The Eton Wick History Group has been meeting regularly since 1992. Eton Wick and the surrounding area is rich in history and the village has a heritage dating back to 1217.
Meetings are held at 7.30 pm in Eton Wick Hall, Eton Wick, and everyone is welcome. Refreshments are served, and there is a charge of £2.00 to cover costs.
Visitors and new members are always very welcome.
The 2020 programme of talks:
22nd January
‘Windsor Castle during the English Civil War’
with Mr Elias Kupfermann
26th February
‘Finding the Few: (pilots missing in action)’
with Mr Andy Saunders
8th April
‘The Fights over Cookham Commons (1799-1852)’
with Mr Keith Parry
27th May
‘Willie and Ettie: The Souls of Taplow Court’
with Mr Nigel Smales
8th July
‘The History of Natural History at Eton College’
with Mr George Fussey
9th September
‘A Window on Windsor’s Medieval Past: the town’s property deeds’
with Dr. David Lewis
28th October
‘The Cock Pit, Eton: an archaeological exploration’
with Mr Tom Wilson
9th December
‘A Woman of Wax: the life of Mme Tussaud, from Versailles to England’
with Mr Tony Weston
The 2019 programme of talks:
23rd January
‘A Phoenix from the Flames: The Fire and Restoration of Windsor Castle’
with Mr Josh Lovell
27th February
‘St. Laurence Church’, Slough
with Mr Allan James
10th April
‘An Eton Wick History Miscellany’
with Mr Elias Kupfermann
22nd May
‘The Rise and Fall of Skindles’
with Mr Nigel Smales
10th July
‘Failed to Return: Amy Johnson and Leslie Howard’
with Mr Tony Eaton
11th September
‘Flora and Fauna of the Jubilee River’
with Mr Bill Stacey
30th October
‘Eton Town - Now and Then’
with Jill and Peter Tarrant.
with Jill and Peter Tarrant.
11th December
‘The Early Days of Fire Fighting in Bray, Eton and Eton Wick’
with Mr Geoff Hayes
The 2018 programme of talks:
‘Rogues and Vagabonds, Prisons and Punishments in 19th Century Windsor’
with Dr. Brigitte Mitchell
with Dr. Brigitte Mitchell
28th February
‘Sir Sydney Camm CBE, FRAeS. and The Hurricane’
with Malcolm Lock
18th April
‘The History of Baylis House Slough’
with Elias Kupfermann
30th May
Event postponed
18th July
Frank Bond's Walk around Eton Wick
with Gill Tarrant, Paul Hodgson and Peter Tarrant.
with Gill Tarrant, Paul Hodgson and Peter Tarrant.
19th September
‘The Changing Face of Farming’
with Malcolm Kinross
31st October
'The Story of the Poppy Appeal’
with Mr and Mrs Geoff Hayes
with Mr and Mrs Geoff Hayes
12th December
'The Curious Disappearance of Major Glenn Miller'
with Tony Eaton.
with Tony Eaton.
The 2017 talks were:
18th January
‘Eton Wick’s Vanishing Farms’
with Mr Peter Tarrant
22nd February
‘1960’s Memories of Eton Wick in Home Movies’
with Mr John Coke
12th April
‘Eton Wick – The French Connection’
with Mr Keith French
24th May
‘A History of St. John the Baptist Church’
with Mr Frank Bond
19th July
‘Exploration of a Royal Landscape’
The archaeology of the Little Park of Windsor Castle revealed.
with Elias Kupfermann
‘A History of the Apple’
with Mr John Nash
25th October
‘St. George’s Chapel’
with the Chapter Clerk, Miss Charlotte Manley LVO, OBE
13th December
‘140th Anniversary of the sale that made Eton Wick’
with Mr Frank Bond
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The 2016 talks were:
13th January 2016
Village Trading Before the Superstores
Speaker Mr Frank Bond
24th February 2016
Business As Usual: Advertising During the Great War
Speaker Mrs Brigitte Mitchell
13th April 2016
Mars - An Employee's Reflections
Speaker Mr Geoff Low
25th May 2016
The Great War in Postcards and Trench Artefacts
Speaker Mr Martin Davey
13th July 2016
The Slough & Windsor Railway and the Gooch Legacy
Speaker Mr John Coke
14th September 2016
Eton Wick — Then and Now
Speaker Mr Steven Denham
26th October 2016
The Reeve's Tale
Speaker Mr Hugh Granger
14th December 2016
Characters and Benefactors of Eton Wick
Speaker Mr Frank Bond
The 2015 talks were:
January 14, 2015
‘A Family’s History and Farming’
with Keith French/Peter Tarrant
with Keith French/Peter Tarrant
February 25, 2015
‘The Royal Warrant Holders’ Association’
with Douglas Hill
with Douglas Hill
April 15, 2015
‘Copper, Love & Stars’ (the story of Ray Lodge)
with Keith Parry
with Keith Parry
May 27, 2015
‘The Changing Face of Local Birdlife’
with Bill Stacey
with Bill Stacey
July 8, 2015
‘Recall 60 Years On (film of the 2005 event) and Eton Wick in WWII’– a tribute to the late John Denham with Frank Bond
September 9, 2015
‘The Thames Waterway and Bridges’
with Gil Jones
with Gil Jones
October 28, 2015
‘St. George’s Chapel – Stall Plates’
with Colonel David Axson
with Colonel David Axson
December 9, 2015
‘History on Wheels in Films and Television’
with Mark Oliver
July 10 Eton College Collections Speaker …..Miss P. Hatfield
March 13 Eton and the River Thames Speaker …...Frank Bond
29.09.99 The Fire and Restoration of Windsor Castle
14.07.99 Past Manufactures and Craftsmen of Eton
