The Wheatley Society
In June 1977 The Wheatley Society's Local History Group mounted a jubilee exhibition where numerous exhibits, sourced from the County Record Office, the Oxford City Library, the Bodleian Library and the Public Records Office, and acquired with a £25 grant from the Parish Council, were on display. Many of these documents, particularly those pre-1800, would have been obscure, difficult to understand and unsuitable for such a public exhibition. The material was to be deposited with the Parish Council after the exhibition, but seem now to have been 'lost'. Most of the material post 1800 is now covered elsewhere in the archive as set out below.
Some of these are covered elsewhere in this archive as shown. None of the 1500s, 1600s and 1700s ones are dealt with in Hassall's book, so are probably not of great significance. It is now unclear as to the purpose of this gathering of documents as a potential start to the history of Wheatley.
1567 A fine in the Court of Common Pleas (Transaction of land) between Vincent Coventry and Thomas and Alice Wadcliffe, concerning buildings and land in Wheatley. (CRO)
1593-4 Photographs of the Hovenden maps, from All Souls College, showing the arable strips in Wheatley. These are copyright so are only held on the private part of the website.
1690-1719-1748-1755• Document concerning the purchase of land in Wheatley by William Whorwood Adeane (CRO). Some reference in record 1006
1705-1720. Extracts .from Canon Oldfield's Catalogue, Vol. Ill of Quarter Sessions Rolls concerning fines in Wheatley. (BL)
1748 Mortgage between Edward Greening of Wheatley and Thomas Chapman of Wheatley. (CRO)
1777 A letter written by Wheatley and other local residents about John Bulkley, an army deserter. (CRO)
1798 An indenture or agreement between Thomas Armborough of Headington and Robert Mott of Worminghall, a lease on two Wheatley cottages. (CRO). Some reference in record 1988
1789 Land tax assessments. (CRO). It included Land Tax Assessments from 1789, the hard copies of these for that year and also 1785, 1799 and 1802 are shown below. It appears that the Whalley Smythe Gardiners are not shown until 1799. See record 2770
1816 Enclosure map and award. (BL). See record 2290
1822 Victuallers Recognizances. (CRO). See record 0310
1825 Details and membership of a Friendly Society in Wheatley. (BL). See record 1889
1831 Minutes from the Vestry Book. (BL). See record 2350
1841-7 Letters concerning the National School. (CRO)
1846 The Roman villa at Wheatley excavated. (CL). See record 1552
1847-1907 Pages from Directories relating to Wheatley. (CL). See record 2073
1871 The Census, the enumerators sheets for Wheatley. (PRO). See record 2439
1878 Turnpike Trust., sale of the toll-house and equipment. (CRO). Some info but no detail in record 2473
1891, 1901, 1911. Printed registers of Electors. (CL)
1921 25" OS map (revision of the first survey in 1873). See record 1948
1955 25" OS map. 1960 OS map, see record 2664
1974 25" OS map (new survey)
- Wheatley Productions January 2009
- Pantomime - Jan 1977
- Wheatley Productions - Jan 1978
- Pantomime - Jan 1979
- Wheatley Productions - Jan 1980
- Wheatley Productions - Babes in the Woods Jan 1981
- Wheatley Productions - May 1982
- Wheatley Productions - May 1983
- Wheatley Productions - Jan 1984
- Wheatley Productions - May 1984
- Wheatley Productions - Jan 1985
- Wheatley Productions - May 1985
- Wheatley Productions - Jan 1986
- Wheatleyshire - May 1986
- Wheatley Productions - The Nativity -December 1986
- Wheatley Productions - May 1987
- Wheatley Productions Jan 1988
- Wills by Wheatley Productions - May 1988
- Wheatley Productions - Jan 1989
- Wheatley Productions - May 1989
- Wheatley Productions Jan 1990
- Wheatley Productions May 1990
- Wheatley Productions Jan 1991
- Wheatley Productions May 1991
- Wheatley Productions Jan 1992
- Wheatley Productions May 1992
- Wheatley Productions Jan 1993
- Wheatley Productions May 1993
- Wheatley Productions July 1993
- Wizard of Oz Jan 1994
- She Stoops to Conquer May 1994
- Ali Baba by Wheatley Productions Jan 1995
- My Fair Lady by Wheatley Productions May 1995
- Old Mother Hubbard by Wheatley Productions Jan 1996
- Where Angels Tremble by Wheatley Productions May 1996
- Annie the Musical by Wheatley Productions Jan 1997
- Enthusiastic Men by Wheatley Productions May 1997
