Tingewick Historical Society

Tingewick Historical Society has been in existence for over fifty years. We meet on the first Wednesday of the month (except January and August) 7.15pm for 7.30pm start in Tingewick Village Hall.

We usually have a guest speaker talking about some aspect of local history and sometimes present our own research. Projects have included researching Tingewick’s 19th century trades and occupations and researching the village’s historic pubs. Details of each month’s meeting can be found in the Tingewick News, Tingewick Life (Facebook) and our own Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076651042938

2026 Programme

January – No Meeting

4^th February – Tingewick in the Buckingham Express (1865 to 1900) – Tingewick Historical Committee

4^th March – Lark Rise to Candleford – The Real People – Suzy Stathers

1^st April – Radio: Our Sixth Sense – Alan Biggins             

6^th May – Loyal Kingscote Lodge of Oddfellows – Jane Bradford

3^rd June – Soldiers, Saints and Sinners: Oxfordshire Characters from the British Civil War 1642-51 – Stephen Barker

1^st July – Secrets of the Royal Yacht Brittania – Billy French

August – No Meeting

2^nd September – To be advised

7^th October – AGM plus illustrated talk: The Welsh in Patagonia – Sara Churchfield

4^th November – Buckingham from its foundation by the Anglo Saxons through to Queen Victoria’s Reign – Michael Ghirelli

2^nd December – Christmas Social with Launton Handbell Ringers

We are always open to suggestions for subjects for future meetings, so please let us know if you have any ideas.

Membership is £5 per year.
Attendance at a meeting is £1 for members and £2 for non-members.

Complimentary tea/coffee and biscuits are served at the end of the meeting.

We also hold a raffle each month to raise money towards the cost of each speaker.  Tickets are 50p each.

Chairman – Lorraine Carter
Archivist/Secretary – Jackie Nash: 01280 848431
Treasurer – Sara Churchfield: 01280 847594

Events Organiser – Jane Bradford: 07495 529196 – j.bradford834@btinternet.com

Booklets for Sale

2014 was the centenary of the start of the First World War and members of the Historical Society researched stories of the Tingewick men who lost their lives in that war and are named on the war memorials. Findings were published in a booklet ‘Tingewick’s Fallen Soldiers of the Great War’, available for sale. If you are related to anyone on the memorials we would like to hear from you. Booklets about ‘Bygone Tingewick’ are also available for sale.

2018 was the centenary of the end of the First World War and members of the Historical Society researched stories of the Tingewick men and women who served and returned at the end of the war. Findings were published in a booklet ‘Tingewick’s Survivors of the Great War’ and is available for sale at a price of £5.00.

All booklets are on sale at our monthly meetings.  If you are unable to attend our meetings, but would like a booklet, please contact Jane Bradford.

Village Hall, Main Street, Tingewick, Buckingham MK18 4NL

More detail about the history of Tingewick can be found here:
https://tingewickparishcouncil.org.uk/history/