26.05.99 The Changing Face of Eton as viewed through the Mark Bell Slides
14.04.99 The History Of Burnham Beeches
24.02.99 What Became of Trooper Ashman and Others? 1914/18 War
09.12.98 Group Members Exhibition
26.10.98 Archaeology of the Flood Relief Channel — The Thames Water Archaeological Unit
16.09.98 Decline of Local Farms and Horticulture
08.07.98 Local Fetes, Carnivals and Concerts
27.05.98 Village Shopkeepers — Past and Present
15.04.98 History of Local Bridges
04.03.98 Press Gangs
21.01.98 History of Salters Steamers
10.12.97 The Old Christopher Inn
29.10.97 Old Photographs of Eton and Eton Wick
10.09.97 Eton College Rowing Lake — Talk by Oxford Archaeological Unit
July 97 Visit to Eton College Rowing Lake Oxford Archaeological Unit Dig
25.06.97 100 years ago. 1897 — Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
30.04.97 The Influence of Eton and Eton College on Eton Wick
12.03.97 The Changing Face of Eton
22.01.97 Festive Evening Quiz
13.01.99 Eton College through the Archives
27.11.96 Talk by Members — Various Subjects
23.10.96 Slough—Windsor Railway
04.09.96 History of Local Council
26.06.96 History of Churches — Eton and Eton Wick
22.05.96 History of the Thames Middle Reaches
17.04.96 Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Cliveden
08.03.96 History of Dorney Court and the Village
24.01.96 Festive Evening, Local Picture Quiz
03.12.95 History of Inns Taverns and Alehouses
08.11.95 History of Boveney Church and Village
27.09.95 History of British Legion Poppy Appeal
28.06.95 Characters and Benefactors
17.05.95 V.E. Day 1945
22.02.95 Eton College Rowing Trench
11.01.95 Pubs and Punch
07.12.94 Storms, Floods and Frost
19.11.94 1914/18 War Casualities
14.09.94 Archaeology — The Earl of Cornwall
01.06.94 After Herberts Store — Cullums Garage, Eton
13.04.94 Family Tree
23.02.94 Eton Wick in WWII
12.01.94 Herberts Supply Store, Eton
10.11.93 The Commons and Lammas Lands
29.09.93 Boveney New Town and West of Bell Lane Southside Walk No. 2
26.06.93 Life in 1893
14.04.93 A Walk Round the Village — No.1
16.02.93 Floods of Yesteryear
12.01.93 Farming
with Mark Oliver
2001
November 27 Social Evening A Review of Past Achievements
October 16 Industry’s Influence on Slough. Speaker …...John Denham
September 11 The History of Inn Signs Speaker.. Dr. Judith Hunter
May 29 All at Sea Speaker …. T. Cullum
April 17 Ted’s Country Talks Speaker…..Ted Cox
April 17 Ted’s Country Talks Speaker…..Ted Cox
January 23 The Victorian Expansion of Datchet Speaker….. - Janet Kennish
Talks, topics and dates prior to 2000
10.11.99 Celebration to Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Slough to Windsor Railway
29.09.99 The Fire and Restoration of Windsor Castle
14.07.99 Past Manufactures and Craftsmen of Eton
26.05.99 The Changing Face of Eton as viewed through the Mark Bell Slides
14.04.99 The History Of Burnham Beeches
24.02.99 What Became of Trooper Ashman and Others? 1914/18 War
09.12.98 Group Members Exhibition
26.10.98 Archaeology of the Flood Relief Channel — The Thames Water Archaeological Unit
16.09.98 Decline of Local Farms and Horticulture
08.07.98 Local Fetes, Carnivals and Concerts
27.05.98 Village Shopkeepers — Past and Present
15.04.98 History of Local Bridges
04.03.98 Press Gangs
21.01.98 History of Salters Steamers
10.12.97 The Old Christopher Inn
29.10.97 Old Photographs of Eton and Eton Wick
10.09.97 Eton College Rowing Lake — Talk by Oxford Archaeological Unit
July 97 Visit to Eton College Rowing Lake Oxford Archaeological Unit Dig
25.06.97 100 years ago. 1897 — Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
30.04.97 The Influence of Eton and Eton College on Eton Wick
12.03.97 The Changing Face of Eton
22.01.97 Festive Evening Quiz
13.01.99 Eton College through the Archives
27.11.96 Talk by Members — Various Subjects
23.10.96 Slough—Windsor Railway
04.09.96 History of Local Council
26.06.96 History of Churches — Eton and Eton Wick
22.05.96 History of the Thames Middle Reaches
17.04.96 Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Cliveden
08.03.96 History of Dorney Court and the Village
24.01.96 Festive Evening, Local Picture Quiz
03.12.95 History of Inns Taverns and Alehouses
08.11.95 History of Boveney Church and Village
27.09.95 History of British Legion Poppy Appeal
28.06.95 Characters and Benefactors
17.05.95 V.E. Day 1945
22.02.95 Eton College Rowing Trench
11.01.95 Pubs and Punch
07.12.94 Storms, Floods and Frost
19.11.94 1914/18 War Casualities
14.09.94 Archaeology — The Earl of Cornwall
01.06.94 After Herberts Store — Cullums Garage, Eton
13.04.94 Family Tree
23.02.94 Eton Wick in WWII
12.01.94 Herberts Supply Store, Eton
10.11.93 The Commons and Lammas Lands
29.09.93 Boveney New Town and West of Bell Lane Southside Walk No. 2
26.06.93 Life in 1893
14.04.93 A Walk Round the Village — No.1
16.02.93 Floods of Yesteryear
12.01.93 Farming
03.11.92 Eton Wick — Now and Then
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