Category: Tour/Visit

The Windsor Slough and Maidenhead (WSM) Branch of BerksFHS are arranging a visit to St George’s Archives, Windsor, which comprise deeds, letters, rolls and manuscripts dating from the early twelfth century, tracing the history of the Chapel and College of St George and of the properties the College once managed in 30 counties across England…

Yet to visit The Centre for Heritage and Family History and would like to know what’s available there and how it can help your family history research? This tour will introduce you to the facilities of the Centre and also those within the adjoining Local Studies Library. 

Chalk mining, dating back to the 1600s, has left a vast cavern system 21.5 metres (70ft) under the 89th Reading Scout grounds. Chalk was a vital ingredient needed to make bricks, one of the industries for which Reading was famed. Since mining ceased, the empty mines have been used as a location to store valuable…

St Laurence’s was one of Reading’s three original parish churches, along with St Mary’s and St Giles. It was built to serve the eastern population of the town. Sited next to Reading Abbey, the town’s market soon developed in the space in front of the church. Take this rare opportunity to enjoy a guided tour of…

Yet to visit The Centre for Heritage and Family History and would like to know what’s available there and how it can help your family history research? This tour will introduce you to the facilities of the Centre and also those within the adjoining Local Studies Library. 

Join Abbot Geoffrey Scott, Librarian and Archivist at Douai Abbey, for a look around their library and archive building. Housed here are records from the monastic communities’ earlier libraries in Paris (from 1615) and Douai (from 1818) in France, and Woolhampton (from 1903). Abbot Geoffrey will be pointing out material relating to Berkshire families during…

Come and visit St Mary’s Shinfield where churchwarden, Chris Young, will tell us about its history. He will also talk about some of the notable people linked to it. Originating in 1069, there is a long and fascinating history. It was founded by Guillaume de Breteuille, one of William the Conqueror’s great Marshalls. The church…