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Programme for 2018-2019 – new members and guests welcome

Radley postcards – now on sale at Radley Village Shop

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Presentation of new list of vicars to Radley Church – 18 February 2018
Before the 11am service on Sunday 18th February, Club chairman Richard Dudding presented the Revd Rob Glenny with a framed list of the known incumbents of St James the Great from the middle of the 16th century to the present day. The new list replaces one that has hung near the church door since it was presented to the Church by the Club in October 2005. The replacement list adds some new names and corrects some minor errors found during research for the Club’s book, The Story of a Village Church: St James the Great, Radley published in October 2016. The book contains details about all the names on the list bar the last one, that of Rob Glenny who was appointed after the book’s publication.

The new list is in memory of Stanley Baker, the Club’s long-serving archivist who did much research into Radley vicars and was a committed attender at the Church. The Club is very pleased to have been able to use a bequest from Stan towards the cost of the replacement list.

Revamp of archive catalogue - September 2017
To make it easier for users to find material of interest to them, the Club's archive catalogue is now presented in 17 subject categories rather than being listed according to the type (map, book, document, photo, etc.). There is also a separate listing by surname and date of the Club's extensive collection of transcriptions by the late Stanley Baker of the wills of Radley people from the 16th to 19th centuries. A list of the the Club's holdings of issues of various journals, including back issues of the Radley News and its predecessors, is also available. About the archives

Club celebrates its 20th birthday: May 1997 to May 2017
Before the main meeting on 8 May 2017, some 55 members and guests enjoyed a glass of bubbly and a piece of specially commissioned birthday cake to celebrate 20 years of Radley History Club. Details

Read about 20 years of Radley History Club

Exhibition and launch of the Club's new book about Radley Church
Saturday 1 October: 10.30 am to 5 pm and Sunday 2 October: 1.30 pm to 5 pm
Radley Church, Church Road, Radley
Report about the exhibition

Details of the new book St James the Great, Radley: The Story of a Village Church

Carefully researched and recorded by various members of Radley History Club, the book tells us about the building itself, the church history which influenced it, and the people who were involved in it, right up to the present day. Price: £12 plus p/p – available to buy online or at Radley Village Shop

Front cover of St James the Great, Radley: The Story of a Village Church

News archive

Club visit to Radley Church - August 2016

Book: Robert Acton Blandy – Miner, Leader, Legend by Rob Belk

Radley Fete, July 2014

Club launches two new books, May 2014

Exhibition: Radley People & the Railway 1843-2013, 2 and 3 November 2013

Club publishes new book – Faith and Heraldry: The Stained Glass in the Church of St James the Great, Radley

Exhibition: Radley Farming & Families 1600-2011, 16 and 17 July 2011

Book: Turbulent Times in the Car Industry by Club member, David Buckle MBE

Book: Gone for a Soldier: Radley Service Men 1885-1920, by David Mawhinney

Kennington Literary Festival, April 2010

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