Berkshire Local History Association

Geoff Beckett

50 Hawkesbury   Drive

Calcot

Reading

RG31 7ZR

0118 967 9626

mail@geoffbeckett.com

www.geoffbeckett.com

'Woodley at War'

If one tells the story of Woodley it has to be mainly about aviation,
and Geoff uses his own experience, as well as his many paintings, 
to present a unique history.
Also:
Geoff & Val Beckett

'Berkshire's Lady Fliers'

A joint presentation by Geoff and Val telling the story of the 
remarkable women who flew in Berkshire,
from the early days of ballooning to the dark days of World War II.

Sue Burnay

White Hollow, High Street

East Ilsley

Newbury

RG20 7LE

01635 281308

sue.burnay@btinternet.com

Pubs & Breweries of the Ilsleys

Using Maps & Terriers to research Land Ownership (East Ilsley examples)

The Old Poor Law in practice in 18th Century East Ilsley

Stan Cornford

12 Lakeside

Bracknell

Berkshire

RG42 2LE

01344 422992

meteorology@ntlworld.com

Three Berkshire Brothers Go to War, 
Henry the Carter, 
A Walk Around St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 

Eton College, Mrs. P. Hatfield, Archivist 

Eton College

Windsor

SL4 6DB

01753 671269

p.hatfield@etoncollege.org.uk

The History of Eton College

Ken and Jean Fostekew

The Museum of Berkshire Aviation

45 Malvern Way

Twyford

RG10 9PY

0118 934 0712 or 0118 944 8089

The aviation heritage of Berkshire and why there is an aviation museum
 in the county

Peter Halman

1 The Vinery

Wargrave

Reading

RG10 8PL

0118 940 4500

prh@vinery.co.uk

The Thames from Oxford to Windsor: shaping history through the centuries.

A stroll in the park: the story of England's royal, private and public parks.

John Harrison,

2 Murdoch Road,Wokingham

RG40 2DA

0118 978 5520

john@jaharrison.me.uk
jaharrison.me.uk/talks/

English style bells & bellringing (historical development)

Living Heritage (history of ringing in Wokingham)

Brickwork (and how to read history in it)

Settle-Carlisle Railway (history and evolution)

Other talks (see website)

Elias Kupfermann

Flat 9

55 Upton Park

Slough

SL9 2GB

01753 536143

mailto:e.kupfermann@btinternet.com

Vanished Windsor - a celebration of the lost buildings and views of Windsor 
over the last 600 years, 
Upton Park, Slough - the exploration and restoration of a Victorian landscape

Maidenhead Heritage Centre

18 Park Street

Maidenhead

SL6 1SL

01628 780555

info@maidenheadheritage.org.uk

www.maidenheadheritage.org.uk

The River Thames, from Cotswolds to the Sea;

The River Thames, from Henley to Windsor;

Victorian Millionaires and their Riverside  Mansions;

The Kennet and Avon Canal - the Water Road to Bath;

Slow Boat to Manchester: Voyage through the Canals of England;

Mother Flew Spitfires: the Amazing Story of the Air Transport Auxiliary;

The History of White Waltham Airfield;

Flying High: a Pilot's Eye View (includes aerial photographs, local,
UK, Europe and further afield);

God Save the King! - Royal Connections of Maidenhead and District;

The History of Ray Lodge; 

Maidenhead and the Movies, including:Hammer Horror,'Carry On Nurse'and 
Gerry Mr.Thunderbirds Anderson;

Are you Married? Or Do You Live in Maidenhead? - Centuries of Gossip 
and Scandal;

Doctor at the Dean: the Life and Times of a 1920s Village Doctor;

The History of Maidenhead's Hospitals.

Pax Payton-Smart

19 Calcot Priory

Bath Road, Calcot

Reading

RG31 7QD

01189424133

pax1927@waitrose.com

Local history of Calcot, Tilehurst, Theale etc. and 

History of Huntley and Palmers and other local institutions

David Peacock

140 Boundary Road

Newbury

RG14 7NX

01635 524017

mailto:dpeacock@newburyhistory.freeserve.co.uk

The history of Newbury

Prehistory of the Newbury area

The Seven Barrows at Lambourn

Hillforts of the Newbury area

The Newbury area in the Roman period

West Berkshire in the Anglo-Saxon period

Place-names of West Berkshire

Norman West Berkshire

Donnington Castle

Jack of Newbury

The Tudor cloth industry in Berkshire

Tudor Newbury

Researching Tudor Berkshire

Transport in West Berkshire

Padworth House

Sandleford Priory

The Swing Riots in the Newbury area

Victorian Newbury

Newbury buildings

Phil Wood

Walnut Tree Cottage

Oxford Road, Donnington

Newbury

RG14 3AG

01635 46497

phil@burrell-wood.org.uk

West Berkshire War Memorials, 
Newbury Breweries, 
Newbury Pubs & Inns, Coaching Inns of Newbury, 
The Almshouses of Newbury
The History of Nonconformity in Newbury
The House of Toomer
+more family history 'how to' topics.

Jameson Wooders

51 Gipsy Lane

Wokingham

RG40 2BN

0779 6048724

j.d.wooders@reading.ac.uk

Various aspects of local Berkshire history from the 16th to the 19th centuries, 
based on research into probate inventories, hearth tax records, 
parish registers and census records.

Family History and Genealogy

English Folklore and Calendar Customs