The last hard copy list was produced in 2007. The new list will be delivered electronically and will be posted on this website without any restriction.
It will be revised continuously. The list includes individuals and organisations who are prepared to give talks on their areas of expertise relevant to Berkshire local history.
Inclusion does not imply recommendation. Speakers’ fees are not included in the list, and should be agreed between the speaker and the person making the booking.
If you wish to be included, or to change your entry, please go to the form and submit it for validation.
A list of talks that have taken place can be found on the Talks page
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| David Lewis | The History of Old Windsor | dglx10@hotmail.com |
| The History of Eton before the College | ||
| Medieval New Windsor 1110-1548 | ||
| Windsor's medieval hospital of St Peter | ||
| Windsor Castle 1100-1700 | ||
| The great water conduit of Windsor Castle, a wonder of sixteenth century engineering | ||
| Life, work and death in a medieval town: Windsor in the Middle Ages | ||
| The scandal of the Windsor martyrs: protestants heretics of the Reformation? | ||
| The oldest profession in an old town: the long history of immorality in Windsor | ||
| Windsor's medieval town guild of the Holy Trinity | ||
| The life and times of Robert Tebbott: a nineteenth-century rags to riches builder, and friend of kings | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Geoff Beckett | '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. | mail@geoffbeckett.com |
| 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. | www.geoffbeckett.com | |
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Manfred Brod | Berkshire in 16th and 17th centuries, especially political and religious history. | 01865 391507 |
| Abingdon and Reading history. | manfred@jessman.net | |
| Dr Pordage of Bradfield and his mystical society; | ||
| Lord Craven of Hamstead Marshall and his troubles with the Commonwealth; | ||
| Henry Marten the regicide. | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Sue Burnay | Pubs & Breweries of the Ilsleys | 01635 281308 |
| Using Maps & Terriers to research Land Ownership (East Ilsley examples) | sue.burnay@btinternet.com | |
| The Old Poor Law in practice in 18th Century East Ilsley | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Stan Cornford | Three Berkshire Brothers Go to War, | 01344 422992 |
| Henry the Carter, | meteorology@ntlworld.com | |
| A Walk Around St George's Chapel,Windsor Castle | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Peter Delaney | A History of Wargrave, | 0118 9403121 |
| Madame Tussaud is Buried in Wargrave? - traps for the unwary!, | ||
| Royal Blue - a history of the express coach operator | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Ken and Jean Fostekew | The aviation heritage of Berkshire and why there is an aviation museum | The Museum of Berkshire Aviation |
| in the county | 0118 934 0712 or 0118 944 8089 | |
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Peter Halman | The Thames from Oxford to Windsor: shaping history through the centuries. | 0118 940 4500 |
| A stroll in the park: the story of England's royal, private and public parks. | prh@vinery.co.uk | |
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| John Harrison, | English style bells & bell ringing (historical development) | 0118 978 5520 |
| Living Heritage (history of ringing in Wokingham) | jaharrison.me.uk/talks/ | |
| Brickwork (and how to read history in it) | john@jaharrison.me.uk | |
| Settle-Carlisle Railway (history and evolution) | ||
| Other talks (see website) | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Elias Kupfermann | Vanished Windsor - a celebration of the lost buildings and views of Windsor over the last 600 years | 01753 536143 |
| Upton Park, Slough - the exploration and restoration of a Victorian landscape; | e.kupfermann@btinternet.com | |
| Archaeology and History of Taplow Court | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Maidenhead Heritage Centre | The River Thames, from Cotswolds to the Sea; | 01628780555 |
| The River Thames, from Henley to Windsor; | info@maidenheadheritage.org.uk | |
| Victorian Millionaires and their Riverside Mansions; | www.maidenheadheritage.org.uk | |
| 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. | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Pax Payton-Smart | Local history of Calcot, Tilehurst, Theale etc. and History of Huntley and Palmers and other local institutions | 0189424133 |
| pax1927@waitrose.com | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| David Peacock | The history of NewburyPrehistory of the Newbury area | 01635 524017 |
| The Seven Barrows at LambournHillforts of the Newbury area | dpeacock@newburyhistory.freeserve.co.uk | |
| 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 | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Phil Wood | West Berkshire War Memorials, | 01635 46497 |
| Newbury Breweries, | phil@burrell-wood.org.uk | |
| 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. | ||
| Person/Organisation | Subject | Contact |
| Jameson Wooders | 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. | 0779 6048724 |
| Family History and Genealogy | j.d.wooders@gmail.com | |
| English Folklore and Calendar Customs |