- The Yeomen of the Guard by Wheatley Productions June 1997
- Santa in Space by Wheatley Productions Jan 1998
- The Passion by Wheatley Productions May 1998
- Treasure Island by Wheatley Productions Jan 1999
- Cinderella by Wheatley Productions Jan 2000
- Wheatley 1870 by Wheatley Productions May 2000
- The Mikado by Wheatley Productions Oct 2000
- Sleeping Beauty by Wheatley Productions Jan 2001
- Blithe Spirit by Wheatley Productions May 2001
- Wind in the Willows by Wheatley Productions Jan 2002
- Doomsday by Wheatley Productions May 2002
- The Enchanted Loom by Wheatley Productions Oct 2002
- The Three Musketeers at Wheatley Productions Jan 2003
- Rainbows Arc Date not known (2003)
- Macbeth at Wheatley Productions May 2003
- Iolanthe by Wheatley Productions Oct 2003
- Sing a Song of Sixpence by Wheatley Productions Jan 2004
- Wheatley Productions April 2004
- Swallows on the Moon by Wheatley Productions May 2004
- Red Riding Hood by Wheatley Productions Jan 2005
- Wheatley Productions April 2005
- Wheatley Productions May 2005
- Wheatley Productions Jan 2006
- The Women’s Wednesday Afternoon Class in Wheatley 1908
- 'Sunday Best' photo circa 1900
- Edward VII coronation celebrations 1901
- Marriage of George Gunn & Florence Harris 1911
- Wheatley Institute Pageant c. 1920s
- Wheatley W I Pageant Late 20's
- Wheatley W I Pageant Late 20's
- Wheatley W I Festival of Britain pageant
- Wheatley Drama 1950s
- Wheatley WI Drama circa 1935/36
- Wheatley W.I. Pageant
- Wheatley WI Pageant 1929
- Wheatley WI Pageant 1929
- Wheatley WI Pageant 1929
- Wheatley WI Pageant 1929
- Wheatley WI Pageant 1929
- Wheatley WI
- Charabanc outing circa 1930
- Brownies 1934
- George V Silver Jubilee 1935
- George V Silver Jubilee 1935
- George V Silver Jubilee 1935
- Coronation of George VI & Queen Elizabeth 1937
- Maypole Dancing 1939
- The King's England Series
- Wheatley in Wartime
- Jack Hanks and his son Norman & Winston the horse
- Winston the horse 1953
- May Day celebrations ? 1950s
- Our Village Today
- Summer Church Fete circa 1960
- Wheatley Cadet Band 1944
- Salute the Soldier week 1944
- An Outing 1948
- Wheatley Football Team
- No 5 Company Oxfordshire Cadets (Late 1950s)
- Wheatley Firemen
- The Fire Station - Holloway Road
- Fete in Dr Orchard's garden
- Old age pensioners at The Merry Bells
- Wheatley WI Golden Jubilee 1965
- The Wheatley and Holton Mummers Plays
- Wheatley Parish Council Elections 1976
- Mayday 1976
- Wheatley Festivals 1976 and 1979
- The Wheatley News letter 1977
- Silver Jubilee celebrations
- Parade for Silver Jubilee 1977
- Silver Jubilee 1977 Traditional Games
- Silver Jubilee 1977
- Silver Jubilee 1977Wheatley Morris Men and Boys
- Silver Jubilee 1977 Street Party
- May Day 1978
- May Day 1978
- Wheatley WI Diamond Anniversary - 1979
- Wheatley Festivals
- Oxfordshire Village Ventures Competition 1982
- 'Bizarre Britain' c. 1983
- Wheatley Beneath Your Feet 1983 artefacts exhibition
- The Clothes we used to wear Exhibition 1984
- Costume Cavalcade 1986
- Wheatley Festival 1987
- Pram Race 1987
- King and Queen of the May 1988
- May Day 1980's
- 'Morris on the Somme' 1991 - Radio 4 play
- Exhibition about the Church in Wheatley in 1993
- Mad Hatter's Tea Party 1994
- Village Celebration for the Millennium 2000
- May Day 2003
- Soup kitchen in The Merry Bells - 2005
- Women's Wednesday Afternoon Class 1908
- Lark Rise 2006
- Oxfordshire Red Triangle Federation of Village Clubs 1923
- South Oxfordshire Hunt outside The White Hart
- Wheatley Productions 2012
- Mick Jones and Percy Blake in 1985
- Headington Morris Men outside The Sun
- May Days: 1979 and 1985
- South Oxfordshire Hunt
- May Day 1997
- Boys Cycle Speedway
- Football fixtures 1908 - 9
- If You Go Down to the Woods Today
- Coronation carnival 1953
- Outings
- Not So Young Club
- Programme for Queen's Coronation: 2nd June 1953
- Silver Jubilee 1935
- Jubilee of King George V in 1935
- Wheatley Festival 1984
- Morris Dancers 1979
- Wheatley Productions October 2007
- Parish Council accounts year end March 31st 1958
- East of the Sun, West of the Moon
- Production of Trial by Jury in 1923
- Production of Lark Rise
- Cinderella (First Wheatley Pantomime)
- Wheatley Football Club v Forest Hill
- Memorial Concert for Peter Wild 2008
- Fair on November 7th 2007
- Pram Race
- Wheatley Flood 2008
- May Day 1987
- May Day 2003
