Group Category: History Groups
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Natural History Group
Chinnor u3a Natural History Group has over 100 members. We are active throughout the year meeting up every month. We mainly do visits to local sites, bird watching, looking at wild flowers, trees, butterflies, fungi, or just looking at the beautiful Chiltern landscape. In the winter, we organise some natural history outside speakers. We are… Read more
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History
Meeting on the 3rd Friday of the month at The Reading Room in the High Street we have learned this year of Prime Ministers in wartime, the secrets of Hughenden Manor in wartime, and all this in the 80th year of VE Day. In June we continued in the same vein with a presentation on… Read more
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Family History
FAMILY HISTORY GROUP: meets 1st Thursday of the month in the Chiltern Room at the Village Centre, between 10:15–11:45. Our Family History Group members are a mix of experienced and fairly new researchers who share their knowledge and assist each other in finding records of their ancestors, often breaking down brick walls or helping to… Read more
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Churches
The group was formed in order to visit churches, in Oxfordshire and Bucks, that are of significant historical and architectural interest. According to architectural research there are some 115 churches that fit the bill in Oxfordshire alone. At the rate of 11 per annum that should keep us in visits for quite a while! Marion… Read more
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Archaeology & Geology
We are a small and friendly group who meet on the 4th Monday of every month in the Chiltern Room at the Village Centre, 10.30am to 12pm. Our meetings are generally face-to-face with a guest speaker talking about some of the many aspects of Archaeology & Geology. We also encourage group members to participate by… Read more
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Art History
News MONTHLY MEETINGS: Meetings are held on the 3rd Friday of the month at 11.00 am in the Reading Room, Chinnor High Street. OX39 4DH Co-ordinators: Rob Holdaway and Sian Stevens If you wish to join the group or would like to know more, please contact Rob via the link at the top of this… Read more