From the Cotswolds to the Chilterns: The historic landscapes of Oxfordshire

The Society for Landscape Studies

AUTUMN CONFERENCE

From the Cotswolds to the Chilterns

The historic landscapes of Oxfordshire

Saturday 21 October 2017

St Anne's College, Oxford

To be held jointly with the Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society.

0930        Registration

1000        Introductions

1010        Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire: Dorchester-on-Thames and the origins of Wessex

                Helena Hamerow (Oxford University)

1045        Coffee

1115        The South Oxfordshire Project: perceptions of landscape, settlement and society,

                c.500-1650

                Stephen Mileson (Oxford University/VCH Oxfordshire)

1150        The Victoria County History in and around Wychwood Forest

S             imon Townley and Simon Draper (VCH Oxfordshire)

1250        Questions

1300        Buffet lunch and AGM of the Society for Landscape Studies

1400        Period, people and place: houses in the Oxfordshire landscape

                David Clark (Oxfordshire Buildings Record)

1430        Clues to landscape use: evidence from Oxfordshire farm buildings

                Heather Horner (Oxfordshire Buildings Record)

1500        Questions

1510        Tea

1545        The Enstone Marvels and other Oxfordshire wonders of the 17th century

                Stephen Wass (Oxford University/Polyolbion Archaeology)

1615        20th century Oxfordshire landscapes

                Trevor Rowley (Oxford University)

1645        Questions and round-up

1700       Close

The conference fee is £35 (£30 for full-time students and members of SLS and OAHS), which includes a buffet lunch and light

refreshments in the morning and afternoon breaks. The completed booking form and your cheque should be sent to:

Brian Rich, 11 Adams Grove, LEEK ST13 8NX

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