- Centenary of the Merry Bells
- Morris Dancers 1985
- Good Friday 2007
- Wheatley mummers' plays 1986
- May Morning 2009
- Drama on the streets of Wheatley 1986
- Horticultural Show Schedule for 1907
- The soldiers have taken our horses away
- Oxford Journal 1760 - 1850
- Cinderella Pantomime Programme
- Wheatley Productions 2010
- May Day Scrapbook 1976 - 1996
- Oh What a lovely War (2010)
- Wartime account of the docks burning in London
- Special Constabulary
- Wheatley Football Team in 1934
- May Morning 2009
- Wheatley football team
- Amateur dramatics in The Merry Bells
- 'The Soldiers have taken our horses away'
- Dick Whittington programme
- Hand-bell ringing at the WI Christmas Party 2007
- Local History competition 1980
- Newspaper & court reports 1839 -1893,
- Wheatley Girl Guides
- Drama probably 1950s
- Coronation Celebrations
- Pantomime - 2014 - The Dragon of Wheatley
- WW1 Exhibition and book- 'They were a Wall'
- Wheatley Choral Society programme
- Wheatley Area Churches Production
- Programme of Wheatley Productions - May 2015
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Service of Celebration programme
- Programme of Wheatley events
- Never Such Innocence Again by Mick Jones
- Queen's 90th birthday cake
- Lizzie Strata Opera programme
- Programme of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat production at St Mary's
- Records of QE2's 90th birthday celebrations
- Golden Jubilee decorations in 2002.
- May Day 1999
- Review of 'Waiting for Godot'
- Girl Guides 1940/50s
- Golden Jubilee celebrations
- 1977 Silver Jubilee celebrations book
- Wheatley Productions 2019
- May Day 2005
- May Day 1976-1979
- May Day 1980-1984
- May Day 1985 and 1986
- May Day 1992-1994
- May Day 1996
- Coronation arrangements 1902
- Coronation arrangements 1911
- Group circa late 1890s
- Wheatley Society French Soiree July 2019
- John Fox Desert Island Discs 2017
- Bernard Hickey play Court Scene in 1982
- Mick Jones play in 1986
- Pantomine circa 1953
- Theresa May
- Holton Players Performances 1991-2019
- Cast for Holton Players 'London Assurance' November 2019
- Oxfordshire Family History Society
- Wheatley Productions 2020
- Two May Day composite photographs
- Nativity 2011
- Temperance Fete in 1910
- 75th anniversary of VJ in Wheatley
- May Day 2010s
- Wheatley Productions t-shirts
- Wheatley people on an outing in 1959
- Wheatley Society 1980 exhibition prize
- May Day 2006
- Women's Institute outing c. 1930
- Village Produce Association annual shows 2001 and 2002
- Wheatley Care party in 2004
- Celebration for the Queen's 90th birthday in 2016
- WalkWheatley in 2021
- Flower Festival 6/7 September 1997
- Celebration of Talents exhibition 2006
- Floral Celebration of St Mary's 150 years anniversary 2007
- Wheatley Society exhibitions in the Merry Bells 2005
- Art exhibition in the Merry Bells, date not known
- May Day 2002
- Exhibition by the Archive in October 2003
- Wheatley Welsh evening 3 March 2017
- Silver Jubilee booklet 1977
- Wheatley Society 40th anniversary party 2014
- World War 1 project with Heritage Lottery Fund grant
- May Day 2021
- Wheatley Archive exhibition November 2018
- Celebration for the Queen's 60th anniversary
- Wheatley amateur orchestra
- School visits to Vimy Ridge and Tyne Cot memorials
- Wheatley British Legion visit to Chelsea Pensioners in July 2013
- Merry Bells football team 1907
- Wheatley British legion visit to Chelsea Pensioners 2013
- May Day 2022
- Queens platinum jubilee 2022
- Performance of Wizard of Oz by Primary School in 1976
- History group visit to the Roman Villa at North Leigh
- Cornfield's celebration of 50 years in the business in 2022
- Apple-pressing day
- Christmas Fair 2022
- New Opera in July 2021@emele by Oxfordshire Contemporary Opera
- May Day 2023
- Coronation of King Charles III
- Local Produce Market 8 May 2023 and 20 April 2024
- British Legion c. 2000
- British Legion certificates 1974
- British Legion certificate 1989
- Wheatley Society Garden Party 2015
- Desert Island discs with Bill Jackson 2021
- Wheatley Society 15th anniversary
- Wheatley Society Wine Tasting 2023
- Wheatley 2000
- Wheatley Society talk and activity 'Sushi making' on 17 October 2019
- Ukraine Indpendence Day party 3 September 2023
- May Day 2024
- Wheatley Society 50th anniversary exhibition 2024
- Oxfordshire Contemporary Opera events 22 June 2024