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Moreton
in Marsh & District Local History Society
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Welcome to the site of the Moreton in Marsh & District Local History Society.
Founded 1982 The Society was founded 30 years ago to promote the study of local history within Moreton-in-Marsh and the surrounding district. Moreton is the centre of a countryside steeped in history. The town itself lies on the end moraine of an Ice Age glacier, at the watershed between the Thames and Severn river systems. It is surrounded by a beautiful and varied countryside, from the Cotswold Hills on one side to the rich agricultural land of the Warwickshire Avon on the other. A short distance away, the Four Shire Stone marks a spot where until comparatively recently a complicated pattern of parish and county boundaries existed. Since its inception the Society, with an average membership of 100, has carried out a programme of talks and visits, concentrating, as far as possible, on local villages and towns and the people who lived in them. The Committee have published two books, as well as a quarterly magazine (now sadly discontinued). The book, Four Shires Memories, is still available at a cost of £5 (click on Publications) The complete store of the Society’s archives has now been scanned. Historic information is now readily available in a digital format. Our
meetings are held in the Women’s Institute Hall, New Road (road with Post
Office), Moreton-in-Marsh, at 7.30 p.m. unless otherwise stated. Canon
Tim Sedgeley Chairman How
to Contact Us More information on how to join the society can be obtained by email: hornblowsuz@hotmail.com Society
News … Archives Most
of the archive photographic material (that was under the care of the late Guy
Stapleton) has now been scanned and is in a digital format. To view any of
this content, please contact Mike Rees (mjrees39@gmail.co.uk). The
Society is currently looking for a permanent home for all this archive
material (digital and hardcopy). Display The
Society has created a wall-mounted display, illustrating the history of
Moreton, which can be found within the Cotswold District Council Centre in
the High Street. Meetings The
remaining lectures for the 2025 season are: Wednesday
12th March 2025 Wednesday 9th April 2025 Wednesday 14th May 2025 *************************************** Summer Break *************************************** Wednesday
10th September 2025 The
English Civil War in the Cotswolds The next round of meetings, which start in March 2026 are: Wednesday 11th March 2026 Tewkesbury Abbey From Your Armchair By Richard Goddard Wednesday 8th April 2026 Cotswold Curiosities by Mark Turner Wednesday 13th May 2026
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