Oxenhall Parish History Group

Our Enjoyable First 30 Years

A group of seven women standing indoors, some holding items like a black helmet with 'RPW' letters and a teddy bear on a children's wagon. The background features racial posters, a map, and a British flag.

Some of the OPHG founder members in 1995, L-R: Joan Abbott, Dot Rogers, Van Goulding, Gwen Tutt, Chris Wright, and Kath Rees.

In 1994 the Gloucester County Archivist suggested we form a Parish History Group. So the Oxenhall Parish History Group (OPHG) set out on a journey revealing a remarkable amount of interest in this very small Gloucestershire Parish Our aims and achievements are described here.

A modest Exhibition in 1995 marking the 50th Anniversary of the end of WW2 was so successful that we were given grants for future research to produce more ambitious Exhibitions that depicted life during the previous century, an Anthology, a book Oxenhall 1913-2013, a film Oxenhall in Four Seasons and a Parish Survey. Besides our work we enjoyed many Talks and Visits and gained much satisfaction during our first 30 years.

To find out more about the key events during our first 30 year tenure as custodians of Oxenhall’s rich and evolving history, please find a link to a brief overview ‘slideshow’ via the button below.

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A group of nine women standing outside a building, smiling for the photo.

Some of the OPHG founder members, L-R: Chris Wright, Lyn Martin, Van Goulding, Mary Bowers, Kath Rees, Gwen Tutt, Tricia Brooks, Libby Drew, and Sue Teire.