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Welcome to

Wargrave Local History Society

Founded in 1981

Church Street, circa 1905, seen from Greyhound.jpg
The Old Pavilion, Wargrave Berkshire
Next event

Wargrave Festival

 

Saturday June 27th 2026

Village Fete

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The Society will have a stall on Mill Green from

1:30pm to 4:00pm - do drop by to see us and have a go at our village photo competition!

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Sunday June 28th 2026

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Historic Village Walk

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All tickets now sold

News

May meeting report

Life as an international tennis umpire and the outfits worn

Julia Freeman

12 May 2026

At the May meeting of the Society, Julia Freeman recalled her time as a tennis umpire, not only at Wimbledon, but internationally

April meeting report

Reading - Ice age to Romans
Mike Cooper

14th April 2026

At the April meeting of Wargrave Local History Society, returning speaker Mike Cooper’s presentation
considered the evidence of human settlement around Reading from the hunter-gatherers to the Romans

New 'From the archives' item added

This item from the archive features a page from a school exercise book written and drawn by a pupil at a little-known school that was evacuated to Crazies Hill during World War 2

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