Publications

Books from the Local History Group

For many years the Garsington Local History Group kept the flag flying for the village. Sadly this group has now folded, but many of its publications may be found:

  • Dawson, Eve & Royal, Shirley (eds) (1995). Recollections of Childhood in Garsington 1890s-1930s. Oxford: Garsington LHG. ISBN 0 9517152 3 2.
  • Dawson, Raymond (1998). Garsington: The Oxford University Connection. Oxford: Garsington LHG. ISBN 0 9517152 4 0.
  • Dawson, Eve (2000). The Clinkards of Garsington. Oxford: Garsington LHG. ISBN 0 9517152 1 6.
  • Dawson, Eve (2002). Garsington before Enclosure. Oxford: Garsington LHG. ISBN 0 9517152 5 9.
  • Hickey, Bernard (illus) (1995). Garsington: A Brief Guide. Oxford: Garsington LHG. ISBN 0 9517152 2 4.

Other books about Garsington

A number of other books and related material have been published about the village…

  • Dawson, Eve & Royal, Shirley (eds) (1993). An Oxfordshire Market Gardener. The diary of Joseph Turrill of Garsington 1863-7. Stroud: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0 7509 0328 7.
  • Garsington Millennium Committee (2001). Garsington and the Millennium Century. Oxford: Garsington Millennium Committee. ISBN n/a.
  • Garsington Society (1994). Garsington Parish Map (in association with Common Ground parish Map project). Oxford: Garsington Society. ISBN n/a.
  • Gunther, Marion (1993). Garsington in Old Phtotgraphs. Stroud: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0 7509 0469 0.
  • Morrell, Lady Ottoline & Gathorne-Hardy, Robert (ed) (1974). Ottoline at Garsington: Memoirs 1915-18. London: Faber. ISBN 0 5711 0555 6.
  • Sephton, Robert (1997). Leasing of City Farm Garsington Oxfordshire, 1750-1900. Robert Sephton. ISBN 0 9520580 1 4.

Other books relating to Local History studies

A comprehensive list would be impossible. Here is just a small selection of books which I have found useful. They are listed strictly in alphabetical order of author.

  • Barrett, John & Iredale, David (1995). Discovering Old Handwriting. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. ISBN 0 7478 0268 8.
  • Gelling, Margaret (1984). Places-Names in the landscape. London: Phoenix Press. ISBN 1 84212 264 9.
  • Griswold, James W. (1999). A Guide to Medieval English Tithe Barns. Portsmouth (NH): Peter E. Randall. ISBN 0 914339 73 7.
  • Harris, Richard (1993). Discovering Timber-Framed Buildings. 3rd ed. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. ISBN 0 7478 0215 7.
  • Hindle, Paul (1998). Maps for Historians.Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0 85033 934 0.
  • Hoskins, W. G. (1984). Local History in England. 3rd ed. London: Longman. ISBN 0 582 49371 4.
  • Jones, Anthea (2000). A Thousand Years of the English Parish. Moreton-in-Marsh: Windrush Press. ISBN 1 900624 50 8.
  • Morris, Richard (1989). Churches in the landscape. London: Phoenix Press. ISBN 0 75380 117 5.
  • Richardson, John (1986). The Local Historian’s Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. New Barnet: Historical Publications. ISBN 0 9503656 7 X.
  • Rowley, Trevor (1994). Villages in the Landscape. 2nd ed. London: Orion. ISBN 1 85797 341 0.
  • Sherwood, Jennifer & Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. London: Penguin. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
  • Winchester, Angus (1990). Discovering Parish Boundaries. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. ISBN 0 7478 0060 X.

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