Bishop's Tachbrook

Formed in 2000 to encourage interest in local history it offers the 35 members a lively programme of talks, events, outings and projects

Meetings:  

• Venue: St Chad’s Church - generally the 2nd Tuesday of each month
• Time: 2.30pm in winter; 7.30pm in summer to include villagers who can’t attend the afternoon meetings
• Talks by interesting speakers on a wide range of historical subjects
• Outings are arranged in the summer months.
• Membership Subscription: £10 per annum

Projects have included:

• A Guide to St Chad’s Church
• Design and sale of Christmas cards and notelets featuring photos of the village.
• Calendars illustrated with old photographs of villagers and local scenes
• Research and Publication of the book BISHOP'S TACHBROOK PAST AND PRESENT – The Story of a Warwickshire Village  (for copies of this book which are - £11.00 each (inc UK P&P) - can be ordered by phoning 01926 336749, or email: breakfast42@tiscali.co.uk) 

Outings have included:

• Avoncroft Museum of Endangered Buildings, Bromsgrove
• Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick
• Alvechurch: to view the manufacturer of Antique Stained Glass
• Sulgrave Manor, nr Banbury
• Hill Close Gardens, Warwick
• Ardington House, nr Wantage
• Charlecote Watermill
• Coughton Court
• Warwick County Record Office

Visitors Welcome - The Parish Magazine advertises future events

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BISHOP'S TACHBROOK PAST AND PRESENT

The Story of a Warwickshire Village

Published by the village History Group in 2008, this outstanding account of village life is hailed as a fascinating and outstanding work of research and recorded memories.

Size – A4

200 pages
300 photographs and maps

Chapters Include:

• Ancient Beginnings
• St Chad’s Church
• The Village School - 1771 to 2008
• Houses and their Stories
• Well-known Families
• Villagers’ Stories
• The Wartime
• Village Activites

£10.00, (including UK postage and packing)