Volume 30 (2013) of the Eynsham Record, published at the Eynsham History Group AGM in April, marks a transfer of responsibility. Dr Brian Atkins, who had edited the journal from the outset, was handing on the task - find it here.
The front cover shows a kneeler from St Leonard's church, in memory of the Bedford ‘Brothers’ (below), with the motto Super custodiam meam stabo - I will stand upon my watch. The back has a splendid image from the River Thames.
The contents range far and wide, historically and geographically - including:
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Joan Weedon (1923-2012) - obituary and bibliography;
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More on the Bedford ‘Brothers’ - whose distinguished service in the early 20th century was introduced last year;
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Eynsham apple in the news (New Zealand experiments with a Wastie apple variety);
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Place-names in the Eynsham countryside;
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A childhood at Swinford Farm;
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Christ Church, Eynsham Abbey & the Cartulary: “Eynsham was the one religious house in Oxfordshire which survived continuously from the 11th century to the Dissolution”;
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History of the Wharf and Wharf Stream - from earliest references to the coming of the railway.
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THEN & NOW - an image of the ‘New’ Inn from OCC Photographic Archive.