville (known among close friends and relatives as Mathewana) was the daughter of Bernard Granville of Wellesbourne Hall, Warwickshire. She was born at Calwick Abbey Staffordshire about 1830 a direct descendant of Admiral Sir Richard...